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            <title>Continental action needed to address migration challenges –  Lamola</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa has strongly reaffirmed its support for a continent-wide conference on migration, declaring the issue a shared continental phenomenon that extends beyond the jurisdiction of any single country. Speaking on Wednesday, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola emphasised that the need for comprehensive dialogue had become increasingly urgent, driven by shifting economic realities and a rising desire among African youth to seek better opportunities.]]></description>
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            <title>High Commissioner recalled after controversial Zuma-Gupta meeting in India, new protocol proposed </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has confirmed that South Africa’s High Commissioner to India Anil Sooklal, has been “recalled to headquarters for consultations”. This after Sooklal was photographed alongside former President and MKP leader Jacob Zuma, and notorious State Capture fugitive Ajay Gupta. The trio was spotted together in June at the Siddhpeeth Shri Dakshin Kali temple in Haridwar, India, during a religious ceremony. Critics slammed the interaction, pointing out that the Gupta family remains at the centre of South Africa’s multibillion-rand State capture scandal. In response to the diplomatic headache, the government is moving to tightly regulate the international travel privileges of former leaders. Lamola announced that a recommendation has been submitted to Parliament and the Presidency to implement a rigid new framework for protocol and diplomatic support.
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            <title>Civil society demands intersectional, long-term strategies to tackle GBV</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ahead of International Women’s Day, social investment pioneers, corporate leaders, and civil society advocates have renewed the call to treat gender-based violence as a critical national crisis. Speaking at the Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Business Conference in Johannesburg on Wednesday, prominent experts outlined a comprehensive framework to eradicate the scourge. They stressed that the path forward required deep cultural shifts, long-term prevention programming, systemic corporate accountability, and robust economic empowerment for women. Reflecting on the country’s multi-decade battle against GBV, Virginia Francis of Tshikululu Social Investments highlighted landmark milestones achieved since 2001. These include the establishment of the first dedicated rape management centres and the implementation of the National Strategic Plan on GBVF.]]></description>
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            <title>Denel tells Parliament about net profits, rising revenues, but financial constraints</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned defence industrial group Denel told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations (SCOA) on Wednesday that its revenues during the 2025/26 financial year (FY) had increased to R1.4-billion, from the R1.2-billion accrued in FY 2024/25. The group did so in a presentation to the committee. These improved revenues come in the main from maintenance contracts at its Aeronautics, Landward and Pretoria Metal Pressings (better known as PMP) businesses. However, Denel’s net profit in FY 2025/26, at R156-million, was down on the R193-million achieved in 2024/25. The 2024/25 figure was the first net profit recorded by the group in about a decade. (In FY 2023/24, it had had a net loss of R532-million.) Its total borrowing in FY 2025/26 was R58-million, a significant decrease on the R183-million borrowed in FY 2024/25.]]></description>
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            <title>Godongwana responds to court judgment declaring PIC CEO’s suspension invalid</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has noted the High Court judgment declaring the suspension of Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO Patrick Dlamini invalid and unlawful. In a media statement, the Minister says this judgement vindicates the actions taken by the National Treasury and Cabinet to restore governance at South African’s largest asset management institution.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Concerns raised over water licensing, project implementation delays</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation raised concerns that, despite Presidential commitment since 2020, there are continued delays in processing water use licences (WULs). This followed the committee’s receipt of the Department of Water and Sanitation's (DWS’s) first-quarter performance report on Tuesday, when it was outlined that the department is currently approving about 68% of WUL applications against a target of 85%.]]></description>
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            <title>South African private sector growth slows slightly in July, PMI shows</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's private sector expanded for a second straight month in July, though at a slightly slower pace as weaker employment growth and renewed stock drawdowns offset a return to output growth, a business survey showed on Wednesday. The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 50.3 in July from 50.5 in June, a survey by S&P Global showed. The 50-mark separates growth from contraction. Employment growth slowed sharply to a six-month low despite a first increase in backlogs of work since September. Supply chains remained stretched, with vendor delivery times lengthening for a seventh month, though the deterioration was the softest since February.]]></description>
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            <title>Glencore half-year earnings up 86% to $10bn</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore has delivered another strong operational and financial performance for the first half of the year. The assets of the London- and Johannesburg Stock Exchange- (JSE-) listed Glencore performed in line with market guidance, which alongside substantially higher period-over-period average prices for its core commodities and a favourable marketing backdrop, underpinned a material increase in earnings.]]></description>
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