{"id":191,"date":"2022-08-26T08:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T06:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/?p=191"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:07:10","slug":"national-day-of-women-in-mining-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mineralscouncil.org.za\/womeninmining\/about\/initiatives\/national-day-of-women-in-mining-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"National Day of Women in Mining 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-default-font-size\">26 August 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Today we celebrate the National Day of Women in Mining 2022. 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