{"id":1178,"date":"2026-07-17T19:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2026-07-17T19:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T19:36:04","slug":"colosa-learners-benefit-from-mandela-day-donations-and-service-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/colosa-learners-benefit-from-mandela-day-donations-and-service-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Colosa Learners Benefit from Mandela Day Donations and Service Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iditywa<\/p>\n<p>The International Mandela Day commemoration at Colosa Senior Primary School was a resounding success, bringing together the South African Army, government representatives, teachers, learners, parents and community members in a shared commitment to service and community upliftment.<\/p>\n<p>The programme was led by Brigadier General Umalusi Joseph &#8220;U.J.&#8221; Jama, General Officer Commanding the South African Army Signal Formation. In his address, Brig. Gen. Jama encouraged everyone to carry the spirit of Mandela Day beyond the symbolic 67 minutes of service and to make serving others a way of life.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the day\u2019s activities, learners at Colosa Senior Primary School received essential donations, including sanitary towels, school shoes, stationery and books. The contributions were made possible through the generosity of SPAR Idutywa, Crisis Shield, Metropolitan and Loraine Primary School in Gqeberha.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers said their support made a meaningful difference in the lives of learners and reinforced the collective commitment to investing in the future of the community.The event reflected this year\u2019s Mandela Day theme of service, with participants taking part in various activities aimed at improving conditions at the school and supporting vulnerable learners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iditywa The International Mandela Day commemoration at Colosa Senior Primary School was a resounding success,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}