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            <title>Manamela’s pressure mounts after Public Protector NSFAS briefing</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Pressure is mounting on Minister Buti Manamela after the Public Protector’s briefing providing an update on the investigation into the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The investigation has already found that more than 40,000 students were improperly funded, involving R5.1 billion, with the Public Protector indicating that the SIU found widespread fraud and improper payments in the student funding system.]]></description>
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            <title>President Cyril Ramaphosa appoints members of the Financial and Fiscal Commission</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in terms of section 221 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, and section 8 of the Financial and Fiscal Commission Act, 1997, appointed Mr. Nhlanhla Musa Nene as Chairperson, and Ms. Malijeng Ngqaleni as Deputy Chairperson, of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC).  In addition, the President appointed Ms. Bulelwa Dygrecia Nqadolo, Advocate Neo Khethang Tsholanku, Mr. Andrew Robert Donaldson and Ms. Astrid Ludin as members of the Commission.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>GDE’s financial collapse leaves schools facing a R1.187 billion funding shortfall</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The financial crisis within the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has now reached a critical point, demanding urgent and decisive action. The department has admitted that it cannot pay more than R1.187 billion owed to schools, blaming its “cash flow challenges”. It also concedes that the money it receives from the Provincial Treasury each month is insufficient to meet all transfers due to schools. The Democratic Alliance (DA) calls on the GDE to urgently reprioritise spending to protect frontline education services, rather than forcing schools and learners to bear the consequences of its financial mismanagement.]]></description>
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            <title>Correctional Services chairperson calls for urgent investigation into alleged prison bed ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services, Ms Kgomotso Anthea Ramolobeng, is deeply concerned by allegations that inmates at Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre are being forced to pay R240 for access to a bunk bed, with those unable to pay allegedly left sleeping on concrete floors in overcrowded and unsanitary cells.   The allegations that money is allegedly channelled to an individual outside the correctional facility and that sexual coercion may be linked to ...]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>DA seeks SIU investigation into Daybreak Foods collapse as new forensic evidence emerges</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Alliance has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting that he authorise a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation into the collapse of Daybreak Foods, following serious allegations of irregular expenditure and failures of oversight. Daybreak’s collapse had devastating consequences: approximately 1,900 workers lost their jobs, more than 350,000 chickens had to be put down, and the Public Investment Corporation’s approximately R2 billion investment was placed substantially at risk.]]></description>
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            <title>Environmental considerations alone must not stall South Africa’s exploration and job creation ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Mr Mikateko Mahlaule, has noted the judgment of the Constitutional Court, which has blocked Shell and Impact Africa’s offshore exploration activities along South Africa’s Wild Coast.   Mr Mahlaule said the committee respects the authority of the Constitutional Court and recognises the importance of ensuring that communities are meaningfully consulted and that environmental considerations are properly addressed in ...]]></description>
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            <title>Comment on draft strategy to guide management and conservation of significant heritage ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The revised Heritage Resources Management Strategy applies to the management of heritage resources that fall within the City’s regulatory mandate, and also addresses the City’s responsibility to manage heritage places and areas across Cape Town for the benefit of the public, and present and future citizens. The draft strategy aims to align conservation efforts with sustainable development goals, improve efficiency and reduce red tape. The closing date for comments is 17 September 2026.  Apart from strengthening good governance and compliance, the strategy aims to ensure that Cape Town’s heritage resources are protected, well-managed and conserved for future generations.]]></description>
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            <title>Building an integrated, productive and prosperous Southern Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dear Fellow South African,   This week, South Africa has the honour, as the incoming chair, of hosting the 46th Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in eThekwini.   As it starts its SADC chairship, South Africa’s focus is on the practical steps needed to further integrate the economies of SADC and build a dynamic regional market.   This is becoming increasingly important in the context of growing turbulence in the global economy. Conflicts in faraway places are causing ...]]></description>
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            <title>BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter - Reform resisters are costing South Africa jobs and that must stop</title>
            <link>https://www.polity.org.za/article/blsa-ceos-weekly-newsletter---reform-resisters-are-costing-south-africa-jobs-and-that-must-stop-2026-08-17</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The dreadful unemployment figures last week signal a worsening crisis, especially for our young people. It is a sign of the failure to get our economy to grow at a pace that creates jobs. The causes are not mysterious – from logistics to the energy system, investors are waiting for implementation so that they can start investing. There is no single issue blocking that – rather there is a national commitment that we need to demonstrate, showing that we are serious about implementing the reforms ...]]></description>
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            <title>Statement on the 105th anniversary of the South African Communist Party and the launch of the ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Build people’s power where we live, for the right to work, water, land, electricity, roads and safety for all! Comrades, fellow South Africans, workers and poor people of our country, the working class.]]></description>
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