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<news:title>Non-partisan policy advice vs partisan political activism: Ivo Vegter</news:title>
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<image:caption>US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping</image:caption>
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<news:title>Beijing's rare earth leverage forces Trump into softer stance ahead of Xi summit</news:title>
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<image:caption>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a statement after first exit polls of the Berlin and Mecklenburg Western Pomerania state elections, at the CDU headquarters in Berlin, Germany, September 20, 2026.</image:caption>
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<news:title>From Berlin to Westminster, Europe's mainstream parties are losing their grip</news:title>
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<news:title>BN Daybreak: Threats to kill unravel tender empire, DA's odds in LGEs 2026, US-SA diplomatic fallout</news:title>
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<news:title>Tender empire exposed after threat to kill women who said “No, thanks” | Juanita du Preez</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.biznews.com/africa/endangered-wild-dogs-stitching-populations-back-together</loc>
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<image:caption>A pack of African wild dogs in Zambia’s Kafue National Park.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Wild dog pups in Zambia.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A wild dog pup in Kafue, Zambia.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-21T11:01:02.009Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Endangered wild dogs are quietly stitching Southern Africa's populations back together</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.biznews.com/rational-perspective/time-sa-get-serious-sovereign-defence</loc>
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<image:caption>Aerial display at the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) 20th anniversary at Air Force Base Waterkloof on September 17 in Pretoria</image:caption>
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<image:caption>South Africa's Minister of Defence Ms. Angie Motshekga</image:caption>
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<news:title>Chris Hattingh: Time for South Africa to get serious about sovereign defence</news:title>
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<image:caption>Students held a vigil for lives lost to GBVF at the University of Cape Town last week</image:caption>
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<image:caption>All for show? President Cyril Ramaphosa holds a candle for Gender Based Violence victims</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Activist Venetia Orgill chained herself to Parliament during nationwide protests against Gender-Based Violence in 2025</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-21T10:30:32.257Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Ian Cameron: Mr President, if GBV is a national disaster, show us what changed</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.biznews.com/rational-perspective/americas-case-against-sa-is-right</loc>
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<image:caption>South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and US President Donald Trump exchange words during their meeting in Washington's Oval Office in May 2025</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ronald Lamola, South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Afrikaners arrived in the US as refugees in May 2025 under an expedited Trump administration scheme. The episode dominated headlines but, as The Common Sense editors argue, did little to advance Washington's real case against South Africa.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-21T10:18:41.807Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>TCS Editors: America's case against SA is right, Pretoria should take note</news:title>
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<image:caption>Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is starting to sound nervous</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-21T10:17:04.396Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>The Economist: Deep mutual distrust will scupper US-China co-operation on AI</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.biznews.com/biznews-daybreak/db-26-09-21</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-21T03:44:36.823Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>BN Daybreak: ANC ballot 'car crash'; Swimming SA sponsors; Rubio visa blunder; Buffett exits</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.biznews.com/wealth-advisors/signing-your-own-payslip</loc>
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<news:title>Signing your own payslip</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.biznews.com/health/mpox-vaccine-equity-test</loc>
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<news:title>Prof Colleen Aldous on Mpox: the next vaccine-equity test has already begun</news:title>
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<news:title>Want to know if SA's MPs are actually doing their jobs? ParliMeter lets you do exactly that</news:title>
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<image:caption>US President Donald Trump</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-20T14:48:39.431Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Ivo Vegter : Trump’s America - an empire consumed by ignorance, avarice and division</news:title>
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<image:caption>Yellow-billed Kite</image:caption>
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<news:title>Cathy Buckle: Waiting for the yellow-billed kites </news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-20T14:32:42.703Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Hartford: The rainbow fades - how SA’s non-racial dream is giving way to fragmentation and fear</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-20T13:12:11.916Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>LGEs 2026: The ANC, DA, MKP, EFF, IFP, Freedom Front, Patriotic Alliance, ActionSA</news:title>
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