Two Bloubergstrand parents accused of the sexual abuse of their children are expected in the dock of the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Thursday. They are facing charges including rape, sexual grooming and child pornography. The alleged victims, their children, are three years old and eight years old. ALSO READ: Mother & father arrested for sexual abuse of daughters The alleged incident has been widely condemned, with activist group Action
A 14-year-old Langa girl has been kidnapped and raped, while she was making her way to school. The incident happened at around 07:15 on Tuesday. Western Cape Provincial SAPS spokesperson, Frederick Van Wyk confirmed the details to Smile 90.4FM. According reports, the victim left home to go to school, when she stopped at a shop to buy chips when she was called by a taxi driver in a white
The Western Cape Education Department says disciplinary action is being taken against a teacher at Harvester Primary School in Westridge, Mitchells Plain, following allegations that she sexually harassed a grade 7 pupil. According to reports, the teacher initially made contact with the student on a video social media platform, TikTok, and then moved their communication to WhatsApp, where an exchange of messages continued. It is alleged that the teacher shared a revealing
Samora Machel police have launched a murder investigation following a tragic shooting on Wednesday morning, 11 June, in which a 15-year-old girl was fatally wounded while en route to school. Police responded to a complaint of a shooting in Ashley Kriel Street at approximately 08:20. Upon arrival, officers found the young victim lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. Medical personnel declared her deceased at the scene. It is alleged that
The police’s Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) and Western Cape Organised Crime detectives have seized 15 bricks of cocaine — worth an estimated street value of R18 million from a storage facility — in the heart of the Cape Town CBD. According to authorities, they received a tip-off that narcotics and firearms were being housed at a storage facility in Roeland Street. This led to the arrest and detention of a 40-year-old alleged drug
