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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>R964m to be spent at Sibanye-Stillwater's K4 platinum group metals shaft</title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/r964m-to-be-spent-at-sibanye-stillwaters-k4-platinum-group-metals-project-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Remaining project capital of R964-million of the total of R4.4-billion in real 2026 terms is to be spent this year and next on Sibanye-Stillwater’s K4 platinum group metals (PGMs) project at Marikana in South Africa’s North West province. The project is on track for steady-state production in 2033 and has a 48-year economic life, which bodes well for the community of the Rustenburg municipal area in particular. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>‘Significant operational improvements’ recorded at Cape Town port – TNPA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) says it has recorded “significant operational improvements” at the Port of Cape Town, with progress in terminal performance, reduced ship turnaround time (STAT) and increased volume throughput across key commodity sectors. According to the State-owned port operator it has achieved consistent year-on-year improvements in container terminal STAT, decreasing from 103 hours in the 2023/24 financial year to 83 hours in 2024/25, with a further improvement to 74 hours in 2025/26.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>Ramaphosa calls on S Africans to use Mandela Day to fight poverty, inequality</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans to use the upcoming Nelson Mandela International Day to refocus national efforts on tackling deep-seated poverty and inequality. Writing in his weekly newsletter to the nation, Ramaphosa emphasised that meaningful change requires a combination of structural policy reform and grassroots community service.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
            <category>1. News in Review </category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>EU announces restrictions on trading Sudanese gold</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EU announced on Monday new sanctions against Sudan by targeting the country's gold trade, which it said was being used to finance the military conflict in the country. "The decision introduces a ban on the purchase, import or transfer of gold originating in Sudan. It also bans the sale, supply, transfer or export of mercury and cyanide to Sudan," said a statement by the Council of the EU.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>Salga Gauteng calls for transparent intergovernmental processes to resolve withholding of ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Local Government Association (Salga) Gauteng calls for a fair, transparent and collaborative intergovernmental process to resolve the decision by the National Treasury to withhold equitable share allocations from six municipalities in the province. Treasury announced last week that it would withhold equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities across the country.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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            <title>Congo's Ebola outbreak spreads to two more provinces</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two more northeastern provinces, Haut-Uele and Tshopo, the country's public health institute said in its latest report. The number of confirmed Ebola cases across the country rose to 1 926, including 702 deaths, official data showed late on Sunday. Four cases were recorded in Tshopo, including two deaths, with one death confirmed in Haut-Uele, as of Saturday.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Oxford begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Oxford has launched the first human trial of a vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, seeking to accelerate efforts to combat an outbreak spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The early-stage trial, known as BD-Ebov, will evaluate the safety and immune response of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine in 50 healthy adults aged 18 to 55 in Oxford, the university said on Monday.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa proposes compulsory fuel stocks to preempt crises</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa is proposing a revamp of its strategic fuel storage capability requiring mandatory reserves from both the State and private sector to mitigate supply crises, a policy document showed. Global energy supplies and prices have been under pressure for months due to an ongoing crisis in the Middle East that has choked off the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil and liquefied natural gas transit route.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>FUEL STOCKS</category>
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            <title>Local government's day of reckoning has arrived  – Mavuso</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[National Treasury’s decision to withhold the July equitable share transfer from 69 municipalities follows more than a decade of ignored Auditor-General warnings on municipal deterioration and increasing irregular expenditure says Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso. In her latest weekly newsletter, Mavuso says municipal collapse – now hitting three of South Africa's eight metros, including Johannesburg, Mangaung and Nelson Mandela Bay – directly reflects a failure of leadership and accountability.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>ECONOMY</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <editor>Chanel de Bruyn</editor>
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            <title>Namibia secures China deals on infrastructure, mining and energy with state visit</title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/namibia-secures-china-deals-on-infrastructure-mining-and-energy-with-state-visit-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[China on Friday said it would step up cooperation with Namibia in the Southern African state's energy, farming, infrastructure, and minerals sectors during talks in Beijing between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. Nandi-Ndaitwah has been on a seven-day visit to China since Sunday, seeking investment from the world's top lender and second-largest economy to help implement election pledges to create jobs and diversify the Namibian economy.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>INVESTMENT</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South African rand slides as renewed Gulf conflict fuels risk-off mood</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African rand weakened against the dollar on Monday, tracking losses among emerging market currencies as escalating tensions in the Middle East dampened risk sentiment. At 0634 GMT the rand traded at 16 3825 per dollar, roughly down 0.5% from its previous close.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>1. News in Review </category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Cut off from Kinshasa, Congo's AFC/M23 rebels built their own Ebola response</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Congo's AFC/M23 rebels have used a small Ebola outbreak in territory they control to showcase their ability to govern, mounting a response largely separate from authorities in Kinshasa and supported in part by neighbouring Rwanda, according to response teams and official documents. The response has highlighted how the rebels have extended parallel administrative structures into areas captured during a lightning advance last year. Analysts, however, say the war-torn country's fragmented response could complicate containment efforts should the outbreak spread further.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>US citizen in Congo tests positive for Ebola virus, US CDC says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A US citizen working for a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, the US CDC said on Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with the patient's employing organization, other federal agencies and partners in the DRC to help prevent further transmission and identify high-risk contacts, it said.]]></description>
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