{"id":624433,"date":"2026-06-06T13:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/624433\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T13:03:11","slug":"thirsti-under-scrutiny-in-kzn-as-residents-raise-concerns-questions-over-water-extraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/624433\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirsti under scrutiny in KZN as residents raise concerns, questions over water extraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thirsti_comrades_marathon_tl_2408374_gallo_.jpeg\" alt=\"Bottled water company Thirsti is rooted in SA elite sports, as official partner to the Comrades Marathon and Springboks, among others. (Darren Stewart\/Gallo Images)\" height=\"719\" width=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Bottled water company Thirsti is rooted in SA elite sports, as official partner to the Comrades Marathon and Springboks, among others. (Darren Stewart\/Gallo Images)\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bottled water company Thirsti is rooted in SA elite sports, as official partner to the Comrades Marathon and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[4696,211847,1397,35321,90,211848,56,54,55,1426],"class_list":["post-624433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-conservation","tag-department-of-water-and-sanitation","tag-environment","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-science","tag-thirsti","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}