{"id":62307,"date":"2017-01-26T12:34:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T10:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=62307"},"modified":"2017-01-30T10:47:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-30T08:47:52","slug":"missing-mans-remains-found-next-to-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/26\/missing-mans-remains-found-next-to-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing man\u2019s remains found next to road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Mfundo Mazwi Matse\u2019s body was found on the Machadodorp\/Badplaas road, just before the off ramp to Slaaihoek.<\/p>\n<p>Although animals already started feeding on his body, it seems that Mr Matse died of natural causes, as there was no blood found near his body or marks on the remains to indicate that he was murdered.<\/p>\n<p>His family reported him missing during December and gave a detailed description of his clothes. They also mentioned that he had a backpack with a tablet in it.<\/p>\n<p>When the police discovered the remains, they almost immediately knew that it must be him, because he still had the same clothes on and they found the backpack with the tablet still in the bag.<\/p>\n<p>No foul play like robbery is suspected due to the fact that his tablet was still intact.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read other news here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/62263\/o-krokke-waan-laat-my-staan\/\" target=\"_blank\">O \u2018Krokke\u2019- waan laat my staan\u2026.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/62250\/skoolhoof-as-seekat-geteken\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skoolhoof as seekat geteken<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/62245\/gaan-ons-water-vanaf-witbankdam-kry\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gaan ons water vanaf Witbankdam kry?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/62232\/mhluzi-headmaster-allegedly-paralyses-14-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mhluzi headmaster allegedly paralyses 14 years old<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/62217\/rivier-staan-dam-sak\/\" target=\"_blank\">River staan, dam sak!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/62219\/back-to-the-60s-for-90-year-old-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Back to the 60\u2019s for 90 year old Joe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For\u00a0daily news updates:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Send a message to our SMS line 33658, like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For videos check\u00a0out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The remains of a man who went missing during December in Machadodorp were found next to the road just outside the town on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":62308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Daleen Naude","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62307","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=62307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}