Daily Voice 2025-04-29

WORLD-CLASS musicians rocked Kapenaars and gave them a weekend to remember at the 2025 Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF). Drawing around 24 000 music lovers across three incredible days, the festivities kicked off with a vibrant free concert in the City Centre on 24 April, followed by two electrifying days of performances at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on 25 and 26 April. The free concert left audiences thrilled with performances by The Ploemies, DJ Eazy, Cape Town-raised singer-songwriter Hannah Ray, the dynamic Andrea Fortuin, iconic Kwaito group TKZee, British acid jazz pioneers Incognito, and sensational singer Fancy Galada. The festival itself reaffirmed its place as one of the continent’s premier music events, attracting a dynamic, youthful, and diverse crowd from across South Africa and abroad. Friday night…

AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy from Eastridge in Mitchells Plain is receiving medical treatment and showing signs of improvement after he was hit in head during gang crossfire on Thursday evening. According to the laaitie’s mother, who does not want to have their names published, her son was helping his oupa pack up his fruit and veg stall and was struck by a skollie’s stray bullet. She explains: “My son is doing alright. He is out of the ICU and recovering in the trauma unit, but everyday verstrek hy baie mooi. “He always helps my parents at night pack up the fruit stall but on Thursday was the first time they packed up so late. “I told him he needs to bath and sleep because tomorrow is school, but unbeknownst to me,…

THE death of a high-ranking bandiet at Goodwood Prison has officially been ruled as a murder investigation amid allegations that he was beaten by Department of Correctional Services (DCS) officials and mauled by dogs. Two months after the horrific death of Quinton “Questions” Fortuin, 39, cops are now probing what led to the fatal beating as his family lawyer has collected damning proof against DCS officials amid allegations about a cover up. The incident in February saw desperate inmates write letters begging for an investigation into the alleged actions by the Emergency Support Team (EST). According to two letters received by the Daily Voice, Fortuin who is a general of the 26s gang, was embroiled in an argument with wardens and allegedly stabbed one of them. The bandiete claim…