{"id":60676,"date":"2020-08-06T08:36:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T06:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/global-platform-awaits-20200804-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:36:59","slug":"global-platform-awaits-20200804-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/noordkaapbulletin\/global-platform-awaits-20200804-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Global platform awaits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two local women will be jetting off to New York to pursue their dreams of becoming international models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vuyelwa Dondolo (26) and Kago Jood (27) of ACE Models in Kuruman recently secured their place to represent South Africa at the Talent America Competition<span> in New York<\/span>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_b157aa6b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vuyelwa Dondolo\" 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