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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: NPA drops corruption charges against top crime intelligence bosses; Border security top of SA-Zim BNC agenda as Ramaphosa hosts Mnangagwa; And, Zambian police summon opposition leader following disputed election]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Forestry and Fisheries Department says team arrives to reactivate Marion Island base; Parliament champions coordinated regional strategy for migration governance, expansion of legislative dialogue; And, WHO says Congo set to receive 70 000 Ervebo vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Ramaphosa objects to Thandazani Madonsela as Impeachment Committee evidence leader; AfriForum, March and March forge alliance to bypass ‘State failure’; And, South Africa consumer inflation slows more than expected in July]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Nene appointed Financial and Fiscal Commission chair; Joburg collapse guarantees national failure, warns CDE report; And, WHO says Congo Ebola outbreak can still be brought under control within three months]]></description>
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Ramaphosa calls for common market in SADC to develop industries

Mavuso not confident in commitment of Eskom leadership to reforms

And, Zambia says it arrested opposition figures on night of elections]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ramaphosa calls for regional action on xenophobia; South Africa's top court blocks Shell's Wild Coast exploration plans; And, Chad's president pardons main rival and opposition leader in jail]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: MKP calls ConCourt dismissal of Phala Phala interdict appeal ‘lazy’; DA lays criminal charges against 10 ‘worst’ municipal managers; And, Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption trial postponed as she seeks discharge]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: DA hits back at GNU partner ANC’s ‘Thatcherite’ critique of manifesto; NUM to oppose Eskom unbundling in court; threatens strike action; And, Kenya expects IMF visit soon, will discuss new programme request]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Official unemployment rate rises to 33.6% in the second quarter; Presidency rebukes Eskom chair over criticism; And, Ebola deaths surpass 2 000 in Democratic Republic of Congo]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines:

Voters’ Roll Closed: Municipal elections proclaimed for Nov 4

South African police sound alarm on political crime before vote

And, Congolese authorities hand over 15 prisoners to M23 rebels]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Madlanga report recommends suspension of Shadrack Sibiya and others; DA files no confidence motion against Tshwane speaker; And, Lamola threatens legal action over Dlamini-Zuma’s election-buying claims]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: High Commissioner recalled after controversial Zuma-Gupta meeting in India; Godongwana responds to court judgment declaring PIC CEO’s suspension invalid; And, Kenya private sector activity rises in July, PMI shows]]></description>
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