{"id":208250,"date":"2023-01-25T15:26:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T07:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=208250"},"modified":"2023-01-25T15:26:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T07:26:35","slug":"south-african-government-urges-its-citizens-caution-during-on-going-heatwave-8-deaths-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=208250","title":{"rendered":"South African Government urges its citizens caution during on-going heatwave; 8 deaths so far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/styles\/news_images\/public\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202301\/heatwave.jpg?itok=rXGPk2yp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>PRETORIA, Jan 25 (NNN-SANEWS) &#8212; Government has urged South Africans to take extra caution as the heatwave persists in certain parts of the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, GCIS Acting Director-General, Michael Currin, said: \u201cWe are concerned about the impact of the hot weather, parts of South Africa has been experiencing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said residents must drink water and wear light clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you are working in direct sunlight, take regular breaks to avoid exhaustion. In particular, residents of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng are urged to take precautions against heat-related health complications as temperatures are expected to soar today, as per weather warnings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said government was extremely sad to hear about the passing of eight people of heat stroke in the Northern Cape after a heatwave hit the province.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGovernment sends its deepest condolences to the bereaved families,\u201d said Currin. &#8212; NNN-<strong>SANEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRETORIA, Jan 25 (NNN-SANEWS) &#8212; Government has urged South Africans to take extra caution as the heatwave persists in certain parts of the country.\u00a0 In a statement, GCIS Acting Director-General, Michael Currin, said: \u201cWe are concerned about the impact of the hot weather, parts of South Africa has been experiencing.\u201d He said residents must drink [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":208251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208250"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208252,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208250\/revisions\/208252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/208251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=208250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=208250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}