{"id":2080,"date":"2026-01-14T16:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2080"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:59:15","slug":"n12-west-closed-after-three-people-shot-dead-in-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/?p=2080","title":{"rendered":"N12 West Closed After Three People Shot Dead in Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The N12 westbound near the Diepkloof Interchange has been fully closed following a shooting incident, once again highlighting the impact of crime on major Johannesburg roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) confirmed that all lanes were shut to allow for investigations, with law enforcement and emergency services on scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy traffic delays are being experienced as motorists divert.<br>Motorists are urged to avoid the area and use alternative routes including Xavier Street, the M1, or the Golden Highway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The N12 westbound near the Diepkloof Interchange has been fully closed following a shooting incident, once again highlighting the impact of crime on major Johannesburg roads. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[208,26,68,157],"class_list":["post-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news","tag-city-of-johannesburg","tag-diepsloot-news","tag-gauteng-community-safety","tag-joburg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2082,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2080\/revisions\/2082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diepslootnews.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}