{"id":79,"date":"2024-01-15T19:56:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T19:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/uk\/information-on-sa\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T17:37:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T14:37:37","slug":"about-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/uk\/about-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"About South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"79\" class=\"elementor elementor-79\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-element elementor-element-9443b77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9443b77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3af16834 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3af16834\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c875e2 elementor-widget 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/dirco.gov.za\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/04\/Cover_0-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1309\" 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-eafa0be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eafa0be\" 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-252abcee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"252abcee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b1e35fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b1e35fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0555c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a0555c\" 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-5badca0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5badca0b\" 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;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tikzn.co.za\/\">KwaZulu-Natal: TIKZN<\/a><\/h2><h2 class=\"block-title\"><a style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: 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