{"id":48384,"date":"2021-08-19T09:04:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T07:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/vwsa-drives-own-vaccination-centre-20210818-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T08:06:39","slug":"vwsa-drives-own-vaccination-centre-20210818-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/vwsa-drives-own-vaccination-centre-20210818-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VWSA drives own vaccination centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_abea64db\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"VWSA\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11277\/c73e0ae9085d45a8b3e40f0682228e2b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11277\/b71a891b56894ffbbee89cd329dbaf75.jpg\" title=\"VWSA employee Siphiwo Alwyn receiving his first COVID-19 jab from Sister Zanele Mboniswa.  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