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Southern Mail
|June 11, 2025
Thank you for covering the story about the youth developmental work done by the Cape Metro Matching Association (“Workshop aims to drum up change”, Southern Mail, June 4).
A few months ago I was invited by Roy Prinsloo to a similar gathering held at Zwaanswyk Academy, in Retreat.
This story is from the June 11, 2025 edition of Southern Mail.
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