{"id":83516,"date":"2018-08-03T09:59:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T07:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=83516"},"modified":"2018-08-03T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T10:58:19","slug":"trafficupdate-ongoing-strike-roads-still-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2018\/08\/03\/trafficupdate-ongoing-strike-roads-still-blocked\/","title":{"rendered":"#TrafficUpdate: Ongoing strike, roads still blocked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contract workers from Optimum Mine have downed tools and the N11 and the main road going to Optimum were scattered with burning tyres and logs.<\/p>\n

A truck was parked in the middle of the N11 with a load of sand dumped next to it.<\/p>\n

Also read: VIDEO: #TrafficUpdate – Protesters at Optimum block roads<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Recent reports were received that Eskom is also striking at the Arnot power station near Optimum, Kwagga north.<\/p>\n

Motorists are advised to use alternative routes.<\/p>\n

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The N11(Hendrina road) remains blocked due to ongoing protest action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":83517,"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":[11856,10486,6928,12724,11972,12725,10795,12711],"class_list":["post-83516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-eskom-strike","tag-gupta","tag-gupta-owned-optimum-mine","tag-n11-blocked","tag-n11-hendrina-road","tag-optimum-main-road-blocked","tag-optimum-mine","tag-optimum-protests"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["Eskom strike","gupta","Gupta-owned Optimum Mine","N11 blocked","N11 Hendrina road","Optimum main road blocked","Optimum Mine","Optimum protests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83516","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=83516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}