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        <title><![CDATA[Hilton Shone - Former Editor]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Ramaphosa Strikes Back at Critics Over Steps to Secure Vaccines]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-25/south-africa-s-ramaphosa-strikes-back-at-critics-over-vaccines</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:05:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 15: Members of the Tshwane Special Infectious Unit on COVID-19 wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) pick up a suspected COVID-19 patient on January 15, 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa. The Special Infectious Unit ambulance is equipped with an isolation chamber with a negative pressure filtration system. (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zimbabwe Gets $13.7 Million Anti-Virus Lifeline From the AfDB]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 10:15:17 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Medical personnel check temperatures of patients visiting on April 25, 2020, Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. - The number of cases of coronavirus in Africa is currently low compared to the rest of the planet: nearly 28,000 on the continent against more than 2.7 million worldwide, according to an AFP count. (Photo by ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP) (Photo by ZINYANGE AUNTONY/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afro-Jazz Star Manu Dibango Dies of Coronavirus Aged 86]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Pius Lukong]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:18:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Manu Dibango, performs in Abidjan in 2018.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Southern Africa Has 45 Million People Facing Hunger, UN Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:57:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY FANUEL JONGWE Zimbabwean villager Connie Garandemo poses with a pawpaw, her family&apos;s usual morning meal, on August 6, 2012 in Zimbabwe&apos;s Buhera district. Villagers in the area face critical food shortages; the people of Buhera are among the 1.6 million of Zimbabwe&apos;s 13 million population that will require food aid during the lean season, according to the United Nations World Food Programme. AFP PHOTO / Jekesai Njikizana. (Photo credit should read JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/GettyImages)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Unveils $61 Billion Plan to Tackle Water Shortages]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:15:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Mavis Pula, a resident of Hammanskraal carry a bucket filled with water from a water tanker provided by the City of Tshwane, in Hammanskraal, on November 13, 2019. - This comes after a temporary shutdown of the Temba Water Treatment Plant (TWTP) as a result of raw sewage sludge leaking from the malfunctioning Rooiwal Water Treatment Works into the Appies River. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Airways May Fire a Fifth of Its Workforce as Part of Restructuring]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Cohen]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:11:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>NEW YORK - AUGUST 24 : An Airbus A340-642 operated by South African Airways takes off from JFK Airport on August 24, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Founder of South African Money Manager Allan Gray Dies]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-11/allan-gray-founder-of-south-africa-fund-manager-dies-at-age-81</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vernon Wessels]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:31:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa to Propose Water Transformation Bill, Sisulu Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:50:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Gun Guidance a Case Study for South African Teachers]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/trump-s-gun-guidance-a-case-study-for-south-african-teachers</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:42:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Semenya Able to Compete as Swiss Court Suspends IAAF Regulations]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-03/semenya-able-to-compete-as-swiss-court-suspends-iaaf-regulations</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2019 16:08:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Caster Semenya</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Revokes Licenses of 347 Insolvent Microfinance Companies]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 16:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Water Supply Curbed in Johannesburg and Elsewhere in Gauteng After Reservoirs Dwindle]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-24/rand-water-says-it-s-reducing-supply-to-3-cities-in-gauteng</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 11:18:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A resident fills a plastic container with water from a communal tap in the Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Confronted by the worst drought on record after years of disastrously low rainfall, city authorities say they may have to turn off the water entirely on May 11, the famous &quot;Day Zero,&quot; if reservoir levels keep falling and consumption doesn&apos;t slow enough. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ebola Death Toll in Democratic Republic of Congo Climbs to 529]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:47:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa's Eskom Profit Plunges 89%; Situation to Worsen]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-28/south-africa-s-eskom-interim-profit-plunges-89-from-year-ago</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 08:58:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Electrical power lines hang from transmission pylons in the Tembisa township outside Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. South Africa&apos;s cash-strapped power utility, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., is &quot;a threat&quot; to the nation&apos;s investment strategy, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[KPMG South Africa Names Ignatius Sehoole Chief Executive Officer]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 07:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa's Eskom Consulting Executives on Possible Job Cuts]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s state-owned power utility has started consultations about possible job cuts for executives as the cash-strapped company looks to rein in soaring costs despite stagnant electricity output.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 11:18:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[S. Africa's I&J May Face Prosecution for Karan Beef Collusion]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-30/s-africa-s-i-j-may-face-prosecution-for-karan-beef-collusion</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 05:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Government Workers to Meet ILG Over Steinhoff]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:12:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[PIC Buys Into Africa's Biggest Feedlot in $365 Million Deal]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-23/south-africa-s-pic-pelo-buy-majority-stake-in-karan-beef</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:42:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Development Bank Southern Africa Starts Climate Finance Facility]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Development Bank of Southern Africa said it was awarded $55.6 million of funding from a unit of the United Nations to set up a 2 billion rand ($140 million) Climate Finance Facility.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilton Shone]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:43:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Cracked earth sits at the dried up Mae Jok Luang reservoir in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Saturday, April 23, 2016. An El Nino-induced drought across Thailand is parching crops, leading market forecasters to reduce their production estimates. Photographer: Taylor Weidman</media:description>
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