{"id":3155,"date":"2024-10-18T09:50:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T09:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=3155"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:56:58","slug":"faculty-of-human-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/faculty-of-human-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Fakhalthi ya Saense ya tsa Botho"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3155\" class=\"elementor elementor-3155\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fab050 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1fab050\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d738491 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"d738491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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