{"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":"2026-10-29T13:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:27:13","slug":"news-and-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/news-and-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditaba le Diphatlalatso"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bab3265 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bab3265\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ditaba le Metjha ya Ditab<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707933b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"707933b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fumana Ditlha tsa bohlokwa tsa Ditaba, Diphatlalatso tsa boraditaba le disebediswa tsa Metjha ya ditaba ho dula o ikamahantse le tsohle tse etsahalang VUT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd46273 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd46273\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee086f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ee086f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f06ae50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f06ae50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ditaba le Metjha ya Ditab<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-303bcf2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"303bcf2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Fumana Ditlha tsa bohlokwa tsa Ditaba, Diphatlalatso tsa boraditaba le disebediswa tsa Metjha ya ditaba ho dula o ikamahantse le tsohle tse etsahalang VUT<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1678561 elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1678561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/news\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Bona Ditaba Tsohle<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72d4fde1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72d4fde1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad94ede e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ad94ede\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52602671 elementor-grid-4 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"52602671\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/55634044456_df23b3536d_c.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-45325\" alt=\"VUT Fine Art students gained valuable insights into copyright, intellectual property and creative business opportunities during an awareness event held on 20 October 2026.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/55634044456_df23b3536d_c.webp 799w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/55634044456_df23b3536d_c-300x173.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/55634044456_df23b3536d_c-768x442.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/55634044456_df23b3536d_c-18x10.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/vut-fine-art-students-urged-to-protect-their-work-and-build-creative-businesses\/\" 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href=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/james-mayinga-on-second-chances-life-after-football-and-giving-back\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1068\" height=\"925\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Mr-Mayinga-e1793876591460.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-45297\" alt=\"Mr James Mayinga, VUT alumnus, former Bafana Bafana footballer, SuperSport analyst and founder of the James Mayinga Foundation.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Mr-Mayinga-e1793876591460.webp 1068w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Mr-Mayinga-e1793876591460-300x260.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Mr-Mayinga-e1793876591460-1024x887.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Mr-Mayinga-e1793876591460-768x665.webp 768w, 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width=\"2560\" height=\"1563\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/VUT-celebrates-OMIESSO-alumni-and-student-leaders-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-45281\" alt=\"Recognising Leadership and Making an Impact! 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