{"id":94081,"date":"2026-10-08T04:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vfplus.org.za\/jongste-nuus\/debra-roberts\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T04:28:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:28:48","slug":"debra-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vfplus.org.za\/af\/verteenwoordigers\/kandidate\/debra-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Debra Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":94078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_ppma_block_editor_authors":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[],"class_list":["post-94081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kandidate"],"acf":{"title":"","names":"Derorah Louise","surname":"Roberts","preferred_name":"Debra Roberts","about_bio":"<p>Deborah Roberts is \u2019n trotse lewenslange inwoner van Witbank en Wyk 34 is haar tuiste. Nadat sy aan Witbank Ho\u00ebrskool gematrikuleer het, het sy besluit om haar loopbaan en toekoms in die gemeenskap waarvoor sy lief is, te bou. As eienaar en afrigter van CFI werk sy al jare lank met mense uit alle vlakke van die samelewing. Deborah het \u2019n passie vir mense, haar gemeenskap en om \u2019n betekenisvolle verskil te maak \u2014 nie net om oor verandering te praat nie, maar om deel daarvan te wees.<\/p>","testimonial_quote":"<p>\u201cEk glo goeie plaaslike leierskap begin deur na die mense in ons gemeenskappe te luister. Omdat ek my hele lewe in Witbank gewoon het, wil ek \u2019n praktiese, gemeenskapsgerigte benadering tot openbare diens bring. My prioriteite is om na inwoners te luister, hul uitdagings te verstaan, aanspreeklikheid en deursigtigheid te bevorder en konstruktief te werk om ons woonbuurte te verbeter. 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