{"id":49258,"date":"2021-03-04T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T07:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/stone-friends-rock-20210303-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:14:44","slug":"stone-friends-rock-20210303-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/stone-friends-rock-20210303-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone friends rock!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_34896d39\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11008\/9b24006ed65540d6b74641843c310f53.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11008\/d1b4576a26bd428f967ee379b0ffae90.jpg\" title=\"Stone friends Emily Karsten and Ruan Speelman.              Photo:CELESTE DAVIS\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Stone friends Emily Karsten and Ruan Speelman.              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