Crowds gather outside Cape Town court ahead of hearing for suspect in Tazne Van Wyk case
Crowds gather outside Cape Town court ahead of hearing for suspect in Tazne Van Wyk case

Hundreds of gathered outside a Cape Town court on Friday (February 21) ahead of the appearance of Mohhdian Pangarker, the man accused of murdering eight-year-old Tazne Van Wyk.

A brief scuffle broke out outside Goodwood Magistrate’s Court when community members ripped off a section the court’s palisade fencing.

Police fended off the crowd and Voortrekker Road was closed to traffic.

Pangarker appeared briefly in court and the case was postponed to 17 April.