{"id":20932,"date":"2025-09-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=20932"},"modified":"2025-09-26T09:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:11:30","slug":"bringing-the-madiba-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/20932","title":{"rendered":"Bringing the Madiba magic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20932\" class=\"elementor elementor-20932\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0edc3a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a0edc3a\" 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-c3f3302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3f3302\" 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\">AfroCentric staff from across the business honoured former President Nelson Mandela\u2019s 67 years of public service by giving 67 minutes of their time to helping others less fortunate on International Nelson Mandela Day, celebrated on his birthday on 18 July. <\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9cc40a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9cc40a\" 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=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1447-1024x606.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20952\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1447-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1447-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1447-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1447-1536x909.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_1447.jpg 1564w\" 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-9f7761b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f7761b\" 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<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A beacon of hope<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee08be5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee08be5\" 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>Various teams in Roodepoort \u2013 from GEMS and Bonitas to Pharmacy Direct and Polmed, as well as individuals and employees from the Princeton office \u2013 responded to a call to donate educational toys to the Sechaba Community Care Centre. 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