Jesse hess
Several femicide, child murder cases heard in CT courts today
This comes at a time when the country observes 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children.
Three key Bills relating to gender-based violence have been introduced in Parliament that honours the promise made to protesters and women, writes Cyril Ramaphosa.
Sunday marked one year since the theology student and her 85-year-old grandfather, Chris Lategan, were killed at their flat in Parow.
The theology student and her grandfather Chris Lategan were found dead at their Parow flat on 30 August.
The minister briefed the media after he convened an urgent two-day meeting with high ranking officials following a number of cases in the Western Cape in which parolees were arrested for child murders.
The State is still waiting for an outstanding DNA report before the investigation into the murders of Hess and her grandfather, Chris Lategan, can be finalised.
David Van Boven and Tasliem Ambrose were in the Bellville Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning.
The statement comes after TVET student Precious Ramabulana was found stabbed to death in her room off-campus on Sunday.
Precious Ramabulana was found dead in her room off-campus on Sunday and had apparently been stabbed 52 times.
Dozens of people took to the streets of Khayelitsha on Monday to mark the start of 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children.
David Van Boven - a relative of the slain 19-year-old - and Tasliem Ambrose were in the Bellville Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Shanay Taute was among friends and family who packed the public gallery at the Bellville Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning.
The suspect is expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning alongside the late Jesse Hess's cousin, who was arrested in Struisbaai last week.
The man, who is linked to Hess’s murder, has appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates Court for the rape of a Hanover Park teenager.
Family spokesperson Sandy Hess said the suspect was the murdered student's cousin.
Jesse Hess and her grandfather Chris Lategan were murdered in their Parow flat in August.
Police told Eyewitness News that a suspect has been linked to the murders of Jesse Hess and her grandfather.
Jesse Hess and her grandfather, Chris Lategan, were murdered in their flat over two weeks ago.
Hess and her grandfather, Chris Lategan, were murdered more than two weeks ago in their flat.