{"id":12961,"date":"2025-10-16T07:13:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/two-sa-men-die-after-allegedly-inhaling-toxic-sewer-gases\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:05","slug":"two-sa-men-die-after-allegedly-inhaling-toxic-sewer-gases","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/two-sa-men-die-after-allegedly-inhaling-toxic-sewer-gases\/","title":{"rendered":"Two SA men die after allegedly inhaling toxic sewer gases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>According to the Matlosana Local Municipality, the men were not employees of the municipality, neither were they contracted by the municipality to provide such services.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Executive Mayor, Fekile Mahlope says investigations are currently underway into the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">An inquest docket has been registered by the police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In a similar incident reported in February, two employees of the Tswaing Local Municipality in the province died on duty while attempting to unblock a drainage system in Agisanang Township outside Sannieshof.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The pair aged 38 and 53 perished inside a sewage manhole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12962,"template":"default||default","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-12961","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Two men have died in the South African (SA) town of Orkney in the North West after they seemingly inhaled toxic gasses while unblocking a sewer pipe||Two men have died in the South African (SA) town of Orkney in the North West after they seemingly inhaled toxic gasses while unblocking a sewer pipe","published_date":"2025-10-16 00:00:00||2025-10-16 00:00:00","news_description":"Two men have died in the South African (SA) town of Orkney in the North West after they seemingly inhaled toxic gasses while unblocking a sewer pipe||Two men have died in the South African (SA) town of Orkney in the North West after they seemingly inhaled toxic gasses while unblocking a sewer pipe","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18308,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12961\/revisions\/18308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=12961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}