{"id":25714,"date":"2023-04-20T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/?p=25714"},"modified":"2023-04-20T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:16:10","slug":"a-fond-farewell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/ballito-umhlanga\/blog\/2023\/04\/20\/a-fond-farewell\/","title":{"rendered":"A fond farewell&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Past and current staff members of <strong>The North Coast Courier newspaper<\/strong> and <strong>Get It Magazine Ballito.Umdloti.Umhlanga<\/strong> came together for an intimate celebration in Sheffield Beach recently, to honour the company\u2019s founder, Bruce Stephenson, who recently retired after starting the business more than 38 years ago.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25760\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25760\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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