{"id":109978,"date":"2020-02-18T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T10:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=109978"},"modified":"2020-02-18T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T10:51:01","slug":"residents-resort-using-river-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/18\/residents-resort-using-river-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents resort to using river water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents Extension 5,6,7 Tokologo, Malope Village, Roberts Estate and parts of Aerorand have been without water for nearly three weeks due to a water supply pipeline failure.<\/p>\n<p>Some people resorted to bathing in pools and doing their laundry in the Klein Olifants River near the Kees Taljaard Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109979\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/water-1-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/water-1-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/water-1-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday and Friday the residents blocked roads.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Mayor, Bagudi Tolo, made an appearance before the frustrated residents.<\/p>\n<p>Water was restored in Extension 5,6,7 on Monday however some residents in Tokologo are still without water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mhluzi residents who have been without water for almost three weeks have resorted to using water from the river.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":109980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Tiisetso Malunga","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[18394,15476,23403,12898,23401,10333,23402],"class_list":["post-109978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-klein-olifants-river","tag-local-news-trusted-news","tag-mhluzi-residents-do-laundry-in-klein-olifants-river","tag-middelburg-news","tag-residents-use-river-water-after-continuous-water-interruptions","tag-trusted-news","tag-water-interruptions-mhluzi"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["klein olifants river","local news trusted news","mhluzi residents do laundry in klein olifants river","middelburg news","residents use river water after continuous water interruptions","trusted news","water interruptions mhluzi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109978","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=109978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}