{"id":940,"date":"2023-04-10T05:40:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T05:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nandos.com\/seeourfuture\/?post_type=artist&#038;p=940"},"modified":"2023-04-19T14:55:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T14:55:58","slug":"athi-patra-ruga","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/www.nandos.com\/seeourfuture\/artist\/athi-patra-ruga\/","title":{"rendered":"Athi-Patra Ruga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Athi-Patra Ruga (1984 &#8211; )\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was born in Umtata in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. 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