{"id":265963,"date":"2025-07-24T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/?p=265963"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:08:04","slug":"meals-and-more-for-mandela-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/meals-and-more-for-mandela-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Meals and more for Mandela Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"265964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/meals-and-more-for-mandela-day\/tcjewish_21471\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcjewish_21471.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tcjewish_21471\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcjewish_21471-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcjewish_21471-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcjewish_21471-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcjewish_21471-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcjewish_21471-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcjewish_21471-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/eikestadnuus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tcjewish_21471.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of the Union of Jewish Women&#8217;s (UJW) Somerset West and Stellenbosch branch rolled their sleeves up and got active on Mandela Day (Friday 18 July). 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