{"id":768,"date":"2024-10-08T21:11:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T21:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=768"},"modified":"2026-07-10T08:41:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T08:41:38","slug":"astra-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/st\/","title":{"rendered":"Home | Vaal University of Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"768\" class=\"elementor elementor-768\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27e70e4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"27e70e4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de43201 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"de43201\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div 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elementor-element-f9a24a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9a24a4\" 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<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yunivesithi ya Thekenoloji ya Lekwa - Boqapi bo etelletseng pele bakeng sa phetoho e bohlale ya indasteri ya dijithale<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e8dba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28e8dba\" 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>Vaal University of Technology (VUT) is one of the leading public university of technology situated in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, South Africa. 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will be temporarily offline from 24 July 2026\u00a0and will resume normal operations on\u00a028 July 2026.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>Last updated: 02 July 2026<\/em><br \/><\/span><\/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-08f447a elementor-widget-laptop__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08f447a\" 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><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/NOTICE-OF-THE-SRC-ELECTIONS-FOR-THE-2026_2027-STUDENT-REPRESENTATIVE-COUNCIL-SRC.pdf\">Notice of the\u00a0SRC Elections for the 2026\/2027 Student\u00a0 Representative Council\u00a0 (SRC)<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Last updated: 25 June 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