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            <title>SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Remarks by President at Bafana Bafana send-off dinner ahead of the 2026 ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[We have been behind our team in the stadiums, in our homes and in our hearts.]]></description>
            <author>Reza Creamer</author>
            <category>Sport and Recreation</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SA: Khumbudzo Ntshavheni: Address by Minister in The Presidency, Address by at the Opening ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The emergence of a multipolar world is reshaping the international security landscape. While the diffusion of power creates opportunities for greater inclusivity and regional influence, it also increases geopolitical rivalry, strategic uncertainty, and complex transnational threats. This diffusion has profound implications for international security, global governance, economic stability, and geopolitical competition.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 12:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SA: Ronald Lamola: Address by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on the ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[That victory paved the way for the legislative machinery of apartheid, intensifying racial segregation and stripping most of the people of this land of their rights and freedoms. The scars of that machinery are still visible in our society today. Its fault lines continue to mark where people live, how they move, what opportunities they can access and how freedom is experienced in daily life.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 10:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SA: Siviwe Gwarube: Address by Basic Education Minister, on the Basic Education Dept Budget ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The question before this House today is whether the implementation of this Budget Vote helps more children like Nelson receive the strong foundations that children like Lindiwe already have. Because stronger foundations are the difference between a child who enters the future and a child who is locked out of it.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>SA: Parks Tau: Address by Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Budget Vote 39 Debate ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As we celebrate Africa Month, the AU’s commemorative theme entitled, “Unity, Integration and Development”, resonates with the dtic’s Budget Vote 39, centred as it is on Transformation as a moral, constitutional and economic imperative for everyone in the country.]]></description>
            <author>Reza Creamer</author>
            <category>Trade and Industry</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[While our mandate is to protect the environment for future generations, we must also use our natural resources to drive economic growth and create jobs. We cannot be seen only as a regulator while South Africans face serious socio-economic challenges. We must be recognised as a key sector in unlocking growth and opportunity, in line with our national priorities. This budget of R9,127 billion is tabled in that spirit.]]></description>
            <author>Reza Creamer</author>
            <category>Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries</category>
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            <title>SA: John Steenhuisen: Adress by Minister of Agriculture, at the Hortgro Symposium 2026 with ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This is an industry that operates at the frontline of change. It deals daily with shifting climate conditions, increasingly complex export requirements, evolving consumer expectations, logistical pressures, technological disruption and fierce global competition.]]></description>
            <author>Reza Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, South Africa marked 30 years of our Constitution: a Constitution built on dignity, equality and opportunity.]]></description>
            <author>Reza Creamer</author>
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            <title>SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President and African Union Champion on Pandemic ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The outbreak is unfolding in areas marked by intense population movement, insecurity, porous borders, humanitarian pressures and active trade corridors. These realities make rapid containment more difficult and increase the urgency of our collective response.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 14:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SA: Firoz Cachalia: Address by Acting Police Minister, at the release of the  Fourth Quarter ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[I want to take this opportunity to extend our deepest sympathies to the Molosankwe family, following the murder of North West Province anti-crime activist and traditional healer, Thato Molosankwe. We are saddened to have lost an individual who was committed to fighting crime and corruption, while also working to strengthen relations between local communities and the police.]]></description>
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