{"id":17200,"date":"2019-12-24T20:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T18:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=17200"},"modified":"2019-12-24T20:13:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T18:13:00","slug":"what-legitimacy-polad-rocks-mdc-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/what-legitimacy-polad-rocks-mdc-t","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat Legitimacy? 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