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            <title><![CDATA[South African Consumer Confidence Recovers in Second Quarter]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:03:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[S. Africa Posts First Successive Primary Surplus in 16 Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africans Feel the Pinch as Take-Home Pay Drops]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:44:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Commuters Are Caught in Johannesburg's Taxi Feuds as Transit Lags]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In Africa’s richest city, hours-long, dangerous journeys are the norm as passenger rail struggles to restore service.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 04:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Commuters wait in a taxi bus to depart from a rank in the Katlehong, a township 28 kilometers southeast of the center of Johannesburg.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[SARB Warns Trade, War Shocks Threaten South African Banks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Adelaide Changole]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:31:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Inflation Holds Steady as Conflict Clouds Outlook]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>South Africa&apos;s consumer prices rose 2.8% from a year earlier. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Seeks 15% Tax on EV-Battery Imports, BD Reports]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:44:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Current Account Deficit Narrows Slightly]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Central Bank Sees ‘Amazing’ Chance to Lower CPI Goal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:12:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Avoids Contraction as Growth Outlook Remains Dim]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Poised for Rate Cut to Bolster Economy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ntando Thukwana]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Firm Paves Way to List Cell C Mobile-Phone Provider]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Khuleko Siwele]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 07:03:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Johannesburg’s ‘Decay’ Strains South Africa’s Ruling Coalition]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Recently Listed Budget Grocer Plans More Stores]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 15:32:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Less Than Half of South Africans Support Race Law, N24 Poll Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:38:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aspen Plunges 34% on Dispute With Client, $42 Million Charge]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zinhle Xaba]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:16:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. plant in Gqeberha, South Africa.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Urges Stronger Response to Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zinhle Xaba]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:09:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[African PE Firms Double Fundraising Before Trump’s Trade War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zinhle Xaba]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 07:46:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Clicks Sees Earnings Growth Defying Tepid Economy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:21:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s ANC Lags Main Rival in New Voter Opinion Poll]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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