{"id":49892,"date":"2016-05-31T09:37:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T07:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=49892"},"modified":"2016-06-01T09:58:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T07:58:13","slug":"video-update-botshabelo-church-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/05\/31\/video-update-botshabelo-church-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"(Video) Update: Botshabelo church collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During an interview on Monday, Mayor Mike Masina said he would personally step up efforts to attract tourism investors, to help save Botshabelo.<br \/>\n<i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>www.mobserver.co.za<\/i> obtained a video, created by Ms Annerie Fitzgerald during the 80\u2019s, depicting Botshabelo in its former glory.<\/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\/jftVM4WMoto' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article in Tuesday\u2019s edition of the <i>Middelburg Observer<\/i>, available at outlets now.<\/p>\n<p>Read previous stories here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/48612\/all-roads-lead-to-botshabelo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: All roads lead to Botshabelo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/48135\/mayor-weighs-in-on-botshabelo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Update: Mayor weighs in on Botshabelo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/12868\/outrage-at-botshabelo-mining-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Outrage at Botshabelo mining plans<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/24585\/botshabelo-spookdorp-van-verval\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Botshabelo \u2013 spookdorp van verval<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/24585\/botshabelo-spookdorp-van-verval\/\" target=\"_blank\">See more photos here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another large part of the Botshabelo stone church roof has collapsed during the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":49900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[3657,4724,1649,4723,1014,1049,1393,21966,2865,1263,4725],"class_list":["post-49892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-2010-academy-awards","tag-attract-tourism","tag-botshabelo","tag-church","tag-damage","tag-danger","tag-mayor-mike-masina","tag-middelburg","tag-roof","tag-roof-collapsed","tag-save-botshabelo"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["2010 academy awards","attract tourism","Botshabelo","church","damage","danger","Mayor Mike Masina","middelburg","Roof","roof collapsed","save Botshabelo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49892","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\/2844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}