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            <title>SA: Gayton McKenzie: Address by Sports Minister, tribute to Bafana Bafana after historic World ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bafana Bafana reached the knockout rounds of a FIFA World Cup for the first time in their history. In their fourth World Cup appearance, after exits in 1998, 2002, and on home soil in 2010, these young men did what no South African team has ever done before. They made it through, and that is not a small thing. That is history that cannot be erased, written in the gold and green on the world stage in front of billions of people.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, at the Extraordinary SADC Summit ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The decisions we have taken today on the political and security situation in the Republic of Madagascar reflect both the gravity of the challenges before us and the clarity of our collective commitment to peace, constitutional order and democratic governance.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa, at the 9th Summit of the Southern African Customs ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[We gather today at a moment when the global economy is being reshaped before our eyes. Trade patterns are changing. New technologies are redrawing industrial competitiveness. Supply chains are being reconfigured. Around the world nations are reorganising themselves for a far more uncertain future.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>DA: Geordin Hill-Lewis: Address by DA leader, during a Live Address to the Nation (24/06/2026)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Millions of South Africans cannot find work. Families are struggling. Communities feel abandoned. People see illegal immigration, corruption, crime, and a government that too often talks and talks — while ordinary people pay the price.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[On behalf of the President of the Republic of South Africa his Excelenct President Cril Ramaphosa and the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, his Excelency Paul Mashatile I join the speaker of Gauteng in welcome you to Gauteng and to the Republic of South Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
            <category>International Relations and Cooperation</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[It was here that thousands of learners left their classrooms to protest against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in their schools. But their protest was about more than language. ]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President and African Union Champion for ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It has been a month since we last met, where we demonstrated political will and mobilised just under 500 million US dollars in pledges from various countries, global health institutions, banks and philanthropic organisations. ]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[It is in that spirit that we meet today, to reflect together upon two matters: the challenge of migration and our National Dialogue. Although they may appear to be distinct issues, they both touch on the values that bind us together as a nation and the shared responsibility we have to build a better future for the people of South Africa.]]></description>
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            <title>DA: Geordin Hill-Lewis: Address by DA leader, the party's Rock the Registration Youth Day ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Fifty years ago, young South Africans stood up against injustice. They showed courage. They refused to accept a future decided for them by an unjust government. Youth Day is a reminder that young people have changed the course of this country before.]]></description>
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            <title>SA: Paul Mashatile: Address by Deputy President, at the Closing Plenary of the 9th South ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the mid-2000s, specifically between 2006 and 2008, the country experienced a significant TB epidemic, further aggravated by a growing HIV crisis. Subsequently, in the year 2008, Government, researchers, and civil society resolved to end fragmentation and “work as one," recognising that TB could not be tackled in isolation from HIV, poverty, and systemic health challenges.]]></description>
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