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<description><![CDATA[This Herald - The Voice of Nelson Mandela Bay - News Feed]]></description>
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<title>TV test of mettle for Ironman Riddle </title>
<category>LifeStyle</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15298</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WITH his workhorse-like mindset, top Bay and international athlete, award-winning financial planner and inspirational motivational speaker Alec Riddle added another feather to his cap by featuring in one of Isuzu's latest television advertisements.]]></description>
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<title>Manager's job is to manage the metro</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15300</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IN The Herald front page report on Friday, "'I fear for my life'", you quote Chippa Ngcolomba, our deputy mayor, as having said the city manager's "job was to follow political instructions". I've have news for Mr Ngcolomba &#8211; the city manager's job actually is to manage this large enterprise which is the municipality, to the best of her ability, employing businesslike and ethical principles and keeping the interests of her employers (the ratepayers) at heart.]]></description>
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<title>DA probes waste of public funds</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15301</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WITH reference to The Herald report, "MEC accused of misusing municipal funds" (May 9), in every municipality where there is a DA caucus or councillor, an oversight tool called a notice of question is being used to investigate this blatant abuse of taxpayers' money. Furthermore, where it is officially confirmed that public money was misused, DA councillors will demand that ANC councillors pay it back.
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<title>How can council ask for more funds from us?</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15302</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TWO recent editions of The Herald make one ask the mayor and his team a simple question. I refer to Leon de Villiers's article setting out how the metropolitan council squanders the hard earned money of its ratepayers and of the South African taxpayers ("Proposed increases immoral", May 8).]]></description>
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<title>Manager takes brave stand</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15303</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DEAR Lindiwe Msengana-Ndlela, When you accepted the job as city manager for Nelson Mandela Bay I thought that you were either another political appointee or someone with "balls of steel". ]]></description>
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<title>Vessel's visit badly handled</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15304</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AS with many an attraction, the submarine visiting our harbour at the weekend captivated the interest of hundreds of people in the Bay.]]></description>
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<title>Readers' views via SMS</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15305</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ONE thing is certain: the ANC bosses are handing this metro to the DA on a plate. These incompetent people must not cry when they are thrown out in a DA takeover.]]></description>
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<title>SA at labour unrest cross-roads: Gordhan</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15313</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa is at a cross-roads over renewed labour unrest in the mining sector, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan warned on Tuesday (21/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>11 rhino poached in KZN in past 20 days</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15312</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Eleven rhino have been poached in KwaZulu-Natal in the past 20 days, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife said on Tuesday (21/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Charges withdrawn in Bredasdorp murder rape case</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15311</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Charges were dropped on Tuesday (21/05/2013) against one of the men accused of raping and killing teenager Anene Booysen, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said.]]></description>
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<title>Chrome mine guards fire rubber bullets at strikers</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15310</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SECURITY guards fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing workers striking illegally at a South African chrome mine owned by German specialty chemicals group Lanxess&#8218; media reports said on Tuesday (21/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Mercedes strike ends, union demands pay hike</title>
<category>Business</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15309</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CAPE TOWN - A two-day wildcat strike at a Mercedes Benz plant in South Africa ended on Tuesday (21/05/2013) but industrial union NUMSA demanded a hefty pay hike for the sector, raising the prospect of labour unrest in factories alongside turmoil in the mines.]]></description>
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<title>No bidders at Winnie auction</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15308</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The sheriff of the court would not auction Winnie Madikizela-Mandela&#8217;s personal items as planned on Tuesday (21/05/2013) morning because there were no bidders.]]></description>
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<title>Snoop defies dagga warning</title>
<category>LifeStyle</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15307</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Snoop Lion ignored a metro police warning and allegedly smoked dagga on stage at the Standard Bank Arena, in Ellis Park, Johannesburg, the New Age reported on Tuesday (21/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Govt buys stake in Independent News</title>
<category>Business</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15306</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Government Employees&#8217; Pension Fund is to acquire a 25 percent stake, worth about R500 million, in Independent News and Media SA, Business Day reported on Tuesday (21/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>Escape magic required</title>
<category>Sport</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15297</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE Southern Kings are planning to stage rugby's equivalent of the epic World War Two movie The Great Escape when they fight to avoid the wooden spoon in Super Rugby's South African conference.]]></description>
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<title>Keen battles as VP take honours over Linkside</title>
<category>Sport</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15296</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[VICTORIA Park had some mixed soccer results when they took on Linkside in their annual sports derby at the weekend.]]></description>
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<title>G'town netball, hockey triumphs for Pearson</title>
<category>Sport</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15295</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PEARSON enjoyed a successful trip to Grahamstown at the weekend when they competed against Kingswood in netball and girls' hockey matches.]]></description>
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<title>Alex defence stands firm</title>
<category>Sport</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15294</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IN a scrappy schools rugby encounter, Alexander Road did enough to defeat Woodridge 14-0 in their clash at Woodridge at the weekend.]]></description>
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<title>Swift burst of scoring seals win for Queen's </title>
<category>Sport</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15292</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A BURST of three tries in quick succession in the second half enabled Queen's to score a hard-earned 40-21 victory over Kingswood in their schools rugby encounter in Grahamstown at the weekend.]]></description>
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<title>St Andrew's work hard for victory</title>
<category>Sport</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15293</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AFTER a tightly contested first half, St Andrew's took control to register a fine 55-26 win over Muir in an entertaining schools rugby encounter in Uitenhage on Saturday. The match started at a furious pace, with both sides showing clear intent to run the ball.]]></description>
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<title>Cillie in rampant form</title>
<category>Sport</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15291</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[CILLIE played some delightful running rugby to beat Hillside 57-0 in their schools rugby clash at the weekend at Cillie.
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<title>Burger King, owner face halaal probe</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15289</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A "FATWA committee" is meeting in Cape Town today to decide whether the city's newest burger joint should have its halaal certificate revoked following complaints from the Muslim community.]]></description>
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<title>Teachers: fury over unspent R533m</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15290</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE Eastern Cape Education Department has underspent on teachers' salaries by more than R500- million. This has outraged many schools which have suffered teacher shortages because of a claimed lack of funds.]]></description>
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<title>Bay leaders on the carpet over 'anarchy'</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15288</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE ANC in the Eastern Cape summoned Nelson Mandela Bay political leaders to its headquarters in Calata House yesterday to explain the latest claims of political interference in the city's administration.]]></description>
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<title>Varsities to march against violence</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15287</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[EASTERN Cape universities will march against violence towards women today.]]></description>
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<title>Bhisho underspending triples</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15286</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[UNDERSPENDING by the Eastern Cape provincial government nearly tripled in the financial year to March.]]></description>
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<title>Angry scenes in three Bay protests</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15285</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DISGRUNTLED Kleinskool residents promised to make the area ungovernable as they protested against appalling living conditions yesterday.]]></description>
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<title>Residents on rampage after no-show</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15284</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 09:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DISGRUNTLED Wells Estate residents resorted to violence last night after Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Ben Fihla failed to arrive for a meeting they had asked him to attend.]]></description>
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<title>Promise to revive tourism icons</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15283</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[NELSON Mandela Bay's new acting economic development boss, Anele Qaba, has stepped up as the man to revive the city's tourism drawcards, including the iconic Bayworld Museum and Apple Express.]]></description>
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<title>Trampled ranger out of hospital</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15282</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE field ranger who escaped death last week when he was trampled by a one-ton buffalo at the Addo Elephant National Park, has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home.]]></description>
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<title>Protea joins team rhino</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15281</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[PROTEAS and Warriors cricketer Colin Ingram, 27, has added his name to an anti-rhino-poaching campaign. The left-handed Port Elizabeth-born batsman was named ambassador for the Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative in Port Elizabeth yesterday.]]></description>
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<title>Hi-tech drones take to skies in bid to nab rhino poachers</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15280</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A PORT Alfred family have splashed out millions on hi-tech helicopter drones to try and save the African rhino from greedy poachers.]]></description>
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<title>Raped pupils&amp;#8217; new trauma</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15279</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[TWO high school girls &#8211; left severely traumatised by their rape three years ago &#8211; are too scared to go to school, as they now have to walk past the bushy area where they were attacked because their parents cannot afford the R100 they have been asked to fork out monthly for their children&#8217;s transport to and from school.]]></description>
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<title>Korsten mom on murder charge</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15278</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THE state is opposing bail for a Port Elizabeth woman who allegedly stabbed her husband to death following a domestic disturbance at the weekend.]]></description>
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<title>Hundreds of children sent home from fire-hit school</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15277</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[THERE will be no classes this week for more than 500 pupils at Jubilee Park Primary School in Uitenhage after a devastating fire razed seven classrooms and a library on Sunday night.]]></description>
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<title>Fresh move to review empowerment measure</title>
<category>Business</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15276</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A STRONG lobby in both the government and state-owned enterprises is pushing for a larger slice of parastatal expenditure to go to black-empowered businesses by changing Treasury regulations.]]></description>
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<title>Massive tornado hits Oklahoma City  - 91 dead</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15275</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed.]]></description>
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<title>18 in line for BWA honour</title>
<category>Business</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15274</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[EIGHTEEN of Nelson Mandela Bay's top businesswomen will vie for top honours at the Port Elizabeth Business Women's Association (BWA) Regional Business Achievers Awards, to be held next month.]]></description>
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<title>Nightmare of broken promises</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15299</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A PORT Elizabeth pastor who played a crucial role in the conviction of a gang hitman has described his nightmare of being on the run for eight months to ensure his and his family's safety after receiving death threats.]]></description>
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<title>More is more as Kings player weds his queen</title>
<category>LifeStyle</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15238</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SOUTHERN Kings player Jacques "Vleis" Engelbrecht said "I do" over the weekend to teacher Anele Bester at The Plantation.
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<title>Buses help disabled</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15248</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IN reply to Valdy Jensen's letter ("What's motivation for buses?", May 16), I am a disabled commuter who uses the buses in question daily to get to work and back home independently. Yes, it seems there are some people who feel the city did not need the buses.]]></description>
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<title>Serve whole community in ward</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15249</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I WISH to respond to the article, "Another DA councillor in firing line for favouritism" (May 15).]]></description>
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<title>ANC discredits itself</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15250</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[YOU don't need to consider the actions of Jacob Zuma to help you discredit the ANC. It has done that all by itself already, over and over again.]]></description>
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<title>Lights on all day and night</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15251</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[WE are meant to be aware of electricity usage and making attempts to save as much as possible. Yet the lights in the unoccupied building at Five Ways, previously occupied by a bottle store, burn for 24 hours out of 24.]]></description>
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<title>Mayor a tool of political bosses</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15253</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[IT has not come as a surprise that the new city manager is being castigated by the newly appointed mayor, acting on instructions of a certain cabal in the ANC regional leadership. ]]></description>
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<title>Be aware of e-mail scams</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15254</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AS if life is not tough enough, crime is active on many fronts and also operates in the subtlest of ways.]]></description>
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<title>Readers' views via SMS</title>
<category>Letters</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15255</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[LINDIWE Msengana-Ndlela for mayor: agree wholeheartedly with Al. Oom Ben is not the right man for the job. Any news about the Apple Express? Joy Seale? Vusi Pikoli report on IPTS fiasco, etc, etc? Give the job to Lindi!]]></description>
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<title>Zuma/Gupta relationship none of ANC's business: Mantashe</title>
<category>News</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15273</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is unnecessary for President Jacob Zuma to explain his relationship with the Gupta family to the ANC, secretary-general Gwede Mantashe said on Monday (20/05/2013).]]></description>
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<title>South African wage demands send rand to four year low</title>
<category>Business</category>
<link>http://www.peherald.com/news/article/15272</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG - Big wage hikes demanded by the government-allied trade union in South Africa&#8217;s coal and gold industries helped push the rand to a four year low on Monday (20/05/2013), highlighting the ripple effect of the prospect of more turmoil in the industry.]]></description>
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