{"id":82019,"date":"2018-06-13T09:03:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T07:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=82019"},"modified":"2018-06-13T11:29:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T09:29:18","slug":"video-trafficupdate-protesters-block-hendrina-bethal-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/06\/13\/video-trafficupdate-protesters-block-hendrina-bethal-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: #TrafficUpdate &#8211; Protesters block Hendrina, Bethal Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Howden Power Management has sent through information that workers from Eskom have downed tools in protest and that the T-junction on the N11 going to the Hendrina Power Station, as well as the gravel road going to the Komati Power Station have been blocked due to protest action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82007\/5-things-need-know-eskom-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">5 things you need to know about the Eskom shutdown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>Motorists have been warned to avoid using the N11 from Middelburg to Hendrina as the current situation is volatile.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Middelburg &#8211; Bethal Road (R35) is also currently closed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Further unconfirmed information is that Arnot, Malta (Kriel) and Duvha power stations have also been closed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The\u00a0police is attending to the scene.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\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\/iuRNPGYeLuo' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/81958\/major-general-among-n4-road-casualties-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Major General among N4 road casualties<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/81972\/duur-petrol-nou-gesog-vir-diewe-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Duur petrol nou gesog vir diewe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/81870\/man-hijacked-n4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man hijacked on N4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/81845\/video-video-wys-vivian-onskuldig\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIDEO: Video wys Vivian was onskuldi<\/a>g<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Want breaking news on the go?<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 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>\u2022 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>\u2022 Subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCs1fP1J8BpepNwIfk2qeVkQ\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/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<h3>Subscribe to our newsletter<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/newsletter-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to a bi-weekly newsletter of local, national and international news<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports have been received about several roads blocked as well as protest action at various power stations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":82035,"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":[],"class_list":["post-82019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-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\/82019","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=82019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}