{"id":44,"date":"2024-01-15T19:51:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T19:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/addisababa\/news-and-notices\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:41:35","slug":"news-notices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/canberra\/news-notices\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Notices"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"44\" class=\"elementor elementor-44\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-90af56b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"90af56b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29fbc2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29fbc2e\" 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\">News and Notices<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-fac43d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fac43d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-278bedd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"278bedd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa1bf6e tpg-wrapper-align-center meta-visibility-show title_position_default title_hover_border_default title-default img_hover_animation_default meta_position_default tpg-category-position-default grid-hover-overlay-type-always tpg-el-box-border-enable tpg-border-bottom-disable elementor-widget elementor-widget-tpg-grid-layout\" data-id=\"aa1bf6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tpg-grid-layout.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-id=\"3002\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/canberra\/2026\/05\/05\/important-notice-for-south-african-citizens-in-the-middle-east\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay grid-hover-content\"><\/div>\n\t\t                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"3002\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/canberra\/2026\/05\/05\/important-notice-for-south-african-citizens-in-the-middle-east\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">Important Notice for South African Citizens in the Middle East<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"tpg-flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/canberra\/2026\/05\/05\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tMay 5, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"categories-links\">\n\t\t\t\t<i 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