Lauren Isaacs
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Janika Mello’s father says her murder ‘feels like a bad dream’
Marlon Koopman and the rest of the slain girl's family joined teachers and learners for a memorial service at Northwood Primary School in Mitchells Plain yesterday.
#AmINext: CT protests against gender violence to continue today despite arrests
While delegates gathered for the World Economic Forum on Africa on Wednesday, anger boiled over on the sidelines of the event.
We hope you'll rest in peace - Janika Mello remembered
Family members, learners and teachers gathered at Northwood Primary in Mitchells Plain earlier on Wednesday to remember the 14-year-old.
Protests mount in CT over gender-based violence
Protesters took their fury to the World Economic Forum for Africa being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
#AmINext: Schoolchildren pay emotional tribute to Janika Mello
The 14-year-old girl’s body was found in her grandmother’s backyard in Heinz Park in Philippi on Sunday morning.
Lynette Volschenk murder accused due back in court
Kyle Ruiters was arrested shortly after Lynette Volschenk’s body was found in her flat in Loevenstein last month.
No arrests after CT girl’s body found in grandmother’s backyard
The Heinz Park community is reeling following the killing of a 14-year-old girl in the area.
Cosas steps in amid probe into afro hair comments at CT school
Black and coloured pupils from Malibu High School claim they were forced to plait their hair and weren't allowed to have afros on Friday.
Investigators continue search for missing UCT student as suspect due in court
The suspect was arrested in Claremont on Friday, but there’s still no trace of the first-year student Uyinene Mrwetyana.
Precious Moloi-Motsepe elected as UCT chancellor
Doctor Moloi-Motsepe will take up the position from the first of January next year.
Cape Flats army deployment could end in 16 days
It remains unclear whether the soldiers will remain on the ground for longer.
Cops continue search for missing UCT student
The 19-year-old went missing earlier this week Police have since arrested a man in connection with her disappearance, but they have yet to locate her.
Cape Town police probe double murder case after 2 killed in flat
The victims were a 19-year-old girl and an 85-year-old man believed to be a granddaughter and grandfather.
Suspect arrested in connection with disappearance of Uyinene Mrwetyana
Mrwetyana, a 19-year-old first-year student at UCT, had been missing since Saturday last week.
Cape community gathers for funeral of six-year-old killed in gang violence
Nathlia Pienaar, aged six, was caught in gang crossfire last Saturday. She died later in hospital.
CPUT students pay tribute to 6 peers who died in separate incidents
Three students were killed in car accidents one was stabbed to death, a young woman was caught in the crossfire of a shooting near her home and a sixth person committed suicide.
2 Uzi firearms seized in Delft, 3 arrested
Neighbourhood safety team officers have recovered six firearms while patrolling Delft on Thursday night.
Relatives disappointed with sentence handed to Hilary van Rooyen's killer
Reghard Groenewald, a friend of her son, was convicted of her murder earlier this year. He was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for murder and one year for stealing a cell phone.