{"id":81284,"date":"2018-05-22T13:57:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=81284"},"modified":"2018-05-28T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:41:09","slug":"video-protesters-threaten-turn-middelburg-north-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/05\/22\/video-protesters-threaten-turn-middelburg-north-west\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Protesters threaten to \u2018turn Middelburg into North West\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters blocked the N11 with burning tyres on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: Georgia;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;color: #333333;font-size: 12pt\">The protest started on Sunday at about 22:00. Protesters demand schools, libraries and community halls from the municipality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realMadumane?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realMadumane<\/a> kubi la ku Middelburg N11 Hlalamnandi n Nazaret a big strike people must avoid that road!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jomo msibi (@Jomo_msibi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jomo_msibi\/status\/998427319462187008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;font-family: Georgia;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;color: #333333;font-size: 12pt\">They vowed to bring the town to a halt if they do not get a response from the municipality. Steve Tshwete Municipal mayor Tsietsi Tolo, went to the scene to speak to protesters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81288\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81288\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/protest2-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/protest2-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/protest2-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The N11 was blocked by burning tyres.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They responded by singing offensive songs, but agreed to give the municipality seven days to respond.<\/p>\n<p>A message warning Middelburg residents of an impeding protest on Monday 28 May, has been circulating on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/eotONLd4vQg' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The message warns that anyone who dares to leave their houses to go to work or to school will be thrown with rocks and their cars petrol bombed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81289\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81289\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/protest-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/protest-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/05\/protest-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters vowed to bring Middelburg to a halt if their demands are not met.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although the community did not go into detail about their next protest, they were chanting that they will bring Middelburg to a standstill and turn it into the North West province if need be, to get what they are demanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The North West province were recently subjected to violent protests with buildings being set alight and looting and rioting erupting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hlalamnandi residents said they have lost patience with the Steve Tshwete Municipality. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5031,"featured_media":81287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Tiisetso Malunga","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[11519,1430,21966,11518,11520,2972,11521,11522],"class_list":["post-81284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-demands","tag-hlalamnandi","tag-middelburg","tag-north-west-protest","tag-schools-and-hospitals","tag-steve-tshwete","tag-tsietsi-tolo","tag-violent-protest"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["demands","Hlalamnandi","middelburg","north west protest","schools and hospitals","Steve Tshwete","Tsietsi Tolo","violent protest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81284","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\/5031"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}