{"id":108806,"date":"2020-01-29T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T08:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=108806"},"modified":"2020-01-29T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T08:57:32","slug":"violent-protest-action-leads-road-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/29\/violent-protest-action-leads-road-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent protest action leads to road closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warnings to motorists have been sent out on social media and photos have been circulating of protesters building large structures out of bricks in the middle of the road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-108807\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/grob-3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/grob-3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/grob-3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The R25 (Bronkhorstspruit\/Groblersdal road), the R573 (Siyabuswa), as well as the R573 (Toitskraal), have all been blocked by protesters and the routes have been declared unsafe for motorists.<\/p>\n<p>The affected roads have been closed with burning tyres, rocks and corrugated iron sheets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-108808\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/grob-2-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/grob-2-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/01\/grob-2-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Motorists have been warned to make use of alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 According to information, the N11 (Groblersdal) remains unaffected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violent protest action from community members in the Groblersdal area has led to the closure of several roads in the vicinity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":108809,"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":[23005,20830,23004,10010,12898,23003,23006,10333,23007],"class_list":["post-108806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-dennilton-road-closed-by-protesters","tag-groblersdal-news","tag-groblersdal-paaie-toe-na-betogings","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-protest-action-leads-to-road-closure-in-groblersdal","tag-toitskraal-road-closed-by-protests","tag-trusted-news","tag-violent-protests-in-groblersdal"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["dennilton road closed by protesters","groblersdal news","groblersdal paaie toe na betogings","local news","middelburg news","protest action leads to road closure in groblersdal","toitskraal road closed by protests","trusted news","violent protests in groblersdal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108806","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=108806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}