{"id":269,"date":"2021-05-19T07:40:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T07:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoursilencewillnotsaveyou.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2024-10-27T11:53:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T11:53:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yoursilencewillnotsaveyou.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"269\" class=\"elementor elementor-269\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca6f879 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"ca6f879\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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You&#8217;ll know I feel safe with you if my humour is a consistent part of our conversations.<\/p><p>If I&#8217;m giving you &#8220;last born&#8221; energy right now, its because I&#8217;m my mother&#8217;s youngest child and have 5 siblings between my parents. I call Soweto, Johannesburg my hometown and now live in Cape Town. 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