{"id":91035,"date":"2025-10-04T16:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed"},"modified":"2025-10-04T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T16:56:09","slug":"huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed","title":{"rendered":"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 near Cape Town cannot be reopened until structural assessments and repairs are completed.<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown follows a bus fire just before midnight that caused significant damage to the tunnel\u2019s infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say all passengers were safely evacuated, and no serious injuries have been reported \u2013 although a tunnel official was treated for minor smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p>The Western Cape Mobility Department\u2019s acting director of traffic law enforcement, Antoinette Fennie, says motorists must continue to use alternative routes while the tunnel remains closed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Worcester to Cape Town, traffic is being diverted via Wolseley, Wellington and Paarl onto the N1. From Cape Town to Worcester, please use the Paarl, Wolseley, Worcester route onto the N1,\u201d Fennie said.<\/p>\n<p>Fennie has advised motorists that travel times will be affected, especially during peak hours&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the N2, please use Villiersdorp and Grabouw onto the N1. Bainskloof Pass remains open for light motor vehicles only, and no heavy motor vehicles are permitted to use the road,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 near Cape Town cannot be reopened until structural assessments and repairs are completed. The shutdown follows a bus fire just before midnight that caused significant damage to the tunnel\u2019s infrastructure. Authorities say all passengers were safely evacuated, and no serious injuries have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-91035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 near Cape Town cannot be reopened until structural assessment ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 near Cape Town cannot be reopened until structural assessment ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-04T16:17:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-04T16:56:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-04T16:17:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-04T16:56:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed\",\"name\":\"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-04T16:17:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-04T16:56:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 near Cape Town cannot be reopened until structural assessment ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed - South Africa","description":"Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 near Cape Town cannot be reopened until structural assessment ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed","og_description":"Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 near Cape Town cannot be reopened until structural assessment ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-10-04T16:17:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-10-04T16:56:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed","datePublished":"2025-10-04T16:17:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-04T16:56:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed"},"wordCount":194,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg","keywords":["South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed","name":"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-04T16:17:10+00:00","dateModified":"2025-10-04T16:56:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Western Cape authorities say the Huguenot Tunnel on the N1 near Cape Town cannot be reopened until structural assessment ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/sm_1759583875.931863.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/huguenot-tunnel-on-n1-near-cape-town-remains-closed#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Huguenot Tunnel on N1 Near Cape Town Remains Closed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}