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            <title>SA: Maropene Ramokgopa: Address by Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, ...</title>
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            <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>
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            <title>SA: Solly Malatsi: Address by Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, during the ...</title>
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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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            <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>
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            <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>
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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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            <description><![CDATA[This launch takes place just a few days after the Minister formally announced our Department’s decision to introduce National Science Month as our country’s premier science engagement programme, and also coincides with the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Vaal University of Technology.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[When concerns arose about the possible exit of BMW from Rosslyn, we intervened because we understood that losing such a strategic anchor would have weakened not only Gauteng’s industrial base but also South Africa’s standing as a serious automotive manufacturing destination.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Today marks an important milestone for the future of connectivity, trade, investment and cooperation between two dynamic regions of the Global South. The arrival of LATAM's inaugural direct flight between São Paulo and Cape Town is an expression of confidence in our travel market growth, comes on the back of the cabinet-approved Tourism Route Development Marketing Plan.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Earlier today, President Tshisekedi and I had an opportunity to discuss the ongoing Ebola outbreak and broader matters of regional health security. ]]></description>
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