{"id":19300,"date":"2025-06-10T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T12:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=19300"},"modified":"2025-06-23T15:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T13:51:33","slug":"remember-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/19300","title":{"rendered":"Remember when?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19300\" class=\"elementor elementor-19300\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d88344 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d88344\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f96915 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f96915\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In celebration of Youth Day on 16 June, we\u2019re inviting you to take a delightful stroll down memory lane with us and celebrate the joy of growing up in Africa.  <\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-449f870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"449f870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chalkboard-career-doodle-copy-space-corridor-1024x724.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19312\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chalkboard-career-doodle-copy-space-corridor-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chalkboard-career-doodle-copy-space-corridor-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chalkboard-career-doodle-copy-space-corridor-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chalkboard-career-doodle-copy-space-corridor.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d2c2da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d2c2da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We all have those nostalgic memories that make us smile, from big dreams to magical family events and \u201cwhat was I thinking?\u201d moments. Take our fun Youth Day quiz and you could win a R500 Takealot voucher. 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