{"id":94658,"date":"2019-05-27T12:06:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T10:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=94658"},"modified":"2019-05-29T15:34:47","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:34:47","slug":"internal-conflict-home-affairs-affects-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2019\/05\/27\/internal-conflict-home-affairs-affects-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal conflict at Home Affairs affects residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is not clear what led to the strike.<\/p>\n<p>Residents who arrived at about 07:00 were left with no choice but to leave as the employees locked themselves inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0arrived at the offices at about 09:00, it found frustrated residents waiting outside the building hoping to be assisted.<br \/>\nMinutes later an employee told the angry residents to enter the building to receive assistance.<\/p>\n<p>He told\u00a0<b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b>\u00a0that only three out of 18 workers were willing to work, he further said that the other colleagues had left work and were nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Also read:<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88482\/parents-frustrated-lack-space-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\">Parents frustrated by a lack of space in Middelburg schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88163\/traffic-officers-appear-court-corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic officers to appear in court for corruption<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88186\/trafficalert-two-dead-kranspoort-accident\/\" target=\"_blank\">#TrafficAlert: Two dead in Kranspoort accidents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/88191\/video-two-perish-truck-jack-knifes\/\" 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