A 27-year-old Ethiopian man was arrested in Arnot after a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped on April 3, reportedly after being sent to a nearby tuck shop. He appeared in the Hendrina Magistrate’s Court, and the case was postponed several times.

Read more here: Ethiopian accused of six-year-old’s rape remanded in custody | Middelburg Observer

A truck and a BMW collided on the N4 between Belfast and Berg-en-Dal monument on April 6. Five people, including a child, died on the scene, and another person later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital.

Read more here: Five die in deadly crash this afternoon | Middelburg Observer

’n Sindikaat het al meer as 50 motorfietse net in Middelburg gesteel die afgelope paar jaar.
Hierdie inligting is deur ’n informant bevestig.
In die meeste gevalle is honde in die omgewing vergiftig voor die motorfietse gesteel is.

Lees meer hier: Sindikaat het al meer as 50 motorfietse in Middelburg gesteel! | Middelburg Observer