{"id":1222,"date":"2024-10-10T14:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T14:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=1222"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:28:36","slug":"news-and-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/news-and-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditaba le Diphatlalatso"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1222\" class=\"elementor elementor-1222\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48f8d06a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48f8d06a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b41f95d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b41f95d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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elementor-element-e6f70e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6f70e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/c3068c554347\/graduation-publication-special-april-2025\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2084\" height=\"1171\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grad-png.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-24524\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grad-png.webp 2084w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grad-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grad-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grad-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Grad-1536x863.webp 1536w, 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href=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Graduation-Special-publication.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-Autumn-Graduations.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10477\" alt=\"2024-Autumn-Graduations\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-Autumn-Graduations.jpg 500w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-Autumn-Graduations-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" title=\" \u2013 Vaal University of Technology\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" data-slide=\"4\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-187fb7b 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