{"id":46296,"date":"2023-09-28T07:31:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/joining-in-on-the-fun-20230927-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T05:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:41:59","slug":"joining-in-on-the-fun-20230927-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/joining-in-on-the-fun-20230927-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Joining in on the fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_052ca5eb\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9442\/152665fe5f77418a9a3c91f814536e89.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/e106822742294a25a62a146b71b349cf.jpg\" title=\"Students of the University of the Free State\u2019s (UFS) Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies entertained learners of the Bartimea Special School in Thaba Nchu on 8 September. 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