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        <title><![CDATA[Londell Phumi Ramalepe]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[People Are Dying From Eskom’s Pollution in South Africa]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-27/eskom-is-killing-south-africans-with-its-china-level-pollution</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 03:00:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Electrical power lines hang from transmission pylons as the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Hendrina coal-fired power station stands beyond in the town of Pullen&apos;s Hope, Mpumalanga, South Africa, on Wednesday, June 12, 2019.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[S. African Pensions Seen at Risk If State Forces Investments]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:58:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Tech Giant IBM Starts Camps for African Quantum Computing]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Loni Prinsloo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:38:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Airways Lays Out Its Cash Needs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Loni Prinsloo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 10:21:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The logo of South African Airways sits on the tailfins of Airbus Group NV A340, left, and A330-200 aircraft parked at O.R. Tambo International airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. South African Airways is close to a 1.25 billion-rand ($107 million) savings target after renegotiating airline leases and supply contracts, canceling two long-haul destinations and reviewing the route of Washington D.C. flights. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three Things to Learn From Exit of South African Airways's CEO]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Londell Phumi Ramalepe]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The logo of South African Airways sits on the tailfins of Airbus Group NV A340, left, and A330-200 aircraft parked at O.R. Tambo International airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. South African Airways is close to a 1.25 billion-rand ($107 million) savings target after renegotiating airline leases and supply contracts, canceling two long-haul destinations and reviewing the route of Washington D.C. flights.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa's Team: Contenders for Key S. Africa Cabinet Posts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Prinesha Naidoo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2019 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Cyril Ramaphosa attends his inauguration as South African President, at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, on May 25, 2019. (Photo by Yeshiel PANCHIA / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read YESHIEL PANCHIA/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Jobless Rate Rises to 27.6%, Near 15-Year High]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Prinesha Naidoo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[ANC Gets Slim Victory in South Africa's Economic Hub Gauteng]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 16:43:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Electronic screens display the current national vote count results at the Independent Electoral Commission national results center in Pretoria, South Africa, on Friday, May 10, 2019. South Africa’s African National Congress has extended its quarter-century grip on political power and it largely has President Cyril Ramaphosa to thank for halting its decline.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa Faces Moment of Truth as South Africa Counts Votes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gordon Bell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 19:08:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Major Caster Semenya Sponsor Stands Behind Athlete After Testosterone Ruling]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-03/semenya-sponsor-discovery-backs-athlete-says-ruling-unfair</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tshegofatso Mokgabodi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 14:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 13: Caster Semenya of South Africa celebrates wins gold in the Women&apos;s 800 metres final during athletics on day nine of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on April 13, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Young Voters Are Turning Their Backs on South Africa’s Elections]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-30/youth-voters-at-20-year-low-as-south-africa-protests-beat-polls</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Londell Phumi Ramalepe]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 26:Students stage a protest over government&apos;s plan of increasing university tuition feesi in front of the Parliament building in Cape Town, South Africa on October 26, 2016. (Photo by Shaun Swingler/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa's Mboweni Urged to Take His Own Advice and Retire]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-23/cosatu-says-s-africa-s-mboweni-must-do-as-he-preaches-retire</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Londell Phumi Ramalepe]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:08:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Blackouts May Cut Growth Close to Zero, Central Bank Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-17/south-africa-blackouts-could-cut-growth-close-to-zero-sarb-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[S. Africa Reserve Bank Says Too Early to Claim Inflation Win]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rene Vollgraaff]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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