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Tue, 07 May 2002 00:00:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Fly, the beloved flag]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[It's a potent symbol of unity and progress. It's the only six-coloured national flag in the world. It's also one of the youngest, yet whatever shape it takes - and it's taken more than any other national symbol - it's instantly recognisable to South Africans everywhere.]]></description>
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Sun, 14 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa's year-round beaches]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[From the pristine coastal stretch of Cape Vidal in KwaZulu-Natal to the Eastern Cape's famous Wild Coast, from the penguin colony of Boulders Beach to sun-drenched Camps Bay in Cape Town ... South Africa has some of the finest beaches in the world.]]></description>
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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:12:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Paralympic gold for Natalie]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African swimmer Natalie du Toit made history on Saturday when she became the first person to carry a country's flag at the opening ceremony of both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games.]]></description>
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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:01:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Bafana fail to break Nigeria bogey]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa needed to beat Nigeria in Port Elizabeth on Saturday to retain any hope of qualifying for the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola. Bafana Bafana had never beaten the Super Eagles, and that record remained intact as the visitors scored a somewhat fortunate 1-0 victory.]]></description>
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:35:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SANParks goes 'wild about soccer']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African National Parks has teamed up with the Dreamfields Project to merge the seemingly unlikely worlds of conservation and soccer in its <i>Wild about Soccer</i> tournament, enabling children from communities around the Kruger National Park to compete in a schools' soccer tournament and learn about conservation at the same time.]]></description>
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:14:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[New auto incentive plan approved]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Cabinet has approved the new Automotive Production and Development Programme, an ambitious programme which aims to increase local vehicle production to 1.2 million units per year by 2020, while also promoting increased skills development and training, and usage of local components.]]></description>
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:31:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[2010 WC tickets on sale in January]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Fifa local organising committee has announced that two million tickets for the 2010 Fifa World Cup will go on sale in January next year. The tickets will go on sale on Fifa's website, while paper ticket applications will be available at various outlets around the country.]]></description>
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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:10:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Ten million tourist target 'within reach']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa's goal of having 10 million international tourists visiting the country by 2010 is well within reach, says Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, adding that the target could even possibly be achieved by 2009.]]></description>
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:12:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Sasol to focus on sole China project]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African petrochemical company Sasol and Chinese state-owned mining and energy group Shenhua are to focus their full attention on the feasibility study into building a 80 000 barrel-per-day coal-to-liquids facility in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in China.]]></description>
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:29:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Joburg to tap into landfill energy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg is about to embark on its first landfill-gas-to-energy projects, which will be the first notable Clean Development Mechanism project generating substantial carbon credits, which the metropolitan municipality can then use for trading.]]></description>
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Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:58:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[New terminal at OR Tambo opens]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The new R2.3-billion central terminal building at the OR Tambo International airport outside Johannesburg has been opened this week, with passengers now being processed through new international arrivals facilities, which includes a more user-friendly customs control process.]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:25:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[I'm not stepping down: Mboweni]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni will complete his current term of office, and stay on after August 2009 if the country's next elected government asks him to. "Governors are not in the business of popularity contests; they are there to protect the poor from high inflation," he said.]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:52:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Development sailors shine at Lipton]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Team Shosholoza's 2007 America's Cup sailors and development wing crews from the Izivunguvungu-MSC Foundation for Youth were among the stars of the centennial Lipton Challenge Cup regatta contested in Cape Town's Table Bay last week.]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:47:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Sasol selects BEE shareholders]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sasol's Inzalo BEE share scheme has surpassed the expectations of the company, with the cash offer being oversubscribed by 13% and the funded offer being oversubscribed by more than 300%. By prioritising applications for smaller number of shares in a 'bottom up' approach, the company now has 300 000 new empowered shareholders.
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Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Golf courses in South Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[For the golf enthusiast, South Africa is a wonderful destination - and that's an understatement. The country boasts an ideal climate for spending time out on the fairways under the bright African sun, and golfers here are blessed for choice.]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:49:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[La Mercy airport 'on track' for 2010]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Construction at the new international airport at La Mercy, to the north of Durban, is making good progress since work began a year ago, the Airports Company South Africa says, with the airport scheduled for completion by the first quarter of 2010.]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:14:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Trailblazer: Carl Pretorius]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What does it take for an espresso addict from Johannesburg to revolutionise the Rooibos industry? Nothing, initially, except for the conviction that there must be a way to get a strong fix from something that doesn't leave you shaking in your business boots three cups down the line.]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:46:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Community Builder: Uzendt Peters]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As a teacher in a state school, Uzendt Peters knew that if skills-dependent industries wanted skilled labour, and his pupils wanted jobs, that industry had to be brought into the education field.]]></description>
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:10:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA, Venezuela sign energy deal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa and Venezuela signed a number of agreements on oil and gas during the first state visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Among other things, these seek to pursue commercial opportunities around gas-to-liquid technology, an area where South Africa is a world leader.]]></description>
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Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:54:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Auto incentive plan goes to Cabinet]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa's new Automotive Industry Programme, which aims to stimulate local vehicle and component manufacture and encourage increased industry investment and employment, is to go to the Cabinet for approval.]]></description>
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