{"id":47514,"date":"2020-08-28T23:45:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T23:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=47514"},"modified":"2020-08-29T07:43:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T07:43:52","slug":"47514","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/08\/47514\/","title":{"rendered":"Ntanda Mahlanga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the tribe,  for my people<br \/>\nFor the love of life we all<br \/>\nBreak out and be confident<br \/>\nThe over powering school<br \/>\nOf hard knocks and persuasion<br \/>\nTook me through that race<br \/>\nFeeling every sinew<br \/>\nAnd trying to raise the pace<br \/>\nSouth Africa was burning up<br \/>\nUnder the weight of why<br \/>\nWould a man one of them<\/p>\n<p>Try to reach the sky<br \/>\nFight The opposition<br \/>\nGive it all he\u2019s got<br \/>\nWith self esteem his elevation<br \/>\nIt had to mean a lot<br \/>\nThe Rising Phoenix  Social Party<br \/>\nParalympics they<br \/>\nTake the commonality<br \/>\nThe grass roots that all play<br \/>\nThe simple the unennobled<br \/>\nHe did it for them all<br \/>\nA billion voices<br \/>\nA billion heartS<br \/>\nHe answering the call<\/p>\n<p>Stand proud one Ntando Mahlanga<br \/>\nWith such tenacity<br \/>\nThe wonderment of nationhood<br \/>\nRunning constantly<br \/>\nA breathtaking example<br \/>\nOf what the spirit can<br \/>\nAchieve when it\u2019s desiring<br \/>\nOf fearlessness of man<br \/>\nThe Phoenix rose spectacularly<br \/>\nIt\u2019s feathers bold and true<br \/>\nIt took the hearts of everyone<br \/>\nUp there in the blue<br \/>\nResolute and ready<br \/>\nWith grim determination<br \/>\nResolved to win that medal<br \/>\nAt his true foundation<\/p>\n<p>His rigour and his energy<br \/>\nHe attacked that race with grit<br \/>\nRan his heart out his concentration<br \/>\nReally  that was it<br \/>\nPersistent and just steadfast<br \/>\nHis unflagging efforts did<br \/>\nGet him a silver medal<br \/>\nIt was his maiden bid<br \/>\nHis mind his own<br \/>\nThat toughness<br \/>\nAgainst all odds he came<br \/>\nRebellious and self willed<br \/>\nHe was there To claim<br \/>\nA medal for his people<br \/>\nUngrudgingly he strove<br \/>\nHis self imposed initiative<br \/>\nWell finally it drove<\/p>\n<p>Him to pick up his medal<br \/>\nA beautiful silver coin<br \/>\nAnd a light was born within him<br \/>\nAnd everyone could join<br \/>\nCould be a part of winning<br \/>\nPrompting so much support<br \/>\nAnd everyone was happy<br \/>\nHappy in the thought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the tribe, for my people For the love of life we all Break out and be confident The over powering school Of hard knocks and persuasion Took me through that race Feeling every sinew And trying to raise the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/08\/47514\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,330,36,267,54,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-dreams","category-indigenous-people","category-inspiration-to-positivity-dr-liu-and-onwards","category-people-i-have-observed","category-the-ballad-of-arthur-frankenpip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47514"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47521,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47514\/revisions\/47521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}