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Sy het reeds voorheen di\u00e9 rol vervul \u2013 van 2005 tot 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alida het haar tande as joernalis by <em>Witbank Nuus <\/em>en die dagblad <em>Beeld <\/em>geslyp, waarna sy getroud is met haar man, Louis Buckle, en die platteland haar tuiste gemaak het. Sy was eers die kuns- en vermaakredakteur by die destydse <em>Northern Review &amp; Times <\/em>in Polokwane (Pietersburg) en het sedert 2000 verskeie rolle by Weskus Media gespeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alida se hart klop sedertdien pure Weskus. Haar kinders, Marcus en Blaze, is in die Weskus gebore en haar wortels l\u00ea diep. Buiten redakteur het haar langtemyn- werksverhouding by Weskus Media haar ook in die rol van joernalis, promosieko\u00f6rdineerder, groep-subredakteur en verbruikersjoernalis vir die Boland Media-groep gesien. 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