{"id":58413,"date":"2022-02-17T09:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T07:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/droogte-uitgerek-20220216-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:26:52","slug":"droogte-uitgerek-20220216-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/droogte-uitgerek-20220216-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Droogte\u2019 uitgerek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_dff787be\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3086\/e80dbd77f70d451db93a7d1afea72b90.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3086\/4aab06e9148e4e9e87adcb670cb424e7.jpg\" title=\"\u2019n Watertenkwa wat aan \u2019n plaaslike maatskappy behoort, staan Maandag (15\/02) by die Spar in Mcleanstraat, Riebeeckstad, geparkeer om water aan inwoners te voorsien.Foto: Goldfields Crime and Traffic\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\u2019n Watertenkwa wat aan \u2019n plaaslike maatskappy behoort, staan Maandag (15\/02) by die Spar in Mcleanstraat, Riebeeckstad, geparkeer om water aan inwoners te voorsien.Foto: Goldfields Crime and Traffic<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sabotasie, waterlekplekke en ho\u00eb waterverbruik lei daartoe dat sommige inwoners van Welkom <strong>nou reeds \u2019n vierde week sonder water is<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inwoners van Riebeeckstad het Maandag (14\/02)<\/strong> saam met Igor Scheurkogel, die DA se koukus-leier in die Matjhabeng-munisipaliteit, <strong>buite Thanduxolo Khalipha, die burgemeester, se kantoor gaan sit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khalipha het met die omgekrapte groep vergader en ges\u00ea hy het gere\u00ebl dat die 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