{"id":48820,"date":"2021-05-20T10:46:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T08:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/top-rate-great-zuurberg-trek-is-on-20210519-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:36:15","slug":"top-rate-great-zuurberg-trek-is-on-20210519-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/top-rate-great-zuurberg-trek-is-on-20210519-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-rate Great Zuurberg Trek is on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LONG-STANDING title sponsors PwC have renewed their backing of the seventh Great Zuurberg Trek (GZT) mountain bike race after the event was put on hold for more than a year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_a090b35a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trek\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10093\/77e761930e734174ab02219b481ba8ae.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10093\/c13831ea70e34a4a8a47f32c403289da.jpg\" title=\"One of the spectacular views and tracks of the PwC sponsored Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike race, which takes place in the Addo region in August. 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