{"id":54470,"date":"2023-03-09T08:27:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T06:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/learners-blossom-as-young-leaders-20230307\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:46:28","slug":"learners-blossom-as-young-leaders-20230307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/learners-blossom-as-young-leaders-20230307\/","title":{"rendered":"Learners blossom as young leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_ad6fb505\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8491\/8c280797560f45ffadee2649fbd545b8.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/13ecf98c3185497d96d8913f6d6cc87e.jpg\" title=\"The Diamond Girls group are, from left, Oratile Oliphant, Kutlwano Saane, Mary Merahe, 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