{"id":269299,"date":"2025-10-02T13:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/?p=269299"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T11:47:48","slug":"taxi-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/taxi-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Taxi games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celebrating heritage between generations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"269300\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/taxi-games\/taxigames_50451\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TaxiGames_50451.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TaxiGames_50451\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The Siyadlala Driving Taxi Games gave back to the community on Heritage Day by celebrating the day with a senior citizen and her daughter in Thabong. 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