{"id":50675,"date":"2020-03-19T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T07:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/corona-cuts-wings-of-airshow-20200318-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:43:46","slug":"corona-cuts-wings-of-airshow-20200318-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/corona-cuts-wings-of-airshow-20200318-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Corona cuts wings of airshow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"59c84821\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8252\/5596ff2c80ce421ebece4fae736aedff.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/8252\/ea650f32ba1647be822a8587c9fd8b46.jpg\" title=\"The Goodyear Eagles aerobatic team would have been at the Klinicare Wings &amp; Wheels Festival of April 4, but the festival has been postponed owing to the South African government declaring the Covid-19 pandemic a state national disaster.             Photo:GOODYEAR EAGLES\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The Goodyear Eagles aerobatic team would have been at the Klinicare Wings &amp; Wheels Festival of April 4, but the festival has been postponed owing to the South African government declaring the Covid-19 pandemic a state national disaster.             Photo:GOODYEAR EAGLES<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is with great sadness that we have to announce that the Klinicare Wings and Wheels Festival will be postponed as the situation with COVID-19 is constantly changing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is according to Nico Eyre from Klinicare Despatch Pharmacy, the main sponsor of the popular Wings &amp; Wheels Festival, which this year, for the first time ever would have had the Goodyear Eagles acrobatic Pitt Special aeroplanes at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his statement to the nation he declared that gatherings of 100 people or more as well as non-essential domestic travel are totally prohibited. 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