{"id":58337,"date":"2016-10-20T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/58337\/hoop-op-reen-want-dam-is-leeg-2\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T11:51:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T09:51:49","slug":"hoop-op-reen-want-dam-is-leeg-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/10\/20\/hoop-op-reen-want-dam-is-leeg-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Hoop op re\u00ebn want dam is leeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die dam is Sondag besoek deur www.mobserver.co.za en was die joernalis geskok met die hartseer gesig wat haar begroet het.<\/p>\n<p>Die water is omtrent 150 m weg van waar die vlak gewoonlik is!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-58337 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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