{"id":161488,"date":"2020-05-10T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T11:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/one-of-worlds-oldest-men-marks-116th-birthday-in-s-africa\/"},"modified":"2020-05-10T13:37:12","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T11:37:12","slug":"one-of-worlds-oldest-men-marks-116th-birthday-in-s-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/one-of-worlds-oldest-men-marks-116th-birthday-in-s-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"One of world\u2019s oldest men marks 116th birthday in S Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cape Town in the news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=7F400737DC32491085B82F2723FF01D9url=https%3a%2f%2fdailytimes.com.pk%2f609953%2fone-of-worlds-oldest-men-marks-116th-birthday-in-s-africa%2fc=8864069038530994706mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One of world\u2019s oldest men marks 116th birthday in S Africa<\/a>:<\/strong> South African Fredie Blom celebrated his 116th birthday on Friday unphased by the coronavirus crisis, over 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic killed his sister. \u201cI have lived this long because \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=7F400737DC32491085B82F2723FF01D9url=https%3a%2f%2fdailytimes.com.pk%2f609953%2fone-of-worlds-oldest-men-marks-116th-birthday-in-s-africa%2fc=8864069038530994706mkt=en-us\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=7F400737DC32491085B82F2723FF01D9url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wheels24.co.za%2fWildOnWheels%2fwhen-i-was-11-i-bought-an-opel-kapitan-for-r25-this-reader-shares-memories-of-her-first-car-20200510-2c=5273463496198096354mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018When I was 11, I bought an Opel Kapitan for R25!\u2019 \u2013 This reader shares memories of her first car<\/a>:<\/strong> I had spent all of my Christmas money, R25, on a 1953 Opel Kapitan\u2019, writes Wheels24 reader Kim Van Zyl as she explains how she bought her first car at the age of 11 in 1970.: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=7F400737DC32491085B82F2723FF01D9url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wheels24.co.za%2fWildOnWheels%2fwhen-i-was-11-i-bought-an-opel-kapitan-for-r25-this-reader-shares-memories-of-her-first-car-20200510-2c=5273463496198096354mkt=en-us\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=7F400737DC32491085B82F2723FF01D9url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ctpost.com%2fnews%2farticle%2fWaterloo-theme-park-moving-ahead-with-big-15245158.phpc=5271563898800543374mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waterloo theme park moving ahead with big expansion<\/a>:<\/strong> \u201cIt was one of the first launch coasters to open.\u201d Park Pros also speculated that Lost Island bought a second roller coaster from Ratanga Junction in Cape Town, South Africa. Bertch declined to \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=7F400737DC32491085B82F2723FF01D9url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.ctpost.com%2fnews%2farticle%2fWaterloo-theme-park-moving-ahead-with-big-15245158.phpc=5271563898800543374mkt=en-us\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=7F400737DC32491085B82F2723FF01D9url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.independent.co.ug%2fone-of-worlds-oldest-men-blom-marks-116th-birthday%2fc=2913852119934271683mkt=en-us\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One of world\u2019s oldest men Blom marks 116th birthday<\/a>:<\/strong> South African Fredie Blom celebrated his 116th birthday on Friday unfazed by the coronavirus crisis, over 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic killed his sister. \u201cI have lived this long because of \u2026: <strong><small><em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRssaid=tid=7F400737DC32491085B82F2723FF01D9url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.independent.co.ug%2fone-of-worlds-oldest-men-blom-marks-116th-birthday%2fc=2913852119934271683mkt=en-us\">\u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews<\/a> <\/em><\/small><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mypr.co.za\/submit\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to submit your Cape Town News<\/a> \u2013 free.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Have you tried:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reachtrust.co.za\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reach Trust for Solar and Building Management<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Fun Western Cape Fact:<\/strong> The inland Karoo region and the Overberg district around Bredasdorp produce wool and mutton, as well as pedigree Merino breeding stock.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Watch a Video:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town in the news: One of world\u2019s oldest men marks 116th birthday in S Africa: South African Fredie Blom celebrated his 116th birthday on Friday unphased by the coronavirus crisis, over 100 years since the Spanish flu pandemic killed his sister. \u201cI have lived this long because \u2026: \u201cCape Town\u201d \u2013 BingNews \u2018When I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3331],"tags":[25,1737,77,3333],"class_list":{"0":"post-161488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-cape-town","7":"tag-cape-town-2","8":"tag-government","9":"tag-municipality","10":"tag-mycapetown-co-za","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}