{"id":37331,"date":"2026-06-17T09:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37331"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:34:24","slug":"sa-minister-calls-for-migration-co-operation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-minister-calls-for-migration-co-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Minister calls for migration co-operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) International Relations and Co-operation Minister Ronald Lamola says the Commonwealth should work closely with SA in addressing migration challenges facing the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Lamola was speaking at the 19th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth Africa Region in Kempton Park, Gauteng Province.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Expectations are high as legislators seek to forge a united voice on critical issues confronting the continent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A historic gathering held at one of SA&#8217;s most significant landmarks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The very venue that hosted pre-democratic negotiations and paved the way for the country&#8217;s first democratic elections in 1994.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Three decades later, SA and its fellow Commonwealth members find themselves grappling with a host of pressing challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28464,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-37331","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Lamola says the Commonwealth should work closely with SA","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37331","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\/37331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37332,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37331\/revisions\/37332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}