{"id":48802,"date":"2021-05-20T08:20:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T06:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/kids-enjoy-k9-visit-20210519-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:37:19","slug":"kids-enjoy-k9-visit-20210519-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/kids-enjoy-k9-visit-20210519-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids enjoy K9 visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>POLICE officers from the Uitenhage K9 Unit and their four-legged partners visited the Hermitage Pre-Primary School in Addo, in a first public display for the year, owing to COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_39bd7f7f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kids\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9738\/023b1468be3346aca58919297ab964bc.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9738\/b909dad2d95c4ce193da1644323f2377.jpg\" title=\"Police officers from the Uitenhage K9 Unit and their four-legged partners visited the Hermitage Pre-Primary School in Addo.                              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