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.