{"id":44085,"date":"2023-01-04T02:53:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T00:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/research-governance-at-spu-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T20:41:00","slug":"about-the-tpp-funders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/about-the-tpp-funders\/","title":{"rendered":"TPP Funders"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44085\" class=\"elementor elementor-44085\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f98052 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f98052\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29619e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29619e0\" 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<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ca2637;\"><strong>TPP Funders<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\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-c1d4401 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1d4401\" 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>The Talent Pipeline Programme is currently funded by three key stakeholders, namely, <strong>Anglo American plc<\/strong>, <strong>Kolomela Mine and <\/strong><strong>Assmang-Iron Ore Beeshoek 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