LOCAL Judgment is expected in the High Court in Cape Town on Monday in the murder of eight-year-old Tazné van Wyk. The accused, 54-year-old Moyhdian Pangkaeker, was arrested in February 2020 following Tazne’s disappearance near her home in Elsies River a few days earlier. The girl’s body was found in a storm water pipe outside Worcester. The accused has pleaded not guilty to the murder. During his testimony in August, […]
LOCAL The state is expected to continue cross-examination of the man accused of the rape and murder of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk from Elsies River on Thursday. Proceedings will take place at the Cape High Court. During his testimony yesterday, Moyhdian Pangkaeker claimed the little girl was murdered by a group of people unknown to him. He previously pleaded not guilty to 27 charges. Tazne went missing in February two years ago […]
LOCAL The man accused of the rape and murder of Tazne van Wyk, aged 8, from Elsies River will continue with his testimony in the High Court in Cape Town on Wednesday. Moyhdian Pangkaeker, again denied the murder charge against him in the dock on Tuesday. The accused previously pleaded not guilty to 27 charges. Tazne went missing in February 2019 from her home and her body was found in a […]
The sister of the man accused of the rape and murder of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk has been called by the State to testify in his trial. The little girl from Elsies River went missing from her parents’ home two years ago. Her body was found dumped in a stormwater drain in the Boland days later. Moyhdian Pangkaeker is facing 27 charges, including the rape and murder of Van Wyk. The […]
The father of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk who was raped and murdered in Cape Town two years ago, says he believes the accused was the last person who was with his daughter before she died. Terence Manuel was testifying in the trial of Moyhdian Pangkaeker, at the High Court in Cape Town on Wednesday. Pangkaeker faces 27 charges, including the rape and murder of Tazne. The little girl from Elsies River went […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his embarrassment over the government’s failure to deliver on its promises to the family of Tazne Van Wyk. Tazne’s family were promised improved living conditions from Ramaphosa and his government, but seven months later has not come through on this promise. Tazne was raped and killed in February this year and the discovery of her body caused outrage across the country. This especially when it was […]
It’s been a just over a week since the body of little Tazne Van Wyk has finally been laid to rest. However, the bereaved family have taken up the position to sue the state of the murder of the 8 year-old-girl. The family firmly believe that her life could have been spared if her alleged murderer was not prematurely released on parole. The accused Mohydien Pangaker, who led detectives to […]
Thousands of mourners gathered in Elsies River on Saturday for the funeral service of slain eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk. The Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa in Halt Road was filled to the rafters as family, friends, community members and her classmates, came to say their final goodbyes. Among the scores of people in attendance were Police Minister Bheki Cele, Western Cape Mayor Dan Plato, Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench […]
Government systems failed Tazne van Wyk who was kidnapped and murdered allegedly by a neighbour who was out on parole, according to Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo, who attended van Wyk's funeral service on Saturday. The little girl was last seen going to a tuckshop situated near her family home on 7 February, but days later, her body was found in a stormwater drain near Worcester. The man who has been […]
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