{"id":81654,"date":"2018-06-04T10:40:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T08:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=81654"},"modified":"2018-06-05T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T08:31:05","slug":"from-driveway-to-ditch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/06\/04\/from-driveway-to-ditch\/","title":{"rendered":"From driveway to ditch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A widow who resides in Gholfsig, has voiced a complaint against Eskom, after damaging her car in a ditch left by contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Rienie Runsey, stated that the men from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eskom.co.za\/Pages\/Landing.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Eskom <\/a>were working on a transformer outside her property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/64659\/eskom-investigating-joe-singh\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eskom investigating Joe Singh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They had to dig a ditch in her driveway, to replace electrical cables.<\/p>\n<p>After completing their work, they refilled the ditch, but neglected to return the paving bricks from her driveway, to their original position<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81657\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81657\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2018\/06\/Rienie-kar-1-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/06\/Rienie-kar-1-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2018\/06\/Rienie-kar-1-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vehicle that was damaged by the ditch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/74178\/eskom-power-cuts-whole-town\/\">Eskom power cuts whole town<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mrs Runsey stated that, after pointing out the hole in her driveway, the men casually informed her that &#8220;it would be fine&#8221; and left the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The following day, when Mrs. Runsey had to leave home, her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mazda.co.za\/cars\/mazda3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mazda 3<\/a> got caught on the curb, and the bottom of her vehicle was scraped away.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/75279\/eskom-worker-bitten-by-stiletto-snake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eskom worker bitten by stiletto snake<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0has opened a case with Eskom, who have promised to look into the matter and have the ditch repaired.<\/p>\n<p>A claim can be issued for the damages that were done to the vehicle but the incident needs to be investigated first.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>More Stories:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/81594\/vermeende-huisrower-eerste-keer-hof\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vermeende huisrower eerste keer in hof<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/81577\/elektrisiteitspyne-die-winter-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elektrisiteitspyne die winter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/81567\/vermeende-plaasaanvaller-verdwyn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vermeende plaasaanvaller verdwyn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/81554\/strike-on-n11-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strike on N11<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h3>\n<p>Save our standby number (072 248 3855) and send us a WhatsApp message with the words \u201cAdd me\u201d to be added to our broadcast list.<\/p>\n<p>Like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiddelburgObserver\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MOBSERV\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mobserver\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<h3>Have a news tip?<\/h3>\n<p>Contact our news room on our 24 hr standby number\u00a0072 248 3855, or send a mail to our editor\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tobie@mobserver.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">tobie@mobserver.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A widow who resides in Gholfsig, has voiced a complaint against Eskom, after damaging her car in a ditch left by contractors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":81658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[4721,1369,1122,11643,21966,11644],"class_list":["post-81654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-ditch","tag-eskom","tag-gholfsig","tag-jochem-van-bruggen","tag-middelburg","tag-vehicle-damage"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["ditch","eskom","Gholfsig","Jochem van Bruggen","middelburg","Vehicle damage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81654","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\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}