{"id":45656,"date":"2024-01-10T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/operation-to-remove-pollutants-from-grounded-fishing-vessel-in-st-francis-bay-commences-20240110\/"},"modified":"2024-01-10T16:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:51:21","slug":"operation-to-remove-pollutants-from-grounded-fishing-vessel-in-st-francis-bay-commences-20240110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/operation-to-remove-pollutants-from-grounded-fishing-vessel-in-st-francis-bay-commences-20240110\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation to remove pollutants from grounded fishing vessel in St Francis Bay commences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The process of removing pollutants from the fishing vessel that ran aground in St Francis Bay has begun this morning, January 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div 'segoe=\"\" arial,=\"\" class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW181832698 BCX0\" sans-serif;\"=\"\" segoe=\"\" ui=\"\" ui',=\"\" 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