{"id":22361,"date":"2020-04-23T18:52:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T16:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=22361"},"modified":"2020-04-23T18:52:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T16:52:29","slug":"vp-rtd-gen-dr-constantino-chiwenga-launches-national-command-winter-wheat-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/vp-rtd-gen-dr-constantino-chiwenga-launches-national-command-winter-wheat-programme","title":{"rendered":"VP Rtd Gen. 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