{"id":53671,"date":"2023-05-19T12:52:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T10:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/dcs-taking-services-to-the-community-20230517-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:42:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:42:03","slug":"dcs-taking-services-to-the-community-20230517-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/dcs-taking-services-to-the-community-20230517-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DCS taking services to the community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_0f6c722e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/2428\/436ae9efd2294d96a1da3accc2c3c42b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ba415c2a4cdb4dff870bc09a13717142.jpg\" title=\"More than 130 members of the community visited the exhibition of beautiful artwork and other 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