{"id":52537,"date":"2020-05-28T06:01:51","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T04:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/municipality-launches-food-challenge-20200527-2\/"},"modified":"2020-05-28T06:01:51","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T04:01:51","slug":"municipality-launches-food-challenge-20200527-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/municipality-launches-food-challenge-20200527-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Municipality launches food challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>K<span>OUGA municipal staff and councillors are on a mission to collect at least 2 000 food boxes for families in need over the next four weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe municipality has launched a competition for staff and councillors, aimed at supporting food relief projects currently under way to assist families whose income has been affected by the Covid-19 lockdown,\u201d Kouga Executive Mayor, Horatio Hendricks, said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach and every employee 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