{"id":109986,"date":"2020-02-18T14:07:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T12:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=109986"},"modified":"2020-02-18T14:07:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T12:07:53","slug":"schools-warned-dangerous-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/18\/schools-warned-dangerous-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools warned of dangerous game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much like most social media trends, the game starts with a laugh and ends in tragedy, as friends record themselves jumping with a person in the middle, before sweeping the victim&#8217;s feet out from underneath them.<\/p>\n<p>The unexpected trip results in the victim falling backwards, striking the back of their scull violently on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The video warns parents of the dangerous game, but does not confirm where the captured incidents took place.<\/p>\n<p>After speaking to several local schools,\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0became aware that most head masters and principals have seen the video.<br \/>\nEach of the schools could confirm that no such incidents have been reported locally.<\/p>\n<p>Head master at Laerskool C.R. Swart, Mr Pieter Fauch\u00e9, said that even though he is not aware of any local incidents, the staff at the school have taken preventative measures by warning pupils of engaging in any dangerous games during their Monday assembly.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0has contacted the Department of Education regarding the matter and awaits a response.<\/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\/jww8aiM4OXw' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video circulation on social media, showing kids engaging in a dangerous game that has allegedly caused the death of two young people, has stirred up panic finding its way to the mobile devices of principals right across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":109987,"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":[10010,12898,23407,23408,10333,23406,23405,23404],"class_list":["post-109986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-parents-and-schools-warned-of-dangerous-game-trending-on-social-media","tag-social-media-trends","tag-trusted-news","tag-video-of-dangerous-game-circulates-on-social-media","tag-video-of-violent-game-trends-on-social-media","tag-violent-game-trends-on-social-media"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["local news","middelburg news","parents and schools warned of dangerous game trending on social media","social media trends","trusted news","video of dangerous game circulates on social media","video of violent game trends on social media","violent game trends on social media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109986","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=109986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}