In March 2016, the victim and her siblings, who were three and four at the time, took a taxi from their mother's house to their grandmother's.

Western Cape Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela said the objectives of the lekgotla was to pave the way for members of the taxi industry to engage one another in order to reimagine the industry.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is leading the probe and it came as government appeared to be upping the ante in its war on corruption.

"She still wants to know why he did it to her daughter, but she also said that she will pray for him."

Jacobus Plaaitjies worked as a handyman for 30-year-old Anthea Thopps and knew her and her family well.

Several dams have reached capacity following heavy winter rains this year.

The 13-year-old was discovered by a caretaker and taken to hospital. He was apparently hiding in the ceiling for the entire weekend.

Two paramedics were on their way to pick up patients from the Khayelitsha Community Health Clinic on Monday when three men flagged them along Mew Way. They were then held up at gunpoint.

SAPS members were on patrol in the Browns Farm area over the weekend when a cab driver approached them and reported he had been robbed by eight suspects.

Jayden Theunissen, 14, was gunned down, allegedly while walking to a tuck shop last week.

The incident occurred at the Siyamukela High School in the Newcastle area in September.

In the latest shooting earlier this week, a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Extension 12.

Gerard Jansen Van Vuuren fled South Africa days before he was due to stand trial in May 2013 after he allegedly stabbed to death his ex-girlfriend in December 2011.

Gunmen killed five people in the Milnerton community of Joe Slovo on Thursday night.

Geraard Jansen Van Vuuren was charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend following a failed suicide attempt at the crime scene.

During the campaign, the member organisations will embark on practical efforts to fight what the president has referred to as a 'second pandemic'.

Police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa on Friday urged members of the public to come forward with any information on the latest shootings.

The new testing rules included all people with symptoms, and the pre-operative testing of asymptomatic patients awaiting surgery.