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        <title><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Foreign Buyers Swoop on Cape Town Homes, Pricing Out Locals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Young South Africans known as “born frees” were supposed to be the first generation to access homeownership without restrictions. But new obstacles stand in the way.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Stocks Poised to Extend Golden First-Half Rally]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:10:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Bank Zero, Lesaka to Combine in $61 Million Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:03:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Rail Firm Averts Strike as Unions Accept Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 18:07:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Gasoline Price Drop Offset by Fuel-Levy Hike]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:53:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Sees $49 Billion of Debt Savings With New CPI Goal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:07:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tiger Brands Surges to 7-Year High as Special Payout Planned]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 06:31:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harmony Expands in Australia With $1 Billion MAC Copper Deal]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ana Monteiro]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 06:27:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top South African Transport Firm, Union in Talks to Avoid Strike]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 06:15:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Unemployment Rate Jumps as Trade Sheds Jobs]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[White Afrikaners Arrive in US Under Revamped Refugee Program]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 11:31:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Port Union Plans More Talks to End Wage Dispute]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 09:45:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Tariffs, Reforms Weigh on South Africa Growth, BER Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ntando Thukwana]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 16:37:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Traders Add to South African Rate-Cut Bets After Inflation Cools]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:07:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s DA Lays Corruption Charges Against Minister]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:19:26 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Thembisile Simelane on September 05, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Brenton Geach/Gallo Images via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[S. Africa Central Bank Says Uncertainty Risks Higher Rates]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ntando Thukwana]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eskom of South Africa Invites Tenders for Renewable Energy Unit]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:10:43 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Arnot coal-fired power station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Coal-fired power plants operated by South Africa’s state utility are emitting pollutants that primarily cause respiratory diseases such as asthma at almost 42 times the intensity of those in China.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Weighs Auto Industry Incentives as Tariff Shield]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katlego Mtshali]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:27:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Workers weld an automobile chassis on the production line at the Toyota Motor Corp. manufacturing plant in Durban, South Africa, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Floods earlier in the year caused extensive damage to the Toyota plant, one of the country&apos;s biggest car manufacturers.</media:description>
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