Following a grueling week long search, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has confirmed the arrest of a suspect in connection with the murder of 3-year-old Courtney Pieters from Elsies River, Cape Town. The 40 year old suspect was arrested last night. The little girl’s body was found in a[…]
One of four men initially arrested for raping and killing teenager Franziska Blöchliger is expected to appear in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. Howard Oliver, Jonathan Jonas, and two others originally faced charges of murder, rape and robbery for allegedly beating, raping, and strangling the 16-year-old in Tokai[…]
An alleged child rapist is expected to appear in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for the murder of 11-year-old Stacha Arends. Randy Tango, 31, is accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering Arends in March. Tango was taken in for questioning hours after her body was found in a[…]
Western Cape police have arrested and charged a suspect following the murder of an 11-year-old girl in Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats. Stacha Arendse, from Tafelsig, went missing on Monday afternoon and her body was found on Tuesday morning behind the Swartklip Centre in the area. The 31-year-old suspect[…]
The chairperson of the Steenberg CPF, Lucinda Evans has expressed her shock that the South African Police Service (SAPS) first notified the media before notifying the family of the murder of 13 year old Rene Tracey Roman. Following a week of tense searching, Lavender Hill residents yesterday heard the news[…]
Two men accused of murdering Kuils River mother Zarah Hector are expected back in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court on Friday. In February the court heard that the case could not proceed as the State was still awaiting DNA evidence. State prosecutor Maria Marshall said she’d receive the necessary DNA[…]
By Thakira Desai While law enforcement continues to investigate the recent spate of killings of three Somali nationals, local religious leaders have stepped up to lead the call for unity and peaceful co-existence. The killings, which occurred in Khayelitsha’s Site C on Thursday, are the latest in a string of[…]
The mother of murdered Paarl resident Nicola Pienaar, whose body was found in a friend’s backyard, is struggling to process the death of her daughter, a colleague said. “She already went home a few hours ago, we are trying to give her space. This is a very emotional time for[…]
Ocean View residents, angered by the fatal shooting of 6-month-old Zahnia Woodward, are expected to gather at the Simon’s Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to demand that the suspect arrested for her killing not be granted bail. The last pictures of little Zahnia smiling with mom Cindy Woodward and dad[…]
Marlon Johnson and his co-accused are expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday for the murder of Metrorail train driver Piet Botha on the Netreg station platform in Bishop Lavis. Johnson, 22, was formally charged for the murder of 46-year-old Botha. Botha was killed in July[…]
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