{"id":39184,"date":"2015-12-06T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T13:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=39184"},"modified":"2015-12-06T19:08:01","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T17:08:01","slug":"avoid-r555","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2015\/12\/06\/avoid-r555\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid R555"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Col. Ronel Otto, Limpopo Police Spokesperson, said that several trucks have been set alight. No injuries have been reported although reports of vehicles being stoned have been received.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39193\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2015\/12\/received_10153825962284515.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39193\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2015\/12\/received_10153825962284515-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"A burnt-out truck is blocking the steel bridge to Sekhukune.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A burnt-out bus is blocking the steel bridge to Sekhukune.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is alleged that the community are protesting becuase they are unhappy with their leaders, representing them in employment negotiations with mines in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Public Order Police are on the scene to monitor the situation. Unconfirmed reports have it that 10 trucks and four busses have been torched. A burnt-out bus is blocking the steel bridge to sekhukune<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39186\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2015\/12\/received_10153825659459515.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39186\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2015\/12\/received_10153825659459515-520x400.jpeg\" alt=\"Several trucks have been set alight. Photo:  Supplied \" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several trucks have been set alight. Photo: Supplied<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists are warned to avoid the R555 in the Burgersfort, Sekhukhune and Roossenekal areas due to voilent protests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":39185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2885,2],"tags":[2994,2992,2995,2993],"class_list":["post-39184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-burgersfort","tag-protest","tag-roossenekal","tag-steelpoort"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["burgersfort","Protest","roossenekal","steelpoort"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39184","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\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}