{"id":113585,"date":"2020-03-24T13:13:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T11:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=113585"},"modified":"2020-03-24T13:13:44","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T11:13:44","slug":"n11-opened-violent-service-delivery-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/03\/24\/n11-opened-violent-service-delivery-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"N11 opened after violent service delivery protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic was interrupted due to service delivery protest action.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113590\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/Dnr-1-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/Dnr-1-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, 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src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/Dnr-3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/Dnr-3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/03\/Dnr-3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Police officers, firefighters and traffic officials were on the scene ascertaining the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The N11 has been cleared and opened for traffic following early morning protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":113589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Tiisetso 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