{"id":40149,"date":"2022-12-01T10:51:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T08:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/cyclists-come-out-in-numbers-to-participate-in-the-second-annual-vice-chancellors-cycle-challenge-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T12:14:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T10:14:58","slug":"world-aids-day-2022-rock-the-ribbon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/world-aids-day-2022-rock-the-ribbon\/","title":{"rendered":"World Aids Day 2022 &#8211; Rock the Ribbon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"40149\" class=\"elementor elementor-40149\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c891cce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c891cce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a345ff7\" data-id=\"6a345ff7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71cfc1c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71cfc1c2\" 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 style=\"text-align: justify;\">World Aids Day is commemorated annually on 1 December. 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