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            <title>SACP condemns exclusion of South Africa from AGOA, calls for a review</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Communist Party (SACP) condemns the decision by the US administration to exclude South Africa from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) from January 2027. This decision had long been expected amidst the vile spewing of racist tropes endorsed and spread by the US president, Donald Trump, alleging a genocide against white farmers in South Africa. Both the decision and the racist fabrication used to support it, of a non-existent genocide in South Africa against white people, are clearly part of a reaction to South Africa’s correct and principled decision to refer the apartheid Israeli settler regime’s genocide against Palestinian people to the International Court of Justice. The timing of the announcement, on the eve of the US mid-term elections, appears to have been designed to facilitate ratification during the lame-duck session of its outgoing Congress before the incoming one takes office.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>DA retains uMngeni Municipality with increased majority</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal congratulates uMngeni Mayor, Chris Pappas on retaining the uMngeni Municipality. Today, we can confidently proclaim that we will lead the municipality with a majority of more than 60% from the 48% we attained 5 years ago and continue with our plans to deliver for all residents of uMngeni.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>DA set to make history in the Eastern Cape as party shows growth across the province</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the results of the 2026 Local Government Elections continue to come in, the Democratic Alliance is set to mark an important milestone in the party’s history. We have grown our support across the Eastern Cape, won the Kouga Local Municipality and are set to again become the largest party in Nelson Mandela Bay. Residents of Kouga turned out in their thousands to recognise the progress made under a DA-led government and Mayor Hattingh Bornman. The DA will now govern with an increased majority, building on the 53.89% of the vote secured in the 2021 Local Government Elections.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Home Affairs cuts red tape for companies to attract investment and create jobs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Home Affairs has approved 71 companies under Phase II of the Trusted Employer Scheme, cutting red tape to attract investment, unlock critical skills and support job creation in South Africa. Following the launch of Phase II on 20 July 2026, which expanded the scheme to include strategic infrastructure projects, regional and global headquarters, and qualifying financial institutions, the Department has now concluded the assessment process.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>DA’s first Election Results projection: DA attains over 1-million votes from Black South ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This morning I made the DA’s first results projection, from the floor of the IEC National Results Operation Centre. The DA’s election data modelling indicates that, for the first time in our history, more than one million black South Africans will have voted for the Democratic Alliance, in this Local Government Election of 2026.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Fuel price adjustment fails to deliver meaningful relief as economic pressures mount</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[UASA has expressed deep concern that the fuel price adjustment taking effect from midnight provides little meaningful relief for consumers and motorists, who continue to face severe financial strain amid persistently high fuel prices. The announcement comes at a particularly challenging time for South Africans, ahead of the festive season and against the backdrop of growing economic uncertainty, including the anticipated loss of South Africa's preferential trade access to the United States under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Government cannot escape responsibility for AGOA termination</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[AfriForum holds President Cyril Ramaphosa and other ANC leaders in government directly responsible for the notification from the US administration regarding its intention to terminate South Africa’s status as a beneficiary under the US’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) effective 1 January 2027, as well as for the job losses that will result from this. According to AfriForum, Ramaphosa and his government’s foreign policy, as well as the signing of the Expropriation Act on 23 January 2025, contributed directly to US President Donald Trump’s announcement just ten days later that the US would take action against South Africa. AGOA sets out explicit requirements regarding the protection of private property rights and stipulates that beneficiary countries may not undermine US national security or foreign policy interests.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>DA condemns attack on ward candidate, remains on track to win NMB</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Alliance condemns, in the harshest terms, the petrol bombing of Nelson Mandela Bay’s Ward 50 candidate, Kayzel Forbes, home last night. We stand in solidarity with Forbes and her loved ones. This isolated incident, which took place shortly after 10 pm last night, is deeply disturbing.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Minister Tau welcomes Competition Tribunal members </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Mr Parks Tau, has welcomed the appointment by President Cyril Ramaphosa of six new members to the Competition Tribunal of South Africa. Tribunal members are appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, in terms of the Competition Act. The appointments are for five-year terms (and comprise three full-time and three part-time members.]]></description>
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            <title>Human Right to access water violated by Tshwane, Joburg and Ekurhuleni, under ANC-ActionSA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Human Right Commission has confirmed today what residents know: The failing political leaders of Tshwane, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni are violating our human rights to access clean water. According to the Human Rights Commission: "The water is there, but the so-called world-class cities have no water."]]></description>
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