{"id":66478,"date":"2014-08-15T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/66478\/mayor-mondli-gungubele-pays-tribute-to-women\/"},"modified":"2014-08-15T09:16:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T07:16:24","slug":"mayor-mondli-gungubele-pays-tribute-to-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/08\/15\/mayor-mondli-gungubele-pays-tribute-to-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mondli Gungubele pays tribute to women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;August occupies a special significance in the consciousness of our nation,&#8221;said Ekurhuleni executive mayor Clr Mondli Gungubele.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is that time of the year where we give more prominence than any other months to the resilience, courageousness and steadfastness of women &#8211; the torchbearers of our dreams and aspirations.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It is a momentous opportunity of introspection and reflection on the struggles, pain and sacrifices of the mothers of our nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More importantly, it is also an occasion to acknowledge the tenacity and celebrate the noble causes of women in politics, society and the economy.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Women are agents of social cohesion and harmony.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are also pioneers within our communities of the virtues of discipline, respect, honesty and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Women have traversed a long, tortuous and very painful journey in their unwavering struggle to restore their rightful place in our society.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That journey is far from over, even though major advances have been made since 1994 to prioritise the interests of women and the girl child in this democratic dispensation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This being Woman\u2019s Month, it is profoundly significant that we pay tribute to the extraordinary role women have played in ushering us into a democratic dispensation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a city we have lined up various initiatives to celebrate women, including workshops, exhibitions and campaigns.&#8221;<\/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='2a7b128d60dd40a83ad1c8ad2439a2f3'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor shares the importance of woman in what has been dubbed woman&#8217;s month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":66538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[8297,1257,1051,1012,1003,1106,979,2730,1002,1004,2510,4311,4312],"class_list":["post-66478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-donate","tag-donations","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-woman","tag-womans-day","tag-womans-month"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["community","donate","donations","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","GCN","germiston","Leigh Hodgson","metro","municipality","woman","woman's day","woman's month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66478","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=66478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}