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            <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa’s Future Uncertain After Impeachment Risk Resurfaces]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 08:41:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Moody’s Says South Africa on Track to Stabilize Debt This Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:23:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Says War Puts $130 Billion Revenue Goal at Risk]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:04:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Moves to Quell Fallout From Anti-Immigrant Attacks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:22:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Kganyago Keeps Options Open as CPI Risks Rise]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:37:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Farms Face El Niño Drought Risk on Top of Iran War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:03:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Factories Turn Upbeat as War Brings Orders Forward]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 09:38:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Reform Drive Loses Steam as Rail, Ports Lag]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:28:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s SARB Will Act If War Inflation Shock Persists]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:51:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Inflation Edges Up Before Iran Oil Shock Hit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:03:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African Business Optimism Wanes in March on Iran Conflict]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Kganyago Says War Inflation Risks Are Playing Out]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hill]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:50:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Has Room for $732 Million Fuel Relief Extension, Citi Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:01:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kganyago Cites Zulu War to Signal Preemptive Inflation Move]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hill]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:56:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Conflict Clouds South Africa Economy Outlook, SARB Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:12:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Holds Rates, Warns of Hikes If Iran War Drags]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:06:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Seen Holding Rates as Iran Risks Persist]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afreximbank Chief Plays Down Fitch Junk-Rating Downgrade]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:25:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Afreximbank Agrees $11 Billion Loan Package for South Africa]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:50:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s Stock-Market Laggards Look Due for a Recovery]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Khuleko Siwele]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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