{"id":192,"date":"2024-12-12T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/sweden\/about-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:01:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:01:15","slug":"about-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/sweden\/about-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"About South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"192\" class=\"elementor elementor-192\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-538c9041 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"538c9041\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-774a77db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"774a77db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2a1d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b2a1d06\" 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-22636357 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22636357\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6069007 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6069007\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75ee581d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75ee581d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/about-government\/contact-directory\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">More Departments<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e4c51f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e4c51f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c4c90f9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c4c90f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42276e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42276e9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\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>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bdc4236 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6bdc4236\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26aea9a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26aea9a6\" 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\">OFFICIAL GUIDE TO SOUTH AFRICA<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f8882ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5f8882ea\" 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:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/uk\/official-guide-to-south-africa-2022-2023\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/sweden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2024\/12\/Cover_0-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-27\" 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>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-387d2b86 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"387d2b86\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-268729d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"268729d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-411ab022 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"411ab022\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4843f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e4843f0\" 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\">PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGENCIES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7af1a723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7af1a723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"block-title\"><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: white; font-size: 16.0016px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fdc.co.za\/\">Free State:\u00a0 FDC<\/a><\/h2><h2 class=\"block-title\"><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: white; font-size: 16.0016px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wesgro.co.za\/home_wesgro\">Western Cape: WESGRO<\/a><\/h2><h2 class=\"block-title\"><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: white; font-size: 16.0016px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mega.gov.za\/\">Mpumalanga: MEGA<\/a><\/h2><h2 class=\"block-title\"><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: white; font-size: 16.0016px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nceda.co.za\/\">Northern Cape: NCEDA<\/a><\/h2><h2 class=\"block-title\"><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: white; font-size: 16.0016px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ecdc.co.za\/\">Eastern Cape: ECDC<\/a><\/h2><h2 class=\"block-title\"><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: white; font-size: 16.0016px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lieda.co.za\/Wordpress\/\">Limpopo: LEDA<\/a><\/h2><h2 class=\"block-title\"><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: white; font-size: 16.0016px;\" 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