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Blomme vir regter Mphahlele

Kleurryke yslandse poppies het vanoggend die somber atmosfeer in die hof, waar die doodskissaak aangehoor word, opgehelder.

’n Inwoner van Middelburg, wat versoek het om anoniem te bly, het ’n bossie poppies gaan neersit, waar regter Sheila Mphahlele die saak aanhoor.

Die bossie blomme is later deur die klerk van die hof weggeneem.

 

“Ek wil nie my naam daaraan koppel nie, ek doen dit namens Middelburg,” het die man gesê.

“Ons is ’n dorp wat omgee, die doodskissaak moet ons nie polariseer nie, ons is nie ’n dorp van rassiste nie, ons gee om vir mense en is ’n fantastiese gemeenskap.”

Update: Accused to call witness on satellite tracking of vehicles

Day two coffin case trial continues

Video: #Coffincase Inspection of location

Day two of coffin case trial about to start in Middelburg

Second day of Coffin Case trial set to start

Oor sy rede vir die blomme aan regter Mphahlele het hy gesê “dalk kom daar tog iets goeds uit die saak, ons wil vir die wêreld wys dat ons bedoelings goed is en dat ons moet leer om met mekaar oor die weg te kom”.

Update: More police ordered to keep order during #Coffincase trial

Day 3 #Coffincase: Cross examination of Sithole completed

Update 11 – Day 3 #CoffinCase trial – as it happens

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Tobie van den Bergh

Tobie started as a journalist in September 1975. He was appointed editor of the Middelburg Observer in 1982 where he worked until he retired in 2024. He received numerous awards, is a founding member of the Forum for Community Newspapers and has published two books about his work. Although retired, Tobie is still very much involved in community journalism.
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