Moehydien pangaker
Tazne van Wyk murder trial postponed to July
Fifty-four-year-old Moehydien Pangaker, who was out on parole, was arrested in Cradock in the Eastern Cape, a week after Tazne van Wyk went missing and led...
The heartbroken and angry community accusing government of not doing enough to protect children.
Moehydien Pangaker (54) was arrested in Cradock in the Eastern Cape on Monday and upon his return to the Western Cape two days later, he led police to a stormwater pipe where Tazne van Wyk's body was dumped.
The crowd had gathered outside the Goodwood Magistrates Court on Friday where 54-year-old Moehydien Pangaker appeared in connection with the child murder.
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.
People outside the courtroom door were chanting 'We want justice' and 'Let us in' as several police officers tried keep the doors closed as protesters were fighting to make their way inside the already packed courtroom.
It's alleged that Moehydien Pangaker snatched the girl when she went to a tuckshop across the road from her Elsies River home.
It's understood 54-year-old Moehydien Pangaker led police to the stormwater pipe along the N1 near Worcester where the girl's body was found on Wednesday night.
The body of eight-year-old Elsies River girl Tazne van Wyk was found after a 54-year-old suspect led police to the site where he dumped her.
The 8-year-old girl's body was found near Worcester last night after she went missing from her Elsies River home two weeks ago.
Moehydien Pangaker led detectives to the scene after he was arrested in Cradock in the Eastern Cape.
Moehydien Pangaker was apprehended in Craddock on Monday night. The 54-year-old parolee is believed to have abducted the girl in Elsies River almost two weeks ago.
But Tazne van Wyk has still not been found.
Police are searching for a parolee who is believed to have kidnapped Van Wyk.
She was allegedly taken when she visited a tuckshop near her Elsies River home in Connaught Estate.