On Friday, as he was about to leave the dock in Court 1 of the Western Cape high court, Zandile Mafe yelled that he did not want the court or the prosecution to refer him to Valkenberg Hospital. The ...

A narrow security gate and a sign proclaiming rules for visitors are the only indication that the steel gate is the entrance to Valkenberg Hospital’s infamous ward 20. While hospital staff and ...

Najwa Petersen, accused of murdering her showbiz husband Taliep Petersen, has started her 30-day observation and evaluation period at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital, the Star newspaper reported on ...

Cape Town - A Khayelitsha mother accused of stabbing her baby in the neck has been referred to Valkenberg Hospital for observation. Neliswa Aaron, 27, appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court on ...

Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani is set to spend months in a notorious psychiatric hospital. The millionaire businessman will be held alongside murderers and rapists in the infamous Ward 20 of ...

Zandile Christmas Mafe appears in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on 25 March 2022. Picture: Gallo Images/Die Burger/Jaco Marais Alleged Parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe is set to undergo another ...

Conditions at a psychiatric ward at Valkenberg Hospital, once infamously described by hospital staff as "appalling", have been significantly upgraded, with more changes in the works. Just two years ...

Jerobejin van Wyk’s alleged killer is fit to stand trial, according to a psychiatric assessment report from Valkenberg psychiatric hospital. This emerged when the matter was back in the Western Cape ...

The Court has ruled that alleged parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe’s referral to Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital was unlawful. The case was heard at Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Mafe’s ...