{"id":47759,"date":"2024-07-25T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/influence-extending-far-20240724\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T10:45:32","slug":"influence-extending-far-20240724","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/influence-extending-far-20240724\/","title":{"rendered":"Influence extending far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well-known Welkomite, DJ Taaibos, has signed a partnership deal with the overseas communications and app development company, Choicely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are based in Finland and Switzerland, operating globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taaibos is an established national modelling agent, DJ, event organiser, and entertainment personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_66606438\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Taaibos\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12039\/aa8ca9a69c044ce3876e72e0a0eb325e.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/333a4dc5b39b467b948dfe214c82678d.jpg\" title=\"DJ Taaibos has signed a partnership deal with an international company called Choicely.  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