{"id":125105,"date":"2016-06-16T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/125105\/divas-ink-june-16\/"},"modified":"2016-06-17T08:46:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T06:46:56","slug":"divas-ink-june-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2016\/06\/16\/divas-ink-june-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Diva\u2019s Ink- June 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5\">It is the 40th year that we, as South Africans, are celebrating June 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 1.5\">It is a public holiday and while others are visiting museums and heritage sites, there will be those taking part in Youth Day events.<\/span><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Let us not forget our brothers and sisters who will be having braais and parties.<\/p>\n<p>With all these festivities that occur annually, it got me thinking as to whether the celebrations are a reflection of what the day means to each individual.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>I find myself pondering what June 16 means to different people.<\/p>\n<p>I took to Facebook to try and find out what the day means to others and how they will be spending the day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oleva Sam Velbroek said, \u201cFor me, personally it means living for a greater cause. As I look back, I can\u2019t ignore the fact that some people chose to put their individual agendas, dreams and goals aside for the good of the &#8216;nation&#8217;. I am not sure where I will be on the day, but I am sure that I will remember to put my small dreams aside and look for ways to serve my community.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Moitswadi Maponyane said, \u201cA normal day just like always, not going to do much but I will be cooking for those celebrating.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Although there is a common feeling behind June 16, and other public holidays, individuals have different views and ways to celebrate and commemorate the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is just imperative for people not to lose and\/or forget the significance of this day.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great June 16!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You might also be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/124811\/empower-young-people-with-disabilities\/\">Empower young with disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='df4895905eb54d87c15706fc041ee95a'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t forget the importance of June 16 and as you celebrate it, let your youthfulness come out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":125106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Puleng Sekabate","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8518,6],"tags":[7531,1106,979,969,7603,2749],"class_list":["post-125105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","category-opinion-edition","tag-divas-ink","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-june-16","tag-puleng-sekabate"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Opinion","SubCategory":"Blogs"},"tag_labels":["Diva's Ink","GCN","germiston","germiston city news","june 16","Puleng Sekabate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}