{"id":372522,"date":"2025-04-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=372522"},"modified":"2025-04-03T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T10:20:51","slug":"donkey-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=372522","title":{"rendered":"DONKEY POWER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DONKEY POWER: Donkeys are seen as a nuisance by many motorists travelling on northern roads, but they are reliable draught animals that can be of great help where help is desperately needed. That was the case when a double-cab pickup got stuck in one of the water pans in the Oshana region. The vehicle was only removed from the water when local people and a pair of donkeys joined forces to push the vehicle out. 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