Orderick Lucas. (Supplied)
Melvyn Volkwyn pleaded not guilty to the murder of Orderick Lucas in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.
The one-year-old was found dead in a stormwater drain two years ago.
Volkwyn was a friend of Orderick s mother, Davidene.
He gave the little boy back to his mother - this was the only explanation given by child murder accused Melvyn Volkwyn when his trial for the murder of one-year-old Orderick Lucas commenced in the Western Cape High Court on Monday.
Volkwyn and his former friend Davidene Lucas faced off on Day 1 of proceedings, with Lucas maintaining that Volkwyn had never handed her son back to her two years ago.
Hospital accused of waiting two weeks to inform family of patientâs death
By Velani Ludidi
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Cape Town - A Delft family is demanding answers and compensation from the Western Cape Department of Health after a relative died on New Yearâs Day, but they were only informed of his death two weeks later.
Zipumeze Vava, 48, was transferred to Brooklyn Chest Hospital on 23 November from Eerste River Hospital after he suffered a stroke.
âHe could not talk, so we depended on the hospital for updates about his condition,â says brother Lenox Vava, 62.
âWe called the hospital almost every day as we were not allowed to visit due to Covid-19.
Common eye problems that can affect your work performance gcis vuk uzenzele > By gcis vuk uzenzele - 15 January 2021 - 07:00 An optometrist is a good first choice for people with visual complaints. Image: Supplied.
Good visual function has a direct positive impact on our ability to perform daily activities and contribute to society and the economy.
“It also affects children s ability to learn and grow at school and our fundamental ability to look after ourselves in general,” says Doctor Pauline Lam, an ophthalmologist which is a specialist eye doctor at the Eerste River Hospital eye clinic at the Western Cape Department of Health.