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      <news:title>Madlanga Commission due to resume public hearings on 9 November, five days after the elections</news:title>
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      <news:title>Voting checklist: special votes on 2 and 3 November, then Election Day on the 4th</news:title>
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      <news:title>Tanzania reports first new gas discovery in more than a decade at Mnazi Bay</news:title>
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      <news:title>Binance freezes $3bn after possible hack and says it will cover losses</news:title>
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      <news:title>Stats SA rebases GDP: South Africa&apos;s economy is 5.3% bigger than first estimated</news:title>
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      <news:title>Experts warn an Olympic Games could cost South Africa up to R500bn</news:title>
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      <news:title>Ndodana Tshuma due back in Johannesburg court as UK extradition waits</news:title>
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      <news:title>Ramaphosa condemns election killings as research counts 43 dead in political attacks</news:title>
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      <news:title>Safari lodge developer fined R15 million for clearing endangered renosterveld near Bonnievale</news:title>
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