{"id":125,"date":"2024-02-19T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/consular-services\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T12:11:57","slug":"consular-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/tunis\/consular-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Consular services"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"125\" class=\"elementor elementor-125\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-79e2f7c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"79e2f7c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b38f914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b38f914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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