Grief and sorrow filled the streets surrounding the house of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk, as news of the discovery of her body spread throughout the community. TheCapeArgus
Cape Town - Grief and sorrow filled the streets surrounding the house of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk in Connaught Estate, Elsies River, as news of the discovery of her body spread through the community.
Police released a statement in the early hours today, dashing the hopes of those that have clung to hope, participated in the search and prayed for her safe return.Lucinda Evans, community activist and director of Philisa Abafazi Bethu, said this was a second child allegedly killed by a parolee in 2020, and pleaded with the president and the police not to give parole to any "rapist and murderer".
Evans said action must be taken and said they do not want to wait six months for a DNA test, asking: "Now that a suspect is there, what is the government gonna do about it?"
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