{"id":8146,"date":"2014-04-01T07:25:15","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T05:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=8146"},"modified":"2014-04-01T09:49:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T07:49:16","slug":"ligstraatjie-dood-ongeluk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2014\/04\/01\/ligstraatjie-dood-ongeluk\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Ligstraaltjie&#8217; dood in ongeluk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Na wat verneem word het die Jeep waarin mnr. Pitso Obed Mojapele gery het &#8216;n plas water getref, waarop dit buite beheer getol en die bakkie, waarin HR werknemers, me. Maralie Wolvaardt (26) en me. Melanie MacPherson (23) gery het, trompop getref.<\/p>\n<p>Me. MacPherson is opslag dood in die ongeluk en beide me. Wolvaardt en mnr. Mojapele het ernstige beserings opgedoen en is in die Life Midmed Hospitaal opgeneem.<\/p>\n<p>Mnr. Ben van der Merwe (van HR City) het Vrydag ges\u00ea dat die afsterwe van me. MacPherson geweldig traumaties was vir haar kollegas en dat daar traumaberading gedoen sal word. Daar is ook Vrydag &#8216;n geleentheid by HR City gehou in herinnering aan me. MacPherson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8148\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2014\/03\/hrcity-ongeluk-LL-ZN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8148\" alt=\"Die ongelukstoneel Donderdagmiddag op die N4, naby Alzu. Melanie MacPherson, 'n konsultant van HR City, is in die ongeluk oorlede.\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2014\/03\/hrcity-ongeluk-LL-ZN-423x317.jpg\" width=\"423\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2014\/03\/hrcity-ongeluk-LL-ZN-423x317.jpg 423w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2014\/03\/hrcity-ongeluk-LL-ZN-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2014\/03\/hrcity-ongeluk-LL-ZN-50x37.jpg 50w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2014\/03\/hrcity-ongeluk-LL-ZN-650x487.jpg 650w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2014\/03\/hrcity-ongeluk-LL-ZN-177x133.jpg 177w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2014\/03\/hrcity-ongeluk-LL-ZN.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Die ongelukstoneel Donderdagmiddag op die N4, naby Alzu. Melanie MacPherson, &#8216;n konsultant van HR City, is in die ongeluk oorlede.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mnr. Van der Merwe het me. MacPherson beskryf as &#8220;&#8216;n ligstraaltjie en &#8216;n sterretjie wat altyd borrelend was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me. MacPherson was al die jare &#8216;n inwoner van Middelburg en het haar matriek aan HTS Middelburg voltooi.<\/p>\n<p>Sy en haar man, James, het onlangs na Rustenburg verhuis en me. MacPherson het &#8216;n satellietkantoor vir HR City op Rustenburg geopen.<\/p>\n<p>Sy het egter steeds een keer elke twee maande na Middelburg gependel om werk te kom doen hier.<\/p>\n<p>Sy was juis Donderdag in Middelburg en het besluis om saam met me. Wolvaardt &#8216;n kli\u00ebnt op Belfast te gaan sien.<\/p>\n<p>Die ongeluk het oppad soontoe in gietende re\u00ebn gebeur.<\/p>\n<p>Teen druktyd was die finale begrafnisre\u00eblings nog nie gefinaliseer nie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Me. Wolvaardt was teen druktyd nog in die Midmed Hospitaal waar sy behandel word vir erge breuke, waaronder haar pols en rugwerwels.<\/p>\n<p>Haar ma, Ansa, het ges\u00ea dat sy en Maralie &#8220;stukkend is vir Melanie se familie wat &#8216;n dogter verloor het.<\/p>\n<p>Sy was &#8216;n lieflike ou mensie.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;n Werknemer van Middelburg HR City is dood en een ernstig beseer in &#8216;n ongeluk Donderdagmiddag op die N4 naby Alzu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":8147,"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":[7,8,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-local-municipal-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\/8146","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=8146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}