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            <title>Daily Podcast – June 02, 2026</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Liam Jacobs apologises for ‘disgraced departure’ from DA; S&P flags Middle East oil risk for South Africa; And, World Health Oirganization says suspected Ebola cases drop to 116 after hundreds ruled out]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: RISE Mzansi’s Makashule Gana will lead impeachment committee; ANC Women’s League President steps down amid disciplinary actions; And, DA welcomes Liam Jacobs back following departure to PA]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Defence force confirms troops will not be deployed to anti-immigrant marches; Mashatile arrives in India for bilateral visit; And, WHO says 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Phala Phala impeachment committee to meet on Monday; DA makes history with breakthrough by-election victory in ANC stronghold; And, US puts its focus on keeping Ebola cases out of the country]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[May 27, 2026. For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Reza Creamer.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Ramaphosa challenges panel report on Phala Phala scandal in court; ANC condemns anti-immigrant vigilantism, but validates South African frustrations over unlawful migration; And, Senegal’s parliament elects ousted prime minister as speaker]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: Corruption Watch says Gauteng remains South Africa’s corruption epicentre; Ramaphosa champions participatory democracy as South Africa marks 30 years of Constitution; And, Uganda confirms seven Ebola cases]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines:

RISE Mzansi, GOOD will contest 2026 local election together

Treasury to start deducting money owed to municipalities by provincial and national departments

And, WHO Africa head warns against underestimating risk of Ebola spread

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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: SACP slams Eskom over Joburg power cut threat; Geordin Hill-Lewis says SA needs real jobs, not more investment conferences; And, coalition says Congo Ebola outbreak cases are 'top of the iceberg']]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: South Africa consumer inflation quickens in April; Lamola urges regional action on ‘irregular migration’, condemns vigilante violence; And, Eskom in early talks with World Bank, other funders for nuclear expansion]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: National Dialogue paused to ‘protect neutrality’ ahead of election; ActionSA pushes for expanded impeachment inquiry; And, WHO official says test shortages slow fight against Ebola in Congo]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Making headlines: DA appoints Glynnis Breytenbach as party’s Parliamentary Chief Whip; Eskom warns of Joburg power cuts after city ‘fails to honour terms of court order’; And, Health workers race to respond to Congo's fast-spreading Ebola outbreak]]></description>
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