{"id":106606,"date":"2019-12-11T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=106606"},"modified":"2019-12-11T10:00:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T08:00:34","slug":"video-presidentsrus-vasgekeer-na-laagwater-brug-verspoel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/12\/11\/video-presidentsrus-vasgekeer-na-laagwater-brug-verspoel\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Presidentsrus vasgekeer na laagwater brug verspoel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daar is laat gistermiddag \u2019n waarskuwing uitgereik aan Olifants River Lodge na die sluise oopgemaak is, wat die gemeenskap gewaarsku het om te ontruim voor die water in die Olifants hulle bereik.<\/p>\n<p>Jacky Smith, van Olifants River Lodge, het bevestig dat die waarskuwing hulle bereik het, maar het ges\u00ea dat die lodge veilig is en dat die uitgang op \u2019n heuwel is terwyl die rivier onder hulle l\u00ea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106608\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sy het die versekering gegee dat die lodge nog oop is vir besigheid en veilig is, maar het ges\u00ea dat die waarskuwing op die Presidentsrus inwoners gemik was.<\/p>\n<p>Teen 18:30 gisteraand is daar bevestig dat die laagwaterbrug, wat toegang gee tot die \u201cEiland\u201d buurt toe is onder die water, en dat daar wel inwoners is wat vasgevang is op die eiland.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106607\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus2-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus2-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus2-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Een van die inwoners het ges\u00ea dat hulle tydens \u2019n vorige geleentheid, toe die Witbankdam se sluise oopgemaak is, vir drie dae van die buitew\u00eareld afgesluit was met die bruggie wat oorstroom het.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106609\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus4-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus4-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2019\/12\/presidentsrus4-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QGH4dhWHm8o' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talle mense is vasgekeer op \u201cdie Eiland\u201d by Presidentsrus nadat Witbankdam se sluise oopgemaak is en die laagwaterbrug, wat toegang gee tot di\u00e9 buurt oorspoel is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":106610,"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":[10367,22356,22357,10450,10366,22354,22358,22355],"class_list":["post-106606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-betroubare-nuus","tag-bevloeding","tag-bevloeding-na-swaar-reens-in-middelburg","tag-middelburg-nuus","tag-plaaslike-nuus","tag-presidentsrus","tag-presidentsrus-inwoners-vas-na-swaar-reens","tag-presidentsrus-vasgekeer-na-brug-verspoel"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["betroubare nuus","bevloeding","bevloeding na swaar reens in middelburg","middelburg nuus","plaaslike nuus","presidentsrus","presidentsrus inwoners vas na swaar reens","presidentsrus vasgekeer na brug verspoel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106606","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=106606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}