{"id":71042,"date":"2017-08-22T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T07:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=71042"},"modified":"2017-08-23T09:19:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T07:19:35","slug":"update-road-cleared-now-protest-set-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/08\/22\/update-road-cleared-now-protest-set-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Road cleared for now, protest set to continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Municipal magazine employees were prevented from entering the premises by protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Police and traffic management however negotiated with the group of protesters and around 08:00 municipal employees were allowed back onto the property.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71037\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/IMG_9023-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/IMG_9023-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/IMG_9023-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>www.mobserver.co.za\u00a0<\/b>was told that the protest centered around a bus dispute with the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/71036\/video-police-high-alert-protesters-block-entrance-mhluzi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Police on high alert as protesters block entrance to Mhluzi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is however still unclear what the protester&#8217;s terms and conditions are.<\/p>\n<p>Police have cleared the road from rocks and burning debris.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters however remain on the scene and motorists should remain cautious.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71043\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71043\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71043\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/IMG_8922_23320_tn-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/IMG_8922_23320_tn-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/IMG_8922_23320_tn-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Public Order Police Unit clearing the road which was blockaded by Protesters in front of the municipal magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calm had been restored to the Protea Street area where protesters blocked the Road at the Protea Street entrance to Mhluzi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":71043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2885,7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71042","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=71042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}