{"id":20854,"date":"2013-07-02T23:16:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T21:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/durban-july-tribute-to-mandela\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T23:16:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T21:16:49","slug":"durban-july-tribute-to-mandela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/durban-july-tribute-to-mandela\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban July tribute to Mandela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=7216\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7216\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7216 \" alt=\"Nelson Mandela. Photo: Vodacom Durban July\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/37137_Nelson-Mandela.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nelson Mandela. Photo: Vodacom Durban July<\/p>\n<p>In discussion with the Office of the Premier, it has been agreed that the <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/panel-explain-durban-july-selection-rationale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vodacom Durban July<\/a> will take place as planned on Saturday, July 6.<\/p>\n<p>Protocols for activities on the day have been approved.<\/p>\n<p>Premier, Dr Zweli Mkize, said \u201cIt will be a fitting gesture as our beloved Madiba is in the prayers of all of us globally. We all love and salute him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As a tribute to <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/golfers-stand-behind-mandela\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nelson Mandela<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/latest-durban-july-scratchings-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Circle<\/a> is to incorporate in the main race preliminaries, the observance of a 67 second period of silent prayer in respect and honour of Madiba. During this time images of the country\u2019s great leader will be featured on the large screens at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Upon entrance to Greyville Racecourse on race day, patrons will be given a heart shaped emblem as a tribute to the Father of the Nation. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vodacomdurbanjuly.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vodacom Durban July<\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sabc-to-collaborate-with-the-vodacom-durban-july\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/37137_181388005_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/sabc-to-collaborate-with-the-vodacom-durban-july\/\" target=\"_blank\">SABC to collaborate with the Vodacom Durban July<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/latest-media-release-for-durban-july\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/37137_180381728_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/latest-media-release-for-durban-july\/\" target=\"_blank\">Latest media release for Durban July<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hngn.com\/articles\/6737\/20130702\/president-zuma-asks-people-prepare-mandela-s-birthday.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/37137_181673722_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hngn.com\/articles\/6737\/20130702\/president-zuma-asks-people-prepare-mandela-s-birthday.htm\" target=\"_blank\">President Zuma Asks People To Prepare For Mandela\u2019s Birthday<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/37137_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Mandela. Photo: Vodacom Durban July In discussion with the Office of the Premier, it has been agreed that the Vodacom Durban July will take place as planned on Saturday, July 6. Protocols for activities on the day have been approved. Premier, Dr Zweli Mkize, said \u201cIt will be a fitting gesture as our beloved [&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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3258,830,885],"class_list":{"0":"post-20854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mysport","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-sport","10":"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\/20854","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=20854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}