{"id":92127,"date":"2025-05-05T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=92127"},"modified":"2025-05-04T20:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T18:09:09","slug":"lesersfoto-bekoorlikheid-van-laaiplek-hawe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/lesersfoto-bekoorlikheid-van-laaiplek-hawe\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesersfoto: Bekoorlikheid van Laaiplek-hawe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"92128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/lesersfoto-bekoorlikheid-van-laaiplek-hawe\/img20250429110438_54779\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG20250429110438_54779.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,675\" 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=\"IMG20250429110438_54779\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Een van die bekoorlikhede van Laaiplek is die hawegebied, onder plaaslike inwoners beter bekend as Die Bek. Di\u00e9 prentjie, van vroue wat visskuite se nette herstel, is een waardeur inwoners en besoekers gereeld begroet word en die weerloosheid dog kundigheid van die&lt;br \/&gt;\nvisbedryf opnuut weerspie\u00ebl. Lesers word genooi om hul mooi foto&amp;#8217;s, wat in die Weskus geneem is, te stuur na weslander@novusmedia.co.za (foto&amp;#8217;s moet minstens 1MG groot wees). Foto: Ernie Meyer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Een van die bekoorlikhede van Laaiplek is die hawegebied, onder plaaslike inwoners beter bekend as Die Bek. Di\u00e9 prentjie, van vroue wat visskuite se nette herstel, is een waardeur inwoners en besoekers gereeld begroet word en die weerloosheid dog kundigheid van die&lt;br \/&gt;\nvisbedryf opnuut weerspie\u00ebl. Lesers word genooi om hul mooi foto&amp;#8217;s, wat in die Weskus geneem is, te stuur na weslander@novusmedia.co.za (foto&amp;#8217;s moet minstens 1MG groot wees). Foto: Ernie Meyer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG20250429110438_54779-1024x576.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG20250429110438_54779-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Nette gevleg by Laaiplek-hawe\" class=\"wp-image-92128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG20250429110438_54779-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG20250429110438_54779-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG20250429110438_54779-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG20250429110438_54779.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Een van die bekoorlikhede van Laaiplek is die hawegebied, onder plaaslike inwoners beter bekend as Die Bek. 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