{"id":106575,"date":"2019-12-10T12:53:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T10:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=106575"},"modified":"2019-12-10T12:53:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T10:53:47","slug":"severe-damages-gholfsig-substation-leaves-residents-without-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/12\/10\/severe-damages-gholfsig-substation-leaves-residents-without-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe damages at Gholfsig substation leaves residents without power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After technicians assessed the damages, electricity could be restored in most parts of Middelburg, with the exception of Gholfsig, Mhluzi, Clubville and Aerorand.<br \/>\nThe residents of the above mentioned areas have been without power since, while technicians are hard at work trying to restore the substation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/106533\/middelburg-faces-blackout-substation-catches-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Middelburg faces blackout after substation catches fire<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to information supplied by emergency Whatsapp groups, the substation has been severely damaged and residents can expect to be without electricity until tonight 20:00.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are asked to remain patient as technicians are working around the clock to have electricity restored to these areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middelburg experienced a total blackout as firefighters doused the flames after an electrical fire broke out at the Gholfsig substation late yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":106535,"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":[22342,22313,10010,12898,22343,22345,10333,22344],"class_list":["post-106575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-electric-fault-at-gholfsig-substation-leads-to-blackout","tag-gholfsig-substation-on-fire","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-without-electricity-after-fire-at-substation","tag-restoration-time-for-gholfsig-substation","tag-trusted-news","tag-when-will-gholfsig-substation-be-repaired"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["electric fault at gholfsig substation leads to blackout","gholfsig substation on fire","local news","middelburg news","middelburg without electricity after fire at substation","restoration time for gholfsig substation","trusted news","when will gholfsig substation be repaired"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106575","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=106575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}