{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Paarl Post","provider_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost","title":"OPINION | 'Red tape can cost lives'","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nJJxeqH9kn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/opinion-red-tape-can-cost-lives\/\">OPINION | &#8216;Red tape can cost lives&#8217;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/opinion-red-tape-can-cost-lives\/embed\/#?secret=nJJxeqH9kn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;OPINION | &#8216;Red tape can cost lives&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; Paarl Post\" data-secret=\"nJJxeqH9kn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/283771352_515715104_42630.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":1218,"description":"Last week Paarl Post reported on Drakenstein Municipality's recent stance taken against private firefighting services offered in the area, from such organisations as Drakensein Farm Watch (DFW) and Fidelity Group Services, which has a subscription-based service. Daan van Leeuwen Boomkamp, chairperson of DFW, responded in an open letter to these troubling new developments in the relationship between the private sector and local government."}