Tazne van Wyk's alleged killer due in court for pre-trial hearing
A provisional trial date has been set for May.
A provisional trial date has been set for May.
The only person charged in the crime was Zane Kilian, an unregistered private investigator.
Zane Kilian appeared in the Bellville Regional Court on Tuesday.
Over the weekend, a firefighter from the Overberg district died while battling a wildfire in Barrydale.
A community worker in Bredasdorp said that many residents did not talk about the Anene Booysen murder anymore as it was not the last such tragedy to befall the small town.
The Western Cape's environmental affairs department's James Brent Styan said Van Rooyen paid the ultimate sacrifice while working to extinguish the fire, which has been raging on for a 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.
The lengthy investigation culminated in Port Elizabeth on Thursday night.
They appeared in the Bellville Magistrates Court in connection with Vincent Bartes' murder.
Two people were arrested this week during a stop-and-search operation in Khayelitsha; two more were arrested upon further investigation.
The province has had the biggest reduction in festive season road deaths.
Firearms, including a hunting rifle and a shotgun, large quantities of ammunition, cartridges and police uniform items were found in a house in Kuyasa in Khayelitsha.
The little girl was with her mother and eight-year-old brother when their car left Voelklip Road last Thursday and plunged off a cliff.
The group believes it is discriminatory for certain establishments, like restaurants and gyms, to be allowed to open while places of worship remain closed.
British American Tobacco South Africa's Johnny Moloto said that the alarming increase in criminals targeting their products should be of major concern for authorities.
Transport MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela said that one of their key priorities was to relocate shacks that had sprung up on tracks that had been unused for months.
The groups say that South Africa remains under the firm grip of a second wave of COVID-19 and the need for assistance to the most vulnerable remained great.
The trio face a string of charges, including rape, human trafficking and racketeering.