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        <description><![CDATA[Polity has an archive that can easily be accessed to find speeches made by South African politicians. Search for speeches by year or topic.]]></description>
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            <title>SA: Dina Pule: Address by Minister of Social Development, during a media briefing, Government ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This year mark twenty years since South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) was established in terms South African Social security Agency Act, 2004 and the Social Assistance Act, 2004 and these acts provide a clear constitutional mandate: to provide comprehensive social security services to eligible citizens with dignity, respect, and efficiency.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SA: Bantu Holomisa: Address by Deputy Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, at the Defence ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[What must we do, together, to ensure that South Africa retains a capable, sustainable and sovereign defence capability in an environment of limited public resources and rapidly changing security threats?]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
            <category>Defence and Military Veterans</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, at the official line-off launch of ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Few vehicles have earned the aﬀection and trust of South Africans as the Hilux has. For more than half a century it has travelled our highways and city streets, our farms and mines, our construction sites and small towns. It has crossed rivers, climbed mountains and travelled countless kilometres on our gravel roads.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
            <category>Presidency</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>DA: Geordin Hill-Lewis: Address by DA leader and Cape Town Mayoral candidate during the party's ...</title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/da-geordin-hill-lewis-address-by-da-leader-and-cape-town-mayoral-candidate-during-the-partys-stronger-policing-pledge-march-in-delft-cape-town-15072026-2026-07-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[And here is the number that should make every South African angry: right now, across Cape Town's police stations, there are close to two hundred vacant detective posts. Two hundred empty desks. Two hundred detectives who should be investigating gang murders, rapes, robberies, the Zandkloof Street case among them. But these cases are moving slower than they should, or not moving at all, because the person meant to investigate them isn’t there.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
            <category>Other</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 08:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/sa-minister-maropene-ramokgopa-launch-of-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-cooperation-framework-10072026-2026-07-10</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Good morning. Today marks an important moment in the partnership between the Government of South Africa and the United Nations.]]></description>
            <author>Haydon Whitley</author>
            <category>Presidency</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Power Shift+: Reimagining Citizen Engagement through Human Intelligence + Artificial Intelligence Programme Director, Professor Alistair Mokoena and the Johannesburg Business School, Lorato Tshenkeng and the Decode team, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,]]></description>
            <author>Haydon Whitley</author>
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            <title>SA: Sindisiwe Chikunga: Address by Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and People with ...</title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/sa-minister-sindisiwe-chikunga-brics-ministerial-meeting-for-womens-affairs-08072026-2026-07-10</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Intervention delivered by Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga to the BRICS Ministerial Meeting for Women’s Affairs Hon Ms Annpurna Devi, Honourable Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of India;]]></description>
            <author>Haydon Whitley</author>
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            <title>SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, during the Transforming Education ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Education builds. It unlocks human potential. It dismantles ignorance. Every classroom and every lesson empowers the individual to transform not only their own lives but also their communities, their societies and their countries.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SA: Enoch Godongwana: Address by Finance Minister, on the decision to withhold equitable share ...</title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/sa-enoch-godongwana-address-by-finance-minister-on-the-decision-to-withhold-equitable-share-transfers-to-69-municipalities-10072026-2026-07-10</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Local government is the frontline of our democracy. It is in our municipalities, whether in bustling metros or rural towns, that citizens experience the state most directly. Municipalities are entrusted with delivering civic, social, and economic infrastructure services: water, electricity, sanitation, housing, and roads.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
            <category>Finance</category>
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            <title>SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, during the SDG 4 High-Level Steering ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[We meet at a time when our world faces complex and interconnected challenges including conflicts, pandemics, poverty and inequality, and the worsening impacts of climate change. This makes the global SDG 4 agenda more critical than ever.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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