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        <title><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Coalition Partner Hires Ex-CEO to Manage Ministers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:28:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Geordin Hill-Lewis celebrates on the second day of the DA Federal Congress at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand on April 12.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Half of South Africa Wastewater Plants Deemed in Critical State]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:01:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[African Nations Assure Residents, Warn Against Hoarding Fuel]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:53:32 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Gasoline storage tanks at the Dangote Industries Ltd. oil refineryIN  Lagos, Nigeria.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Readies Troops to Help Police Tackle Gang Violence]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:25:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 22: Law enforcement presence at National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola&apos;s media briefing on ongoing gang violence at Sophiatown Police Station on October 22, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This comes after two teenagers were shot dead and five others were injured in a suspected gang-violence shooting. (Photo by Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fire, Power Outage Disrupt Operations at Cape Town Airport]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:16:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Film Industry Founders as State Withholds Support]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa President Vows Renewed Growth Drive as Markets Soar]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[S'thembile Cele]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa&apos;s president, delivers the state-of-the-nation address in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Ramaphosa pledged to accelerate measures to fire up the economy, draw investment and make the government more efficient, an undertaking that will provide further impetus to a blistering markets rally if implemented.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three Key South African Cities Hit by Water-Supply Shortages]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Enzokuhle Sabela]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:57:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Plans State Firm to Manage $9.8 Billion of Property]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 13:38:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Seeks Donations to Repair Kruger Park Flood Damage]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:52:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A herd of elephants in Kruger National Park in South Africa. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Faces Mounting Furor Over Iran Role in Naval Drills]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:34:15 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[South Africa to Import Vaccines to Tackle Foot-and-Mouth Disease]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:37:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Western Cape Hard Hit by Wildfires, Drought]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:58:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Hosts BRICS Naval Drill, Risks Renewed US Ire]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:04:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A South African navy frigate, left, approaches Simon’s Town harbor where the Chinese navy destroyer Tangshan is moored ahead of naval exercises, on Jan. 7.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Arrests Seven People Over US Refugee Applications]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:20:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Environment Minister Dion George Set to Lose His Post]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 11:47:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Policing Scandal Upends Political Succession Race]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:45:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>South Africa&apos;s police minister Senzo Mchunu </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Says $1.6 Billion of Oil Projects Halted in Court]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Burkhardt]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 07:50:54 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Protesters outside the Africa Energy Week conference in Cape Town, on  Sept. 30. Photographer: Paul Burkhardt/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Minister Questions Free Care for Undocumented Migrants]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Vecchiatto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:48:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Enoch Godongwana.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Kganyago Says ‘Dangerous’ World Needs Regulation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Lesetja Kganyago, governor of South Africa&apos;s Reserve Bank, during an interview at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra, Portugal, on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Tweaks to the European Central Bank’s strategy unveiled Monday will allow policymakers to deliver more nuanced communication in an increasing unpredictable world, President Christine Lagarde said.</media:description>
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