{"id":83615,"date":"2018-08-08T10:40:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T08:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=83615"},"modified":"2018-08-09T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T07:36:08","slug":"dark-week-middelburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/08\/dark-week-middelburg\/","title":{"rendered":"A very dark week for Middelburg"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022On Thursday, a man took his own life with a small calibre pistol in Emerald Street.<\/p>\n

Mr Andre Venter’s body was found by his ex-wife and her nephew after he shot himself the day after his birthday.
\nMrs Dalene Venter and her nephew Mr Jaco Hamman came upon his body after Mr Hamman saw him entering Dalene’s bedroom.
\nThe deceased was staying in the outer room on the property belonging to his ex-wife at the time.<\/p>\n

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Mr Andre Venter took his own life a day after his birthday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u2022On Friday morning, Mr Dienkie du Plessis was killed in an accident near Woestalleen.<\/p>\n

Mr Du Plessis and his colleague, Mr Ruan Steenkamp, were on their way to the Wildfontein Mine when their vehicle collided with another pickup on the N4.
\nThe passenger, Mr Steenkamp, fortunately, did not sustain any serious injuries.
\nMr Du Plessis leaves behind his wife Karlien and two children, Marnus and Deon\u00e9.
\nThe cause of the accident remains unconfirmed.<\/p>\n

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Mr Dienkie Du Plessis with his wife, Karlien and two children, Marnus and Deon\u00e9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u2022Yet another accident occurred on Friday afternoon at around 15:00 on Dr Mandela Drive in Mhluzi. A BMW that was occupied by six young people lost control and veered into an oncoming Toyota Hilux.<\/p>\n

Four of the BMW’s occupants died in the collision and the other two were critically injured and admitted into hospital.
\nThree of the deceased have been identified as Siphosethu Msimango, Sifiso Zulu and Tyron Mashego. The fourth remains unidentified.
\nA case of culpable homicide has been opened.<\/p>\n

Also read: Four young lives lost after horror crash in Middelburg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Three men were murdered and another was left in critical condition after a stabbing in Mhluzi.<\/p>\n

The police were called to the scene on Saturday after which they came upon the four victims. Elvis Mduduzi Nkosi (29), Abraham Ongani Mahlangu (29) and Lawrence Sphiwe Mthimunye (33) were found dead on arrival.
\nThe police are currently investigating three charges of murder as well as a case of attempted murder.<\/p>\n

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The Middelburg community experienced a sombre week after several deaths occurred in quick succession, ranging from horrific accidents to suicide and murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":83616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[12818,12816,12817,12454,12822,12819,12820,12821,2896,12823],"class_list":["post-83615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-4sai-rugby-player-dies-in-accident","tag-accident-claims-four-young-lives","tag-accident-claims-the-life-of-husband-and-father","tag-accidents-in-middelburg","tag-four-stabbed-in-mhluzi","tag-man-commits-suicide-after-birthday","tag-man-shoots-himself","tag-stabbing-in-mhluzi","tag-suicide","tag-three-murdered-in-stabbing"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["4SAI rugby player dies in accident","accident claims four young lives","Accident claims the life of husband and father","Accidents in Middelburg","four stabbed in Mhluzi","man commits suicide after birthday","man shoots himself","stabbing in Mhluzi","suicide","three murdered in stabbing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}