{"id":106648,"date":"2019-12-12T11:27:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T09:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=106648"},"modified":"2019-12-12T11:27:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T09:27:23","slug":"electricity-restored-certain-areas-work-substation-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/12\/12\/electricity-restored-certain-areas-work-substation-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity restored to certain areas as work on substation continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faithful to their promise, the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality continues to update the public on their progress.<\/p>\n<p>Media spokesperson for STLM, Prudence Magutle, told\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0that electricity has been restored to Aerorand and Mhluzi, as technicians continue to repair the other damaged feeders.<\/p>\n<p>There is still no time frame for when work will be completed, however, DA Ward Councillor, Joss Pretorius, has informed communities without power, that technicians will continue to test feeders throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Residents without power may experience moments where electricity is restored, only to have it cut off again, as the switch station undergoes repair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technicians continue to work around the clock on the damaged switch station in Gholfsig, while residents in blackout areas face their fourth day without electricity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":106616,"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":[22394,10010,22395,12898,10001,22398,22396,22397,10333],"class_list":["post-106648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-gholfsig-sub-station","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-blackout","tag-middelburg-news","tag-news-headlines","tag-on-gholfsig-substation","tag-repairs-on-gholfsig-substation","tag-repairs-on-gholfsig-switch-station","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["gholfsig sub station","local news","middelburg blackout","middelburg news","news","on gholfsig substation","repairs on gholfsig substation","repairs on gholfsig switch station","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106648","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=106648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}