{"id":49676,"date":"2022-04-28T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T08:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/mbizana-community-helps-families-affected-by-floods-20220426\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T20:12:31","slug":"mbizana-community-helps-families-affected-by-floods-20220426","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/mthathaexpress\/mbizana-community-helps-families-affected-by-floods-20220426\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbizana community helps families affected by floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wild Coast Sun has joined the relief efforts aimed at helping communities devastated by the flooding which hit the eastern parts of South Africa last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality\u2019s Mayor, Daniswa Mafumbatha, the Wild Coast Sun sought to support around 30 families affected by the recent heavy rains in Mbizana in the Eastern Cape. 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