{"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":"2025-07-15T09:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:39:20","slug":"news-notices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/losangeles\/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<div 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         <div class=\"rt-img-holder tpg-el-image-wrap has-no-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a data-id=\"2381\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/losangeles\/2026\/01\/29\/the-launch-of-the-new-vfs-centre\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\t\t\n\t\t<\/a>\n\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=\"2381\" href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/losangeles\/2026\/01\/29\/the-launch-of-the-new-vfs-centre\/\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">The launch of the new VFS Centre<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t            <span class='date'>\n\t\t\t\t<i class='far fa-calendar-alt '><\/i>\t\t\t\t                    <a href=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/losangeles\/2026\/01\/29\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\tJanuary 29, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t            <span 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