{"id":33832,"date":"2026-05-06T08:06:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33832"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T06:06:05","slug":"kenyan-high-commission-issues-safety-advisory-for-nationals-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/kenyan-high-commission-issues-safety-advisory-for-nationals-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan High Commission issues safety advisory for nationals in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Kenyan High Commission in South Africa (SA) has issued a cautionary advisory urging Kenyan nationals living in the SA to exercise heightened vigilance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It comes amid growing concerns around safety, security, and rising tensions in certain communities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Deputy Head of Mission at the Kenyan High Commission, Sunya Orre, says the advisory is mainly precautionary, as there is no imminent threat to Kenyan nationals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cBasically, we do not have anything specific on Kenyans being targeted. There is a risk or possibility because sometimes, when it comes to situations where foreigners are targeted, it is likely to involve undocumented foreigners. It is not all the time that people carry their passports. So it was precautionary,\u201d said Orre.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33833,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-33832","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"It comes amid growing concerns around safety, security, and rising tensions in certain communities.","published_date":"","news_description":"It comes amid growing concerns around safety, security, and rising tensions in certain communities.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33834,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33832\/revisions\/33834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}