{"id":109674,"date":"2020-02-13T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=109674"},"modified":"2020-02-13T10:53:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T08:53:06","slug":"dr-beyers-naude-drive-blocked-protests-water-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/13\/dr-beyers-naude-drive-blocked-protests-water-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Beyers Naud\u00e9 Drive blocked during protests over water supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unrest erupted from residents who now face day 13 without water as STLM replaces the old asbestos pipeline running from Skietbaan to Graspan.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Mayor, Bagudi Tolo, addressed an angry crowd under heavy police surveillance, yet the unrest and road closures remain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109676\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/strike4-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/strike4-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/strike4-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to information, a second group of protesters have broken away and are headed into town to hand over a memorandum to the cluster commander, over alleged police brutality during protests.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists have been warned to avoid Dr Beyers Naud\u00e9 Drive in Mhluzi as well as Wes Street, as the march into town progresses.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\/videos\/577196122870264\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests from residents from areas affected by the two-week-long water interruptions has led to the closure of Dr Beyers Naud\u00e9 Drive leading to Tokologo and Malope Village.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":109675,"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":[23289,10010,23288,12898,15567,20576,15039,4304,23286,23287,2023,10333],"class_list":["post-109674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-dr-beyers-naude-drive-blocked-by-protests","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-areas-sit-for-two-weeks-without-water","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-traffic","tag-middelburg-traffic-updates","tag-protest-action","tag-protests","tag-protests-in-africa","tag-protests-in-tokologo-after-water-interruptions","tag-traffic","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["dr beyers naude drive blocked by protests","local news","middelburg areas sit for two weeks without water","middelburg news","middelburg traffic","middelburg traffic updates","protest action","protests","protests in africa","protests in tokologo after water interruptions","traffic","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109674","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=109674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}