He allegedly lured boys and girls, aged between 13 and 18, to his house where he'd sexually assault them.

The little girl was with her mother and brother. Police divers and sea rescue teams managed to retrieve the woman's body from the ocean shortly after the tragedy. Her son escaped with minor injuries.

The Hawks' Bonnie Nxumalo said that the two were nabbed after undercover officials visited the fake doctor's surgery for a consultation.

The girl was with her mother and eight-year-old brother at the time of the accident.

Ipid said that it had managed to identify the duo who were seen in video footage as well as the police officers involved.

Western Cape Emergency Medical Services' Deanna Bessick said that the driver's body was recovered from the sea. Her 8-year-old son managed to escape the vehicle.

Mthembu passed away earlier on Thursday from COVID-19 related complications.

The directorate said the victims of apparent police brutality had opened a case at the Worcester police station.

The department said the voice note falsely alleged you would be taken to a COVID-19 ward for a ''death injection'' and would die a few days later.

Provincial health authorities said active cases in the Western Cape were on the decline.

A Sunday Times report suggested a report was related to allegations of procurement impropriety, the misuse of company credit cards and the abuse of power.

There have been long queues outside various Sassa offices in Cape Town as thousands of beneficiaries reapply for temporary disability grants that were suspended at the end of last month.

Provincial Social Development MEC Sharna Fernandez met with a delegation from Sassa on Monday.

He appeared in juvenile court on Tuesday and has been released into the care of his parents following his arrest at his home in Bethelsdorp on Monday.

The accused was released on strict bail conditions but he was recently accused of having breached those conditions and a warrant for his arrest was issued.

Between July 2019 and March 2020, the three-person panel consulted 167 individuals and entities, and perused close to 200 documents.

A 300-page report was commissioned by Sanef in June 2019 and followed an inquiry into the publication and retraction of a series of reports in the Sunday Times between 2011 and 2016.

Ocean View is one of numerous communities across the Western Cape that is buckling under ongoing gang violence.