An alleged serial rapist has accused the state of paying witnesses to testify against him‚ and planting his DNA in victims to try and convict him of crimes he did not commit. Peter Dashboy Khoza‚ 46‚ took to the stand on Monday at the Johannesburg High Court sitting at the Palm Ridge Magistrate's Court ‚ south-east of Johannesburg.Khoza is facing 152 charges. including 46 of kidnapping‚ 29 of rape‚ 28 of assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm and 19 of compelling or causing a child to witness a sexual assault. Khoza has pleaded not guilty to all charges.He allegedly committed the offences between 2007 and 2013 in Tembisa and Olifantsfontein‚ northeast of Johannesburg. He targeted girls as young as nine years.Earlier‚ his defence counsel‚ Livingstone Nkuna‚ tried to have some of the charges against his client dropped‚ saying there was not enough evidence to convict him.Judge Eben Jordaan dismissed the application saying the charges could be argued in court.Under cross-examination‚ Khoza said all the witnesses simply testified against him for financial gain."It's all about the money they will get after testifying‚" said Khoza.He accused the state of paying witnesses and telling them what to say in court.When the state prosecutor‚ Nerissa Muller asked why all the witnesses had picked him out in an identity parade‚ he said they had all been told to do that.Khoza also said the police and DNA experts colluded and planted his DNA in the victims to link him to the rapes.But when Jordaan asked Khoza how his semen had ended up in the genitals of the victims‚ he did not give a straight answer.Khoza had earlier during the trial said he could converse in Tsonga only‚ but his mother had said he was fluent in Xhosa‚ English‚ Pedi and Tswana.When asked why he did not challenge the evidence given by his mother in court‚ Khoza said it goes against his culture to refute what an elder has said‚ even if it is incorrect.He is due back in court on Tuesday to continue with his testimony. - TMG Digital/TMG Courts and Law..