{"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":"2025-12-05T07:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T07:16:49","slug":"news-notices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/ottawa\/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-b782c65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b782c65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76f0da9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76f0da9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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