{"id":2994,"date":"2021-04-15T19:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T19:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/open-day\/?post_type=exhibitions&#038;p=2994"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T07:17:23","slug":"geography-and-environmental-studies","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/open-day\/exhibitions\/geography-and-environmental-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography and Environmental Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; 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