{"id":82533,"date":"2018-07-02T15:07:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=82533"},"modified":"2018-07-03T08:05:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T06:05:15","slug":"hendrina-water-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/07\/02\/hendrina-water-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hendrina water woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As far as plumbing pains go, Hendrina is no stranger since a mere couple of months ago, in February, residents experienced cuts in water supply as well.<br \/>\nTanks carrying water were said to have been brought into town in an attempt to ease the lack of water for residents.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82525\/warning-graphic-content-horrific-r555-accident-claims-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\">Horrific R555 accident claims lives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hendrina depends on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/optimum-colliery-mine-hendrina\/734797493230512\" target=\"_blank\">Optimum Mine<\/a> water purification plant to provide the town with water. Optimum has been declared under business rescue and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proxawater.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Proxa Mobile<\/a> was contracted to run the water purification plant.The contract with Proxa Mobile has expired in the meant time, bringing matters to a stand still.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82504\/two-sisters-died-blaze-gutted-orphanage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Two sisters died in a blaze which gutted Orphanage<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022It has been confirmed that the water supply was up and running again in Hendrina on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other News:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82482\/eight-injured-taxi-collision\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eight injured in taxi collision<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82444\/kranspoort-gesluit-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kranspoort gesluit<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"twenty_seventeen_advert_slider\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82409\/damme-van-leeg-na-vol\/\" target=\"_blank\">Damme van leeg na vol<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/82410\/groot-klippe-in-paaie-gegooi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Groot klippe in paaie gegooi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"twenty_seventeen_advert_slider\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\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>The weekend was a dry one for Hendrina residents as they had to sit without water for two days and not for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":78431,"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":[12118,10491,12119,12120],"class_list":["post-82533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-hendrina-water","tag-hendrina-without-water","tag-optimum-water-plant","tag-proxa-mobile"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Hendrina water","hendrina without water","Optimum water plant","Proxa Mobile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82533","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=82533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}