{"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":"2026-09-25T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:38:15","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-6703637 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6703637\" 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-846b609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"846b609\" 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-1e47c31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e47c31\" 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-b1d6337 elementor-mobile-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b1d6337\" 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 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wp-image-44275\" alt=\"Woman with glasses in a clothing store, standing beside display tables and mannequins, banner reads &apos;Your Vote. 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Your Legacy.&apos; (black-and-white).\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MASCOT-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MASCOT-300x156.webp 300w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MASCOT-1024x532.webp 1024w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MASCOT-768x399.webp 768w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MASCOT-1536x798.webp 1536w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MASCOT-2048x1065.webp 2048w, https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/MASCOT-18x9.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/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\/meet-the-contenders-vut-community-to-vote-for-first-official-mascot\/\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\">\n\t\t\t\tKopana le bahlolisani: Sechaba sa VUT se tla kgetha mascot ya sona ya pele ya 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