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        <title><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli - Spokesman]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eskom CEO Says Debt Swap the Best Option to Rescue Utility]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/eskom-ceo-sees-debt-swap-as-best-option-to-rescue-ailing-utility</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:05:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Provisionally Withdraws Charges Against Zuma's Son]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-23/south-africa-provisionally-withdraws-charges-against-zuma-s-son</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:03:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa Urged to Clean ANC Lawmaker List for South Africa Vote]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:18:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Central Bank Must Pursue Flexible Policy, ANC Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2019 08:10:58 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pedestrians pass the headquarters of the South African Reserve Bank in Pretoria, South Africa, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago kept South African borrowing costs unchanged in his debut policy meeting as Reserve Bank governor, reinforcing his pledge for continuity.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Reserve Bank Must Pursue Flexible Policy, ANC Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2019 15:45:25 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa adresses supporters during the African National Congress&apos; (ANC) 107th anniversary celebrations at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on January 12, 2019. - The new head of the ruling ANC and President Cyril Ramaphosa,pledged in tackling unemployment, poverty and inequality. South Africans go to the polls in May 2019. (Photo by Rajesh JANTILAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Land Seizures, New Jobs Top ANC’s South Africa Election Pledges]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - This aerial view shows a helicopter flying a giant flag from the South African ruling Party African National Congress (ANC) displaying a picture of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and urging people to register to vote for the upcoming elections as thousands of revellers and holidaymakers gather at the North Pier Beach during New Year Celebrations in Durban on January 1, 2019. - According to the police close to 100,000 people are expected to spend the day at the beach. The city situated on the east coast of the African Continent attracts thousands of local and international tourists boosting the local economy at this time of the year. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP) (Photo credit should read RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP/Getty Images) Photographer: RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Scandal Embroils South Africa’s Self-Styled Party of the Poor]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighter party, center, speaks to the media outside the parliament following the national budget speech in Cape Town, South Africa, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017.  Photographer: Halden Krog/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Africa's Biggest Fund Manager's Ex-CEO Said to Contest Exit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-26/africa-s-biggest-fund-manager-s-ex-ceo-is-said-to-contest-exit</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:44:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Path to Land Reform Is Riddled With Pitfalls]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Years of segregation have deprived blacks of property and the economic opportunity it brings.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-23/south-africa-s-path-to-land-reform-is-riddled-with-pitfalls</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 05:01:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Aerial view of Simonsberg Mountain range and Stellenbosch Winelands, South Africa, April 3, 2016.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa Appoints Cwele South African Home Affairs Minister]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-22/ramaphosa-appoints-cwele-south-africa-s-home-affairs-minister</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:03:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa&apos;s president, delivers a speech to investors at Bloomberg&apos;s European headquarters in London, U.K., on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Ramaphosa said his administration is committed to fighting corruption and fixing troubled state companies, but progress will take time.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Ramaphosa Considers Economic Super Ministry]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-20/south-africa-s-ramaphosa-is-said-to-mull-economy-super-ministry</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:07:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Finance Chief Implicates Zuma in South African Looting Spree]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-08/ex-finance-chief-fingers-zuma-in-south-african-looting-spree</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:08:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Jacob Zuma, South Africa\&apos;s president, gestures whilst speaking during a visit to the offices of South African Airways (SAA) in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Friday, May 6, 2016. It appears to be just a matter of time before South Africa\&apos;s credit rating is cut to junk.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Looks Past Gloomy Budget in Drive for $100 Billion]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[South Africa is hoping investors will look past Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s bleak mid-term budget as the country seeks to woo $100 billion into its economy.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-24/south-africa-looks-past-gloomy-budget-in-drive-for-100-billion</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana Monteiro]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[No More Cash to Give South African State Workers' Pay Increases]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-24/no-more-cash-to-give-south-african-state-workers-pay-increases</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 12:04:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A street trader selling brooms holds up 10 and 50 rand banknotes in this arranged photograph in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Transnet Dismisses CEO Gama]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-21/south-africa-s-transnet-is-said-to-have-dismissed-ceo-gama</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:51:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Land Reform to Safeguard Property Rights, ANC Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-17/south-africa-land-reform-to-safeguard-property-rights-anc-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa Appoints Mboweni as South Africa’s Finance Minister]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed former central bank Governor Tito Mboweni as his finance minister on Tuesday, replacing Nhlanhla Nene.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-09/ramaphosa-appoints-mboweni-as-south-african-finance-minister</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:47:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa Said to Favor Mboweni as South Africa Finance Minister]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:25:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa Decision ‘Imminent’ on South Africa Finance Chief Nene]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Amogelang Mbatha]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 10:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jonas Is Said to Decline South African Finance Minister Post]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam Mkokeli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:36:06 GMT</pubDate>
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