{"id":103813,"date":"2019-10-21T09:32:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T07:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=103813"},"modified":"2019-10-23T08:46:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T06:46:48","slug":"taxi-associations-refuse-passage-avanza-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/10\/21\/taxi-associations-refuse-passage-avanza-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxi associations refuse passage to Avanza drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to information Avanza Toyota drivers who are not apart of any taxi association in Middelburg were pulled over by taxi operators in Rockdale.<\/p>\n<p>The drivers were told not to operate in the area, the motive is unclear.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103814\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/taxi-strike-1-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/taxi-strike-1-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/10\/taxi-strike-1-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While other reports said the taxi association in Nasaret were prohibiting taxi&#8217;s from Mhluzi from operating in the area, however when\u00a0<b><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.mobserver.co.za<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>arrived in Rockdale both the Middelburg District Taxi Association and the Nasaret Taxi Association were operating freely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School learners using private transportation services in Rockdale were prohibited from going to school this morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":103815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Tiisetso Malunga","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[21498,10010,12898,21496,21495,21497,10283,21492,21494,21491,21493,21500,21499,10333],"class_list":["post-103813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-avanza","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-taxi-associations","tag-middelburg-taxi-wars","tag-no-permits","tag-rockdale","tag-rockdale-learners-withheld-from-school-by-taxi-strikes","tag-taxi-associations-refuse-passage-to-avanza-drivers","tag-taxi-strike-in-rockdale","tag-taxi-strikes","tag-taxi-war","tag-transport-permits","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["avanza","local news","middelburg news","middelburg taxi associations","middelburg taxi wars","no permits","rockdale","rockdale learners withheld from school by taxi strikes","taxi associations refuse passage to avanza drivers","taxi strike in rockdale","taxi strikes","taxi war","transport permits","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103813","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=103813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}