Courtney pieters
Tazne van Wyk murder opens old wounds for angry community as case postponed
The situation outside the Goodwood magistrates court was heated on Friday morning as a large group of people protested against the little girl's murder.
Mikayla Pieters, the sister of slain toddler Courtney Pieters, was last seen on Saturday before being reported missing.
Police have confirmed 17-year-old Mikayla Pieters was last seen in Delft two days ago.
The man convicted of raping and killing three year old Courtney Pieters has been denied leave to appeal.
Mortimer Saunders has been given life in prison for raping and murdering the child last year. The sentences will run consecutively.
Judge Babalwa Mantame delivered sentencing to child killer Mortimer Saunders more than a year after he murdered three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
The Elsies River man has been convicted of the rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
The Elsies River man has been convicted of the rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
jkhManecia Botha says they are throwing a Christmas party for needy children in honour of Courtney.
The little girl's body was discovered in the Epping industrial area in May last year, nine days after she had disappeared from her home.
Mortimer Saunders, the man convicted of the girl's rape and premeditated murder, appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday for sentencing proceedings.
Sentencing proceedings against Mortimer Saunders, the man convicted of the rape and murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters, is underway in the Western Cape High Court.
Probation officer Jeremy Kessie says during his assessment of the convicted child rapist and murderer, Saunders maintained he did not intend to kill Courtney Pieters.
Judge Babalwa Mantame had found that the State has proven beyond reasonable doubt that three-year-old Courtney Pieters’ murder was premeditated.
A local NGO says successful convictions in three femicide cases this week involving the murder of two women and a child have been a victory in efforts to address gender violence.
Matla A Bana's Monique Strydom says it's disturbing at how violently Courtney Pieters, Hannah Cornelius and Susan Rohde died.
Wife killer Jason Rohde was found guilty of strangling Susan Rohde at the Spier Hotel in Stellenbosch in 2016 on Thursday.
Judge Babalwa Mantame on Thursday convicted Mortimer Saunders of rape and the premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.
Judge Babalwa Mantame says Juanita Pieters showed remorse and took responsibility for leaving her children unattended on the day Courtney disappeared.