{"id":2554,"date":"2025-06-09T07:20:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T07:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coemass.avidakizomba.co.za\/wpdev\/?page_id=2554"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:59:06","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coemass.avidakizomba.co.za\/wpdev\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2554\" class=\"elementor elementor-2554\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d024586 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d024586\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-479db11e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"479db11e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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<h1>Centre of Excellence in Mathematical<\/h1><h1>and Statistical Sciences<\/h1><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h3>CoE-MaSS brings together pure mathematics, applied mathematics and<\/h3><h3>statistics researchers from 27 Node Institutions around South Africa.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-105fba4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"105fba4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d91ed47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d91ed47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-468f627 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"468f627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-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<h2>Our Mandate<\/h2><p class=\"fifty-fifty--content-description\">The CoE-MaSS focuses on advancing cross-disciplinary research topics and developing national capacity in the scarce fields of mathematical and statistical sciences. 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