{"id":212136,"date":"2019-07-18T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=212136"},"modified":"2019-07-18T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:00:07","slug":"watch-boikanyo-bug-sets-off-heal-hearts-children-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/07\/18\/watch-boikanyo-bug-sets-off-heal-hearts-children-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch \u2013 Boikanyo Bug sets off to heal the hearts of children in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boikanyo Bug launch took place at Nelson Mandela Children\u2019s Hospital (NMCH), 6 Jubilee Road, Parktown on 18 July \u2013 the little bug from Boikanyo foundation will drive from Cape Town to Romania to raise funds for cardiac surgeries for children.<\/p>\n<p>Fundraising has started off strong, as funds for 18 surgeries have been raised so far, they are hoping to raise funds for 125 cardiac surgeries by the end of the drive.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Rosebank Killarney Gazette journalist Sarah Koning was at the launch.<\/p>\n<p>Watch, Dr Mandisa Maholwana CEO of Nelson Mandela Children\u2019s Hospital explain the purpose of the drive:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr Mandisa Maholwana CEO of NMCH explains the purpose of Boikanyo drive\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uPmKGNuM7AA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Health minister Zweli Mkhize was also present during the launch, he addressed drivers from Boikanyo Foundation before they set off on their trip.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_212138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212138\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-212138\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2019\/07\/Health-minister-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/07\/Health-minister-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2019\/07\/Health-minister-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-212138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health minister Zweli Mkhize addresses the drivers from Boikanyo Foundation before they set off on their trip. Photo: Sarah Koning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Watch as the bug sets off:<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_uSmPyBbWTc' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Related Article:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/rosebankkillarneygazette.co.za\/256747\/help-children-receive-heart-surgery\/\">Little bug to travel to Romania to save children\u2019s lives<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/rosebankkillarneygazette.co.za\/238714\/mine-donates-r15-million-to-hospital\/\">Mine donates R1,5 million to hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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='a2a6ad27c36aac922ba818cd8a57b3b5'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARKTOWN \u2013 The Boikanyo bug will travel from Cape Town to Romania to raise funds for cardiac surgeries for children in need, in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":212137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sarah Koning","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212136","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\/557"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}