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.
The accused made a brief appearance in the Western Cape High Court on Monday morning.
Tazne van Wyk disappeared in February 2020. Her body was found near Worcester about two weeks later.
Two Elsies River police officers had to think on their feet after receiving an emergency call of a woman who was going into labour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two men were killed during the incident on Saturday, while a woman was left wounded and transported to a medical facility.
Authorities said the victims were sitting inside a white VW Golf vehicle when gunmen opened fire.
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.
Authorities said the two young girls and man were inside a wendy house, when bullets penetrated the wooden home.
