{"id":8707,"date":"2024-08-07T17:01:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T17:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kzncogta.gov.za\/?p=8513"},"modified":"2025-07-20T21:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:01:12","slug":"mec-buthelezi-warns-the-public-against-bogus-amakhosi-protection-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devtst.kznsshf.gov.za\/kzncogta.gov.za\/index.php\/2024\/08\/07\/mec-buthelezi-warns-the-public-against-bogus-amakhosi-protection-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"MEC BUTHELEZI WARNS THE PUBLIC AGAINST BOGUS AMAKHOSI PROTECTION PROGRAMME"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8707\" class=\"elementor elementor-8707\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba620cd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ba620cd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-550b6904 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"550b6904\" data-element_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\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pietermaritzburg \u2013 KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Rev. 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