{"id":108867,"date":"2020-01-30T12:09:22","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T10:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=108867"},"modified":"2020-01-30T12:15:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T10:15:19","slug":"video-inwoner-ons-betaal-vir-lug-plaas-van-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/01\/30\/video-inwoner-ons-betaal-vir-lug-plaas-van-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Video &#8211; Inwoner: \u2018Ons betaal vir lug in plaas van water\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japie Potgieter van Dennesig s\u00ea dat sy buurman, wat in Desember besig was om gras te sny, toevallig gehoor het sy watermeter gaan beserk en hom geroep het. Mnr. Potgieter s\u00ea dat hy toe moes uitvind dat hy nie net vir sy maandelikse watergebruik nie, maar ook vir die lug in die waterpype betaal.<\/p>\n<p>Hy is met sy buitensporige waterrekening in die een hand en die video wat hy geneem het in die ander, na die Steve Tshwete Munisipaliteit om hulle te gaan konfronteer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaar s\u00ea die man toe vir my hy is jammer, daar is niks wat hulle daaraan kan doen nie. En hy dreig my dat as ek nie my rekening betaal nie, sal hulle my water kom afsny,\u201d s\u00ea mnr. Potgieter.<\/p>\n<p>Hy s\u00ea dat sy waterlesing amper 50 000 liter was.<\/p>\n<p>Mnr. Potgieter het toe vir Derek Watts, van Carte Blanche in Pretoria raakgeloop en by hom gekla.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHy het vir my ges\u00ea ek moet bewyse bymekaar maak en dit stuur,\u201d s\u00ea mnr. Potgieter.<\/p>\n<p>Mnr. Potgieter het \u2019n beroep op ander inwoners gedoen om hulle watermeters dop te hou en video\u2019s te neem as hulle dieselfde ervaar. Hy kan gekontak word by 071 165 6912.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Die Steve Tshwete Munisipaliteit kon nie dadelik op media navrae reageer nie omdat al hul bestuurders tans by \u2019n vergadering is en eers Maandag weer beskikbaar sal wees.<\/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\/Qe57iYJ7H5I' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2019n Dennesig inwoner is woedend nadat lug in sy waterpype sy watermeter soos \u2019n dobbelmasjien laat draai het, en hy toe die rekening moes betaal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":11680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[10367,23048,23049,23050,23051,10450,10366],"class_list":["post-108867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-betroubare-nuus","tag-inwoner-betaal-vir-lug-nie-water","tag-inwoner-se-watermeter-loop-met-opbou-van-lugdruk","tag-inwoner-sit-met-r50-000-water-rekening-vir-lug","tag-lug-in-water-pype-stoot-water-rekenings-op","tag-middelburg-nuus","tag-plaaslike-nuus"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["betroubare nuus","inwoner betaal vir lug nie water","inwoner se watermeter loop met opbou van lugdruk","inwoner sit met R50 000 water rekening vir lug","lug in water pype stoot water rekenings op","middelburg nuus","plaaslike nuus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108867","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=108867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}