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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>
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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>
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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>
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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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            <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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            <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>Italian companies targeting South African partnerships at Electra Mining Africa</title>
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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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