10-year-old raped at Siloam

A day before the lockdown, on 26 March, the residents of Siloam village in Nzhelele woke up to shocking news that a 10-year-old girl had been raped by a 41-year-old man.

According to a media release from the police in Limpopo, the police in Siloam have arrested the man in connection with the case. The suspect appeared in the Thohoyandou Magistrate's Court on Monday and he was denied bail.

Date:01 April 2020

By: Maanda Bele

Maanda  Bele, born and raised in Nzhelele Siloam, studied journalism at the Tshwane University of Technology.

He is passionate about current news and international affairs.

He worked as part of the Zoutnet team as an intern in 2017.

He is currently a freelance journalist specialising in news from the Vhembe district.

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