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FILE: Tazne van Wyk. Picture: @SAPoliceService.

Elsies river

Elsies River community frustrated with delays in Tazne van Wyk murder case

By Lauren Isaacs

The man accused of killing Van Wyk appeared briefly in the Western Cape High Court on Monday, where the matter was postponed to Wednesday to give the accused's...

  • FILE: Tazne van Wyk. Picture: @SAPoliceService.

    Elsies River hopes Tazne van Wyk murder trial won’t be drawn-out process

    The man accused of killing 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk on Monday appeared in the Western Cape High Court where the matter was postponed to Wednesday to give the accused’s new lawyer time to consult.

    2 days ago
  • FILE: Tazne van Wyk. Picture: @SAPoliceService.

    Tazne van Wyk murder trial postponed again

    The accused made a brief appearance in the Western Cape High Court on Monday morning.

    2 days ago
  • FILE: Community members protest outside the Goodwood magistrates court on 21 February 2020 where the man accused of murdering Tazne van Wyk (8) is expected to appear. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/Eyewitness News

    Man accused of rape and murder of Tazne van Wyk to go on trial

    Tazne van Wyk disappeared in February 2020. Her body was found near Worcester about two weeks later.

    3 days ago
  • Constable Lucinda Raffie delivered a baby boy on 20 January 2022. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter

    Guided by medics on phone, 2 cops help Leonsdale mom give birth

    Two Elsies River police officers had to think on their feet after receiving an emergency call of a woman who was going into labour.

    118 days ago
  • Picture: Unsplash

    Elsies River teen (14) shot in gang crossfire dies in hospital

    Aljondre Byers (14) was caught in the crossfire of rival gangs in Leonsdale in Elsies River over the weekend. He was shot in the head.

    245 days ago
  • FILE: A banner outside a house in Connaught Estate where President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the family of murdered Tazne van Wyk on 26 February 2020. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN

    Tazne van Wyk murder trial due to start today

    Tazne van Wyk's body was found in a storm water drain near Worcester days after she disappeared. She was apparently last seen with a neighbour. The man was tracked down and arrested in Cradock in the Eastern Cape. He's believed to have led police to her body.

    353 days ago
  • Linda Soboyce went missing on 27 April 2021. Picture: Pink Ladies

    CT police seek public's assistance in search for missing Elsies River teen

    Linda Soboyce was last seen on Wednesday afternoon when she left to attend a party in Valhalla Park. The teen never made it back home.

    379 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels.com

    Girl (5) wounded in fatal attack on Uitsig taxi boss facing paralysis, say docs

    On Thursday, two gunmen opened fire on Uitsig community leader and taxi boss, Angelo Kube. Both his daughters were with him, inside his car, at the time. He died at the scene, while his youngest daughter was left wounded.

    402 days ago
  • FILE: Taxi owner and organiser for the Cape Coloured Congress Angelo Kube. Picture: Facebook

    Slain Angelo Kube’s family seeking answers as daughter (5) fights for her life

    Taxi boss Angelo Kube was killed and his five-year-old daughter is still in ICU, while her 12-year-old sibling suffered slight injuries after another bullet grazed her hand in the attack.

    402 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape police are probing cases of murder, attempted murder, and robbery after Angelo Kube was killed and his two daughters left wounded in the shooting. Picturte: EWN

    Police hunt suspects behind the murder of Elsies River taxi boss Angelo Kube

    The brazen suspects opened fire on the taxi owner and Cape Coloured Congress member, whilst he was with his children on Thursday evening. His two daughters were wounded in the attack.

    403 days ago
  • FILE: Members of the SANDF gather outside blocks of flats in a known gang area in Ottery, Cape Town, during a Fiela Operation conducted during the early hours of the morning. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Gangsterism, hunger & COVID-19: Cape Town communities’ triple threat to life

    While the country grapples with COVID-19 that’s wreaked havoc on employment and the economy, residents in Elsies River and Tafelsig are dealing with more than one pandemic.

    420 days ago
  • FILE: A group of young men, one with a tattoo 'RIP' (Rest in Peace), pose for photos during a police crime-prevention operation in Mitchells Plain in Cape Town on 5 March 2021 during a joint operation between SAPS and provincial Law Enforcement officers. Picture: Rodger Bosch/AFP

    Gang violence keeping some CT communities penned in long after lockdown relaxed

    The COVID-19 pandemic isn't the only disruptive force in such neighbourhoods where residents have had to contend with hunger and the constant threat of gang warfare for years.

    420 days ago
  • Clarkes Estate residents in Elsies River, Cape Town receive their meals from community activists on 22 April 2020. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/Eyewitness News.

    Pandemic lockdowns expose CT's worsening food insecurity crisis

    A year after South Africa first went into lockdown, some communities in Cape Town are struggling to stave off hunger on a daily basis as the pandemic and a worsening economy make an already tough life harder.

    421 days ago
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    Elsies River police launch manhunt for gunmen after three people shot

    Two men were killed during the incident on Saturday, while a woman was left wounded and transported to a medical facility.

    452 days ago
  • Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter.

    Cops probe fatal drive-by shooting in Elsies River

    Authorities said the victims were sitting inside a white VW Golf vehicle when gunmen opened fire.

    452 days ago
  • FILE: Tazne van Wyk. Picture: @SAPoliceService.

    Case against Tazne van Wyk's alleged killer postponed to next week

    The man accused of killing eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk was arrested in Cradock in the Eastern Cape about a week after the child's disappearance in February 2020 and led police to her body in a stormwater pipe along the N1 near Worcester.

    474 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS

    Police investigate shooting involving 2 children and a man in Elsies River

    Authorities said the two young girls and man were inside a wendy house, when bullets penetrated the wooden home.

    480 days ago
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