The 11-yearold girl have birth more than a week ago.

The man alleged to have raped and impregnated an 11-year-old girl made a brief appearance in the Atlantis Magistrate’s Court on Monday.

The 32-year-old man was charged with rape.

The man, alleged to be the child’s mother’s boyfriend, was arrested after police obtained a warrant for his arrest.

This comes after it emerged that an 11-year-old girl had given birth over a week ago, allegedly as a result of sexual abuse involving a person known to the family.