{"id":2196,"date":"2025-09-15T12:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/canberra\/?page_id=2196"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:09:01","slug":"assistance-for-south-africans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/canberra\/assistance-for-south-africans\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistance for south africans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2196\" class=\"elementor elementor-2196\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-70197ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70197ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f53e7e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f53e7e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ASSISTANCE FOR SOUTH AFRICANS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-8575d1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8575d1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e6072 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35e6072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>After Hours Emergency Contact for South African Citizens: <em>+61\u00a0408\u00a0696 993<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><strong><em>Please note that this number is only for emergencies. 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