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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Gasoline Price Jumps to Four-Year High]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 11:58:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Cuts Fuel Taxes as Prices Spike on Iran War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[S'thembile Cele]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:17:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fuel Crunch From War Threatens S. African Wheat, Corn Crops]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Suspends Three Fraud-Accused Health Officials]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:37:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Envoy Warns Patience With South Africa Waning, N24 Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:42:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Says Three Senior Health Officials Have Been Arrested]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 11:03:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Says Two Died After Recruitment for Russia War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:03:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Cattle Virus Response in ‘Shambles’ Says Dairy Firm]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Largest Africa Farm Show Bans Cloven-Hoofed Animals on Outbreak]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:28:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Says South Africa Is Cozying Up to Iran With Naval Drills]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 07:14:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Chinese navy destroyer CNS Tangshan, top, Russian navy corvette Stoikiy, left, and Iranian navy corvette IRIS Naghdi, right, ahead of in Simon’s Town harbor in Cape Town, on Jan. 9.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former South African Minister Quits DA Party Amid Internal Rift]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:54:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Gasoline Price Drops to Four-Year Low on Oil, Rand]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:03:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Caltex gas station, operated by Chevron Corp., beneath Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. South Africa may introduce a gasoline-price cap and ration the amount of fuel sold to motorists to mitigate the impact of rising oil prices stemming from the war in Ukraine.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Ramaphosa Names New Presidential Climate Commission]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:28:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Erasmus to Coach Springbok Rugby Team Until 2031]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 11:52:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa to Vaccinate All Cattle Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ethiopia Reports Suspected Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:12:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-South African Finance Minister Meets Prosecutors on Charges]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:28:24 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Malusi Gigaba</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Signs Trade Protocol to Export Stone Fruit to China]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:14:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afrikaners Are Doing Fine, Despite What Trump Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:32:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Celebration of an Afrikaner Icon Belies Trump’s Genocide Claim]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Afrikaners rank among wealthiest South Africans, hold top posts.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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