{"id":79198,"date":"2025-07-08T08:52:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/?page_id=79198"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T09:56:47","slug":"our-students-arid-region-water-research-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/our-students-arid-region-water-research-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Our students | Arid Region Water Research Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"79198\" class=\"elementor elementor-79198\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3efda90 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3efda90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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