{"id":82236,"date":"2018-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82236\/two-amputees-on-a-mission-2\/"},"modified":"2018-06-22T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T10:09:05","slug":"two-amputees-on-a-mission-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/06\/20\/two-amputees-on-a-mission-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Two amputees on a mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul and Mike are amputees, Paul below the knee and Mike above the knee. On route they will visit 64 towns and cities, where they will speak at schools, churches, community organisations and at various fundraisers.<\/p>\n<p>On their journey they will also visit eMalahleni (2 July), Middelburg (3 July), Belfast (5 July), Machadodorp (6 July), Waterval Boven (10 July) and Ngodwana (12 July).<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the walk is to raise funds and create awareness about the plight of amputees in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>It also aims to demonstrate the mobility a prosthetic leg provides to an amputee and to other amputees, as well as the general public.<\/p>\n<p>For more information go to <a href=\"http:\/\/paulsteynfoundation.org.za\/projects.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/paulsteynfoundation.org.za\/projects.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022The full story can be seen in the Friday edition of the Middelburg Observer.<\/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\/225pBZUTMek' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82247\/trafficupdate-multi-car-pile-n4-near-middelburg-tollgate\/\" target=\"_blank\">#TrafficUpdate: Multi car pile-up on N4 near Middelburg tollgate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82232\/jaghonde-rig-groot-skade-aan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jaghonde rig groot skade aan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82151\/load-shedding-eminent\/\" target=\"_blank\">Municipal Manager warns: Load shedding eminent\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82188\/faktotum-hof-oor-dade-met-tweejariges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Faktotum in hof oor dade met tweejariges<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82173\/seun-glo-spogskool-se-koshuis-verkrag\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seun glo in spogskool se koshuis verkrag<\/a><\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 26 June, Paul Steyn and Mike Minnie will embark on an epic journey, walking about 3000 km from Pretoria, via Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern and Western Cape. They will be accompanied by Lourens Delport, who will drive the backup vehicle and coordinate the walk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":82237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Daleen Naud\u00e8","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[11943,11944,11945,11942,11946,11941],"class_list":["post-82236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-3000-km-walk","tag-amputee-pilgrimage","tag-amputees-on-a-mission","tag-creating-awareness","tag-fund-raiser-walk","tag-pilgrimage-of-hope"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["3000 km walk","amputee pilgrimage","amputees on a mission","creating awareness","fund raiser walk","Pilgrimage of hope"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82236","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=82236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}