{"id":150,"date":"2015-07-21T15:29:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T13:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2015-09-01T08:55:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T06:55:29","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/cp\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our team is responsible for and involved in a number of areas as part of ICTS Technical Support Services. We provide these services to staff, students, third parties and even alumni. 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