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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

Western cape child murders

Case against Tazne van Wyk's alleged killer postponed to March

By Shamiela Fisher

The man accused of raping and murdering 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk in February last year appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday for another...

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

    Tazne van Wyk's alleged killer due in court for pre-trial hearing

    A provisional trial date has been set for May.

    79 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: SAPS.

    Child's body found in Hout Bay's Imizamo Yethu

    Police spokesperson Novella Potelwa said that DNA testing would also be done to ascertain if the body was that of Anothando Mhlobo, who went missing in August.

    121 days ago
  • Jordan Moore. Picture: @KEEPTHEENERGY1/Twitter

    Atlantis mother believes she will get justice for her murdered teen son

    Jordan Moore (16) was stabbed and mauled by dogs on Friday night.

    164 days ago
  • Picture: Winnie Theletsane/Eyewitness News

    WC police hunt suspects after teen murdered in Atlantis

    Councillor Allister Lightburn said that Jordan Moor (16) had stab wounds and appeared to have also been mauled by dogs.

    165 days ago
  • Little Diego Booysen was found dead inside this car on Tuesday morning, 13 October 2020. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN

    Family desperate for answers after missing boy (3) is found dead in car

    On Tuesday, Diego Booysen’s body was found in a car parked in a backyard at a home just a few doors from his own in Newtown.

    191 days ago
  • Little Diego Booysen was found dead inside this car on Tuesday morning, 13 October 2020. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN

    Community near Wellington in shock after missing boy (3) found dead in car

    Diego Booysen and a four-year-old girl were found inside a vehicle on a property in Newtown this morning after they went missing yesterday.

    192 days ago
  • Delvina Europa. Picture: Supplied

    Delvina Europa's killer handed two life sentences

    More than a year after six-year-old Delvina Europa's body was found among bushes behind a school in Elim, her killer has been put away for life.

    238 days ago
  • Delvina Europa. Picture: Supplied

    Court told Delvina Europa (6) smothered to death

    Reagan Zietsman was convicted of Delvina Europa's rape and murder on Tuesday after pleading guilty and sentencing proceedings continued on Wednesday.

    240 days ago
  • Delvina Europa. Picture: Supplied

    Delvina Europa's killer admits taking drugs with her father day before attack

    Admitting to the rape and murder of Delvina Europa, Reagan Zietsman told the court that he smoked mandrax and tik with her father the day before the attack.

    241 days ago
  • Delvina Europa. Picture: Supplied

    Reagan Zietsman convicted for rape, murder of Delvina Europa (6)

    Reagan Zietsman on Tuesday pleaded guilty to all charges relating to the child's death in the Bredasdorp Magistrates Court.

    241 days ago
  • Delvina Europa. Picture: Supplied

    Man accused of rape & murder of Delvina Europa to go on trial later this month

    Reagan Zietsman was expected to appear for a possible plea and sentencing agreement this week, however, the matter was on Tuesday postponed to 25 August for trial.

    254 days ago
  • Picture: SAPS Facebook page.

    Boy (12) stabbed to death in George during argument with 11-year-old

    The police's Chris Spies said that the alleged perpetrator was expected to make a first court appearance next Tuesday.

    300 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    MPs raise concerns over parolees who commit serious crimes

    The Department of Correctional Service briefed the Justice and Correctional Services Committee on Friday on the parole system and its challenges.

    406 days ago
  • Sibusiso Dakuse. Picture: @KronendalMusicAcademy/Facebook

    NGO calls for safer after school activities after Sibusiso Dukase's murder

    The man accused of his murder, an assistant basketball coach, has been arrested and is expected back in court later this month.

    410 days ago
  • A portrait of Sibusiso Dukase memorialized in his family home in Imizamo Yethu, Hout Bay. Picture: Jarita Kassen/EWN

    Murdered Sibusiso Dakuse remembered as a fun kid

    Twelve-year-old Sibusiso Dukase's body was found days after he was reported missing last week.

    414 days ago
  • Justice Minister Ronald Lamola tables his budget vote in Parliament on 16 July 2019. Picture: @DOJCD_ZA/Twitter

    Lamola: Correctional Services Dept committed to fixing parole system

    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.

    415 days ago
  • Sibusiso Dakuse. Picture: @KronendalMusicAcademy/Facebook

    Hout Bay community raises tens of thousands of rands for slain boy (12)

    Twelve-year-old Sibusiso Dakuse went missing in the area last Wednesday and was found murdered two days later.

    415 days ago
  • Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola (L) and Commissioner of Correctional Services Arthur Fraser (R) arrive at the Goodwood Correctional Facility on 4 February 2020. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Justice Minister Lamola admits to flaws in parole system

    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.

    415 days ago
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