{"id":73286,"date":"2017-10-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/73286\/waste-water-killing-klein-olifants\/"},"modified":"2017-10-05T13:20:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T11:20:53","slug":"waste-water-killing-klein-olifants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/10\/05\/waste-water-killing-klein-olifants\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste water \u2018killing\u2019 Klein Olifants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The area is popular with mountain climbers, recreational abseilers, bird watchers and off-road motorbike riders.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73296\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73296 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/IMG_2349-Copy-520x400.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/IMG_2349-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/IMG_2349-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo taken in 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A group of abseilers were appalled by the stench coming from the river below when they visited the area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/15345\/what-is-happening-at-boskrans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video &#8211; What is happening at Boskrans?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73294\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73294\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/IMG_0837-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/IMG_0837-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/IMG_0837-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geese have no choice but to swim in the water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Boskrans sewer plant, servicing the Midddelburg area, have been unable to handle the capacity required off it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What a waste 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oOINx-D_Vig?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lees ook: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/65290\/inwoners-uit-huise-gestink-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inwoners uit huise gestink<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73297\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73297\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/Boskrans-Jul-2012-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/Boskrans-Jul-2012-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/10\/Boskrans-Jul-2012-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sewer plant in 2012, still uncompleted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Failed upgrades and useless explanations by the Steve Tshwete Municipality has seen the water quality in the river degrade to such an extent that only bacteria can survive in the sludgy water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adventurers and sport enthusiasts who make use of the mountainous area next to the Klein Olifants River, outside Middelburg, are horrified by the state of the river.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":73293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,2],"tags":[2098,2102,7942,3816,1470,920,7941,1012],"class_list":["post-73286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-boskrans","tag-boskrans-sewer-works","tag-klein-olifants","tag-pollution","tag-river","tag-steve-tshwete-municipality","tag-waste","tag-water"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Boskrans","Boskrans Sewer Works","klein olifants","pollution","river","Steve Tshwete Municipality","waste","water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73286","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\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}