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        <description><![CDATA[Polity offers free access to the latest South African, International and Regional African news with the aim of advancing Polity’s mission of deepening democracy through access to information.]]></description>
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            <title>Ramaphosa calls for BRICS members to invest in productive capacity</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa, during an address to the BRICS Business Forum Leaders' Dialogue, held in India this week, called for the bloc to direct investment towards manufacturing and beneficiation, industrial technologies, energy systems, infrastructure and logistics. Africa must not only supply the minerals on which the next generation of industries depends, while value addition and manufacturing take place elsewhere.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>DEVELOPMENT</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Ebola case detected in northwestern province far from epicentre, official says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[An Ebola case has been detected in a province in the northwestern corner of Democratic Republic of Congo, far from the epicentre of the country's most lethal outbreak on record, an official said on Friday. The case involves a man who died on Tuesday in the town of Gwaka, according to Jean-Rene Galekwa Vundawe, the acting governor of Sud-Ubangi province where the town is located. He travelled from South Kivu province in eastern Congo through Rwanda and Uganda before re-entering Congo and arriving in Sud-Ubangi, which borders Republic of Congo and Central African Republic. Jean-Jacques Muyembe, head of Congo's National Institute for Biomedical Research in Kinshasa, confirmed on Friday that the man had tested positive for Ebola.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>1. News in Review </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Nigeria suspends official visits to SA over xenophobic attacks</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Nigerian National Assembly has officially suspended all official visits to South Africa and has initiated a complete boycott of South African-hosted or South African-organised legislative activities. This directive follows intensive consultations between the leadership of the country’s Senate and the House of Representatives and is a response to reports of xenophobic violence, intimidation and the targeted destruction of property belonging to Nigerians and other African nationals living in South Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
            <category>1. News in Review </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Agri exports to US still shrouded in uncertainty despite Agoa extension - panel</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[While agriculture stakeholders such as Citrus Growers’ Association of Southern Africa (CGA) have welcomed the extension of African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) to 2028, it falls short of the 15 years that South Africa was hoping for and trade certainty remains clouded by other tariff risks. The US implemented a new 12.5% tariff on a wide range of South African imports on July 24 owing to “slave labour” concerns, which think tank Advancing American Freedom trade expert and international relations fellow Andrew Hale says is another one of US President Donald Trump’s suite of illegal tariffs being imposed on countries all around the world. He affirms that Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs, forced labour tariffs and new tariffs against Canada are all illegal and did not follow due approval process, with the US having recorded massive losses in providing refunds as a result of tariffs being declared illegal by the courts.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>AGRICULTURE &amp; TRADE</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Uganda holding last-ditch talks over king's succession to allow him to be buried</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Uganda's government is racing to help resolve a bitter royal succession dispute in the Tooro Kingdom after the death of monarch Oyo Nyimba aged 34, so he can be buried on Saturday, a spokesperson for the kingdom said on Friday.  King Oyo, who was crowned in 1995 at the age of 3, is due to be laid to rest in an official ceremony with thousands of mourners and dignitaries in attendance, but the funeral cannot proceed unless agreement is reached on who will succeed him to the throne. The dispute erupted on Wednesday after a succession committee consisting of members of the royal clan announced it had chosen Oyo's cousin, Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma, a news anchor and editor at state broadcaster UBC, sparking fury among the late king's immediate family, notably his mother and sister who said it should be his hitherto unknown son.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>1. News in Review </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Pan African completes Soweto gold tailings retreatment project study</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The definitive feasibility study for the promising Soweto gold tailings retreatment project, west of South Africa’s Gold City of Johannesburg, has been completed, Pan African Resources reported on Friday, September 10, when the London-, Johannesburg- and Sydney-listed company headlined the study as “delivering a robust long-term growth pathway” for its thriving West Rand Mogale tailings retreatment complex. The Soweto tailings project, designed to leverage existing Mogale elution, carbon regeneration, electrowinning and smelting infrastructure, significantly improves project economics and will come in at an estimated capital cost at R3.68-billion.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>BRICS finance chiefs call for urgent IMF, World Bank reform</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[BRICS finance chiefs and central bank governors on Friday reiterated calls for urgent reform of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to give emerging and developing economies a greater say in the two institutions. The Bretton Woods institutions, created in the aftermath of World War II, should better reflect shifts in the global economy, they said in a joint statement, calling for increased IMF quota and voting shares for emerging and developing countries. They also backed greater representation of those economies in the leadership of the IMF and World Bank. “We reiterate the urgent need to reform the Bretton Woods Institutions to make them more agile, effective, credible, inclusive, fit for purpose, unbiased, accountable, and representative,” the finance chiefs and governors said in the statement.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
            <category>ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa extradites six suspected members of Black Axe gang to US</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa will extradite to the US six Nigerian nationals suspected of being members of the Black Axe organised crime network involved in romance scams and cyberfraud, police said on Friday. The men are wanted by US authorities on charges including wire fraud and money laundering. They allegedly targeted more than 100 women in the US, defrauding them of more than R100-million through online romance scams, South Africa's elite Hawks police unit said in a statement, adding the victims included pensioners and businesspeople. Black Axe grew out of ​a student fraternity in the late ​1970s called the Neo Black Movement ⁠of Africa, and it has since ​evolved into a structured, violent criminal organisation ​often dealing in financial cybercrime. The six men were arrested in South Africa in 2021.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>1. News in Review </category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Two newly completed bridges, as part of LHWP II, set to open</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the construction of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase II progresses, the newly completed Mabunyaneng and Khubelu bridges in the Mokhotlong district, in Lesotho, are set to be unveiled this week. This followed the completion of the 90-m-high Senqu bridge earlier this year.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <title>Parties lodge ethics complaint against Majodina over vulgar tirade against Kouga resident</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EFF, DA and ActionSA have criticised Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina, following a highly contentious confrontation with a resident in the Eastern Cape. The incident, which has sparked widespread public outcry, has led to an official ethics complaint laid by the DA and ActionSA, and intensified the political temperature ahead of the November 4 local government elections. The controversy erupted during a community meeting in the Kouga local municipality, meant to address severe local water shortages. According to political parties, Majodina unleashed a tirade of profanities and insults at a community member who was questioning or criticising the government's performance. The EFF alleged that the Minister’s outbursts formed part of a broader pattern of behaviour within the ANC. The DA lodged an ethics complaint with Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests, calling for Majodina’s conduct to be investigated and for appropriate sanctions to be imposed by Parliament.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>Six S Africans still missing after Nepal floods, DNA provided in search efforts</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Six South African nationals remain unaccounted for following devastating flash floods in Nepal, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) confirmed on Thursday. In response to a formal request from the Nepalese government, Dirco has partnered with the South African Police Service (SAPS) to expedite identification efforts.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>Kenya to get some $400m emergency World Bank funds within six weeks, source says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Kenya is expected to receive about $400-million in emergency financing from the World Bank within six weeks to help address risks including an Ebola outbreak in the region and El Niño-related disruptions, a source familiar with the matter said. The East African country applied for the World Bank's emergency financing facility — known as a Rapid Response Option — after the start of the Iran war in February sent crude oil prices sharply higher. However, risks facing the country have broadened beyond pressure from high energy prices on government finances, the source told Reuters. A spokesperson for the World Bank said the lender is supporting Kenya to finalise a framework to access rapid financing when "an eligible crisis or emergency occurs, including the conflict in the Middle East and El Niño," without providing more details.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Italian companies targeting South African partnerships in areas including mining and energy are attracting attention at this week’s Electra Mining Africa 2026 at Johannesburg’s Nasrec Expo Centre. The companies are exhibiting in Hall 1 and also reinforced what they have to offer at an evening event at South Africa's renowned Italian Sporting Club in Bedfordview.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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