On a sunny day in Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain, the heartbroken parents of Lekeasha Marthinus sit in their house where pictures and news articles are stuck against the cupboards and walls, playing with their busy little grandchild. It has been a year since Lekeasha was taken from their and her son’s
By Kaylynn Palm Weeks have passed and a Langa toddler is still recovering – after he was burnt with boiled water allegedly by angry woman for playing with a gate. Last month, a 4-year-old boy was playing with his friends when a 22-year-old woman came out of her house
By Kaylynn Palm What was supposed to be a day of prayer ended in extreme trauma for the congregants of the Blessings Zion Church in Khayelitsha – when 19 women were sexually assaulted by two men over the Easter weekend. The men entered the church and instructed the women, including
By Tshepi Mmekwa In a devastating incident that shocked the community, hotel owner Anneke Claassen (73) and her friend Hennie Claassen (77) were brutally attacked and caught in a fire in Ohrigstad, Limpopo, over the weekend. I spoke to Anneke’s son, Jan-Daniël Claasen, and according to him, the tragic event
By Kaylynn Palm Imagine being hit and kicked by an officer of the law – the very person whose duty is to protect you as a South African citizen. That happened to 18-year-old Le-Keisha Visser in Klapmuts in the Western Cape. A Klapmuts policeman allegedly assaulted her on 1 January
Over the past few weeks, the Action Society team has been attending and supporting court cases relating to gender-based violence and murder in the Western Cape. Here’s a wrap of some court cases in the last weeks. Mandalay woman found dead under man’s bed On 23 March, the Action
Three children have been left motherless after their father slit their mother, Nadia Lotz’s throat. According to reports, the 32-year-old Nadia from Strand in the Western Cape was in the passenger seat while her friend was driving. The boyfriend was seated in the back, leaned forward and slit her throat.
By Kaylynn Palm It’s been a painful few weeks for the family of 25-year-old Cleo Diko, whose decomposed body was found under a bed in Mandalay in Cape Town. After paying for private DNA testing to confirm her identity, the state is now delaying the release of her remains to
Belhar mother shot and killed while walking kid to school Action Society was at Bellville court on 19 January 2023, assisting the family of Lauren Kennedy, who was murdered in Belhar. She was taking a child to school in October last year when she was shot in the head, allegedly
By Kaylynn Palm SAPS are investigating allegations that a man in Belhar raped a teenage boy. Thirteen-year-old Jason Hendricks was sexually assaulted in a bush in Belhar last year. According to the boy, he played outside with his friend when some guys nearby asked them to go to the shop.
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