{"id":14531,"date":"2025-11-04T18:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-women-receive-heroes-welcome-at-or-tambo\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:05","slug":"proteas-women-receive-heroes-welcome-at-or-tambo","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/proteas-women-receive-heroes-welcome-at-or-tambo\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteas Women receive heroes welcome at OR Tambo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South African (SA) Women\u2019s Cricket team has touched down at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg with their silver medals around their necks, welcomed by hundreds of adoring fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Proteas, who made their first appearance in a 50 over World Cup final in India on Sunday, may have stumbled over the final hurdle, but inspired many with their grit and determination at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The wife of Coach Mandla Mashimbyi, Bronwyn, says it\u2019s been a journey for the women\u2019s cricket team to come to where they are today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cSo, excited, so happy, it\u2019s been a journey for the entire team and we are so proud of them. It was such a proud moment to see South Africans on that field coming together, carrying the hope of the nation. It has been such a journey for all these girls, for the entire management. It\u2019s not only Mandla, he has a team behind him, they\u2019ve worked hard but this was mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14334,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-14531","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The Proteas made their first appearance in a 50 over World Cup final in India.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The Proteas made their first appearance in a 50 over World Cup final in India.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19149,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14531\/revisions\/19149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}