{"id":294780,"date":"2025-11-28T15:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=294780"},"modified":"2025-11-28T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:29:15","slug":"fiskaal-street-is-evolving-into-a-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/fiskaal-street-is-evolving-into-a-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiskaal Street is evolving into a nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The residents of five houses at the bottom end of Fiskaal Street in Welkom live in appalling conditions<br>and virtually need inflatable boats to get into their properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Conditions in this area have long been the subject of speculation, discussion and confusion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-in-2020-seepage-was-reported\">In 2020 seepage was reported<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"294900\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/fiskaal-street-is-evolving-into-a-nightmare\/oplus_32-23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fiskaal-street.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,3400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OPPO Reno12 F&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;oplus_32&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1763973875&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.98&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0012285012285012&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;oplus_32&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oplus_32\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;oplus_32&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fiskaal-street-771x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Fiskaal-street-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Fiskaal Street, Lakeview, Welkom has become virtually inhabital. 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