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            <title><![CDATA[South African Car Exports Plunge on Stricter EU Emission Rules]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:31:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Factory Sentiment Gains as Rate Cuts Get Under Way]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Consumer Confidence Improves to a Five Year High]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ntando Thukwana]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nigeria’s Higher Corn Yields Compensates for Lowest Farm Area Since 2010]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Expected Business Conditions Surge to Two-Year High]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Business Outlook Rose on Expectations of a Coalition Government]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2024 12:38:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Factory Mood Slumped Before Election, Absa Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 09:59:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cautious: The Bloomberg Close, Europe Edition]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Simbarashe Gumbo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shoppers walk along a pedestrianized shopping street in Nuremberg, Germany, on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. German inflation plunged to its lowest level in two years after the effect of heavily discounted public transport last summer disappeared from the comparison. Photographer: Ben Kilb/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Slowing: The Bloomberg Close, Europe Edition]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:06:57 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Shoppers and commuters inside a railway station&apos;s concourse in Nuremberg, Germany, on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. German inflation plunged to its lowest level in two years after the effect of heavily discounted public transport last summer disappeared from the comparison. Photographer: Ben Kilb/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Frozen Response: The Bloomberg Close, Europe Edition]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Simbarashe Gumbo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sanctions: The Bloomberg Close, Europe Edition]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-02-21/sanctions-the-bloomberg-close-europe-edition</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Simbarashe Gumbo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 16:21:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sooner for Some: The Bloomberg Close, Europe Edition]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Bank of England (BOE) headquarters in the City of London, UK, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The Bank of England is likely on Thursday to deliver a brighter outlook for the UK economy, reducing its forecast for inflation this year and potentially opening the way to interest-rate reductions that could boost growth. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dark Clouds: The Bloomberg Close, Europe Edition]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:55:28 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Storm clouds over the Bavarian Alps, on day two of the Group of Seven (G-7) leaders summit, on the outskirts of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. The G-7 nations are set to allow some exceptional public financing of overseas fossil-fuel projects to continue provided that the investments are consistent with prior climate-change agreements, according to people familiar with the matter. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Factory Mood Sours to Worst Since Lockdown]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 09:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Workers stand and speak by the bottling line control unit at the SABMiller Plc Alrode brewery and bottling plant, a unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. South Africa’s ban on alcohol sales has put investment projects worth at least 12.8 billion rand ($742 million) on hold.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Factory Inflation Slows More Than Expected on Fuel]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 11:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Factory Manager Outlook Worst Since Covid Lockdown]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Simbarashe Gumbo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:21:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Workers move a trolley containing garment panels at the Prestige Clothing (Pty) Ltd. textile factory, operated by The Foschini Group Ltd., in the Maitland district of Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. South African retailers including The Foschini Group and Woolworths Holdings Ltd. are increasing investment in local clothing manufacturers -- both to reduce a dependency on Chinese imports and secure a supply chain thrown into disarray by Covid-19 restrictions.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Producer Inflation Up on Double Digit Jump in Fuel Prices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 17:08:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil Industry Ends Contraction, Pulling Angola Economy to Growth]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 13:09:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Factory Inflation Quickens on Food, Machinery Costs]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:22:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Consumer Confidence Improves On Brighter Economic Prospects]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:20:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedestrians pass a grocery store in the Randburg Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. South Africa’s National Treasury warned other government departments that it is confronting significant budgetary challenges and spending needs to be reined in if it is to meet its debt-stabilization targets.</media:description>
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