{"id":81,"date":"2024-02-16T08:24:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T08:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/japan\/information-on-sa\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T15:45:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:45:52","slug":"information-on-sa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/japan\/information-on-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"INFORMATION ON SA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"81\" class=\"elementor elementor-81\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-b24dfe e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b24dfe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738ef9a2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"738ef9a2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba6b2f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ba6b2f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b7d224 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79b7d224\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d9faadd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d9faadd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dirco.gov.za\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" 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src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/04\/sbar-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-496\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1a2344 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1a2344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalrrd.gov.za\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1810\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2024\/04\/Agriculture-Land-Reform-Rural-Development-Logo-RGB-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2068\" alt=\"\" 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