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            <title>South Africa shows strength in laws, competitiveness in Chandler Good Government Index</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa has ranked eighty-fifth out of 133 countries globally in the 2026 Chandler Good Government Index (CGGI), and sixth among the 35 African countries assessed, with relative strengths in the Robust Laws & Policies (forty-fourth) and Attractive Marketplace (forty-eighth) pillars. These results come as Africa recorded the second-strongest regional governance progress this year, with 71% of the African countries assessed in both 2025 and 2026 achieving higher overall scores.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Iridium, ruthenium continue to outperform, Valterra Platinum reports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Minor platinum group metals (PGMs), particularly iridium and ruthenium, are continuing to outperform, supported by robust demand from emerging technology applications, Valterra Platinum reported on Friday, October 23. The price Valterra realised for iridium in the three months ended September 30 was $7 720/oz, compared with $4 287/oz in the corresponding period of last year. The price realised for ruthenium in the quarter was $1 583/oz, compared with $799/oz in the third quarter of last year.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>ANC orders Gwede Mantashe to apologise over sexist remarks</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The ANC has ordered its national chairperson Gwede Mantashe to issue a formal apology following explicit and sexist remarks he made during a television interview while campaigning in the North West province. In a stern rebuke, the ruling party described Mantashe’s comments as "unfortunate", declaring that such conduct constitutes a grave abuse of power.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The MKP has relieved its secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo of his duties, appointing Lindiwe Mtshali as the acting secretary-general, effective Thursday. According to a party statement, the decision stems from a series of administrative and communication failures that bypassed the party's top leadership.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>BOSA envisions merit-based governance, professionalism to rescue collapsing metros</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Build One South Africa (BOSA) leader Mmusi Maimane has laid out a stringent, merit-based vision for municipal governance, asserting that the country's collapsing municipalities can only be rescued by technical competence and strict accountability. Speaking with Polity about the party’s 2026 local election manifesto, Maimane argued that deep financial literacy and structural reform were the primary requirements for fixing local government.]]></description>
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            <title>Industry, civil society, academia welcome Treasury’s fiscal discipline amid weak growth</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) views the 2026 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) as proof that government’s fiscal discipline is working. The organisation has welcomed the National Treasury’s ensuring that South Africa’s government debt decreased despite the US-Israel conflict against Iran having been launched three days after the February Budget.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <title>South Africa's trade with China surges after duty-free deal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's trade with China has surged this year since Beijing introduced a zero-tariff scheme for qualifying African exports in May. Chinese ambassador Wu Peng said at an event in Pretoria that South Africa's exports were up nearly 25% year-on-year between May and August, while South Africa's imports from China were up 23%. South Africa has been seeking to rebalance its trade with China, its largest trading partner. In 2025, South Africa exported about R222-billion of goods to China, and imported nearly twice that much, said Trade Minister Parks Tau. South Africa's exports to China include agricultural products as well as minerals and manufactured goods. Ambassador Peng said he had heard South Africa's demand to balance its trade and that he was confident "more and more South African high value-added products will enter the Chinese market in the future".]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African police said on Thursday they were investigating the killing of a foreign national by a crowd of about 50 people in the city of Durban. The South African Police Service said in a post on X that the victim, thought to be in his late 30s or early 40s, was beaten by the crowd and declared dead at the scene. A group of people had been marching in central Durban when two men appeared to break away and approach the victim, after which he was assaulted by about 50 people, police said. Police did not give the victim's nationality and said the motive for the killing was unknown. The incident follows months of anti-migrant protests in South Africa, some of which have turned violent and drawn international criticism, prompting thousands of migrants from elsewhere in Africa to flee affected communities.]]></description>
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