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	<title><![CDATA[Who Repaid U.S. Loan First? Chrysler, Tesla Don't See Eye To Eye]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Chrysler Group LLC and Tesla Motors Inc, both led by media-savvy executives, are trading public jabs over the definition of payback. By Deepa Seetharaman.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:43:31+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Japanese Octogenarian becomes oldest to reach Everest summit]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain. By Gopal Sharma.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-japanese-octogenarian-becomes-oldest-to-reach-everest-summit/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:42:20+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Cannes Film Festival Hit By Second Jewellery Theft]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The Cannes film festival was hit by a second jewellery heist on Thursday after a diamond necklace worth 2 million euros ($2.6 million) disappeared during a star-studded party, according to upmarket jeweller De Grisogono.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-cannes-film-festival-hit-by-second-jewellery-theft/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:40:54+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Dispatches from Never-Neverland: Number One’s Guptagate speech]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, President Jacob Zuma finally spoke out against the abuse of his name “to flout procedures and secure privileges” in order to land the Gupta jet at the Waterkloof Air Force Base. It’s a little late but kudos to him for finally breaking his silence on the issue. However the statement is weak and is hardly likely to stop the name-droppers in their tracks. If Zuma really wanted to deal with the issue decisively and presidentially, the opportunity presented itself on Wednesday during the parliamentary debate on Guptagate. Here is the speech he should’ve delivered. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-dispatches-from-never-neverland-number-ones-guptagate-speech/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:37:32+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[What’s the point of National Key Points?]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The release of the Guptagate report by the task team charged with investigating it clearly states that the Waterkloof Air Force Base, contrary to widespread public belief, is not a National Key Point. As a “strategic military base”, the report states, it has “even more stringent security measures” than a National Key Point. This rare piece of official clarification on the security status of a public installation only increases the mystery around National Key Points: if a military air base isn’t one, what is? By REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-whats-the-point-of-national-key-points/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:35:55+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Guptagate: Blame, accountability, sacrifice, justice]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The report from the justice, crime prevention and security cluster of government departments has identified the chief of state protocol at the Department of International Relations and Co-Operation (Dirco), Bruce Koloane, and the commanding officer of movement control at Waterkloof, Lieutenant Colonel Christine Anderson, as the main culprits in the facilitation of the landing of the Jet Airways owned aircraft at the military airbase. And while President Zuma insists he had nothing to do with it, Anderson feels hard done by.  By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-guptagate-blame-accountability-sacrifice-justice/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:33:01+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[AU Summit: Stuck with the past while trying to figure out the future]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[In Addis Ababa, Africa’s leaders are gathering once again to munch on cocktail snacks and figure out solutions to the continent’s many and varied problems. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, tasked with shepherding this unruly bunch, wants them to talk about poverty alleviation, gender equality and socio-economic rights: all vital for Africa’s continued development. Chances are, however, these issues will take a backseat as conflict and pageantry once again dominate the agenda. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-au-summit-stuck-with-the-past-while-trying-to-figure-out-the-future/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:29:05+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Obama's foreign policy pivot]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Following a virtual month’s worth of bad news on the Benghazi/IRS/AP phone fronts, President Obama used his speech on counterterrorism policy to reassert the primacy of the presidency in the sphere of foreign policy. By J BROOKS SPECTOR.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-obamas-foreign-policy-pivot/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:26:42+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Audi R8 Spyder V8: Less can be more]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The measure of a true supercar is not how fast it goes, nor how sophisticated it is, or even how much it costs. No sir, the real proof of the supercar pudding is in its ability to attract attention. When heads turn, when fingers point, when cellphone cameras start clicking – when the blonde in the BeeEm drops her cellphone in her lap and just stares – then you know you’re driving a supercar. Clearly, the Audi R8 Spyder qualifies – even if this one is the so-called “baby” of the R8 clan. By DEON SCHOEMAN.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-audi-r8-spyder-v8-less-can-be-more/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:24:40+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Woodpecker]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[A poem by ANDREW MILLER.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-the-woodpecker/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:20:16+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Steyn vs. Anderson: it’s not debatable]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[David Saker made the big mistake of calling James Anderson “the most skilful bowler in the world” after the Lancastrian become the fourth Englishman to pass the 300-wicket mark in Test cricket.  While his comments hold some merit, skill doesn’t mean he’s the best, and there really isn’t much to debate regarding who is. BY ANT SIMS.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-steyn-vs-anderson-its-not-debatable/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:18:47+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[FIVE MINUTES: South Africa]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[A round-up of the day’s news from South Africa.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-24-519ea326d1e38/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-24T01:15:47+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Government memo: Let’s drop name-drops]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[In the recently released government report detailing the specifics of the so-called Guptagate scandal, one of the suggestions was that “Government… should develop and implement a public service awareness campaign to discourage the negative culture of name-dropping.” The Daily Maverick has secured a secret memo that is currently doing the governmental rounds. RICHARD POPLAK believes that it will have the necessary effect.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-government-memo-lets-drop-name-drops/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-23T18:00:50+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Municipal by-elections, supplement: The ANC gets punished in Carolina]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The result in ward 7 of Albert Luthuli (Eleukwatini/Carolina) was only confirmed on Thursday morning. Far from being the slam-dunk retention that we thought it would be, the ANC lost the ward to the IFP in a shocking upset. By PAUL BERKOWITZ.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-municipal-by-elections-supplement-the-anc-gets-punished-in-carolina/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-23T12:49:07+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Municipal by-elections: The ANC/DA fight continues]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, South Africans went to the polls in six by-elections – and just last week there was a single, lone by-election. The local electioneering process has been a bit chaotic this month, and the DA has lost a fair bit of ground. By PAUL BERKOWITZ.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-municipal-by-elections-the-ancda-fight-continues/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-municipal-by-elections-the-ancda-fight-continues/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T09:11:33+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Oh, what a circus: Guptagate comes to Parliament]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the government team tasked with investigating the circumstances under which the Guptas were able to land an aircraft at the Waterkloof air force base released their report. Their investigation points the finger of blame squarely at the Guptas, two state officials, and individuals in the Indian High Commission. Zuma, it says, is innocent in the matter. But absolutely none of the opposition MPs who addressed a fiery debate in the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon were buying that. By REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-oh-what-a-circus-guptagate-comes-to-parliament/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-oh-what-a-circus-guptagate-comes-to-parliament/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T01:19:52+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Under Fire From Loyalists, White House Admits 'Potholes' In Handling IRS Scandal]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Facing criticism from Democratic loyalists, the White House acknowledged on Wednesday that President Barack Obama's team has struggled to get its story straight on who knew what when about the IRS targeting of conservative groups. By Steve Holland.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-under-fire-from-loyalists-white-house-admits-potholes-in-handling-irs-scandal/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-under-fire-from-loyalists-white-house-admits-potholes-in-handling-irs-scandal/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T01:10:08+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Twitter Beefs Up Security After Hacking Spree On Media]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Twitter Inc unveiled technology to boost security for its users, following a spate of attacks on accounts of prominent media outlets including the Associated Press, the Financial Times and The Onion. By Jim Finkle.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-twitter-beefs-up-security-after-hacking-spree-on-media/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-twitter-beefs-up-security-after-hacking-spree-on-media/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T01:09:04+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[General Says Israel Poised For War On Syria If Assad Falls]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[HERZLIYA, Israel, May 22 (Reuters) - Israel is poised for a large-scale assault on Syria to prevent advanced weapons reaching jihadi rebels or Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon if President Bashar al-Assad is toppled, Israel's air force chief said on Wednesday.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-general-says-israel-poised-for-war-on-syria-if-assad-falls/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-general-says-israel-poised-for-war-on-syria-if-assad-falls/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T01:07:40+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Iran Pushes Ahead With Nuclear Plant That Worries West]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. By Fredrik Dahl.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-iran-pushes-ahead-with-nuclear-plant-that-worries-west/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-iran-pushes-ahead-with-nuclear-plant-that-worries-west/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T01:06:04+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Glencore, Trafigura Deals With Iran May Have Skirted Sanctions -UN]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Metals swap deals with Iran by Switzerland-based commodities giants Glencore Xstrata and Trafigura could have been a way of skirting international sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program, according to a confidential U.N. Panel of Experts report seen by Reuters on Wednesday. By Louis Charbonneau and Michelle Nichols.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-glencore-trafigura-deals-with-iran-may-have-skirted-sanctions-un/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-23T01:04:12+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[FBI Says Man Shot Dead While Being Questioned About Boston Bombings]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[An FBI agent shot and killed a man of Chechen origin who turned violent while being questioned on Wednesday about his connection to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two Chechen brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings. By Barbara Liston and Mark Hosenball.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-fbi-says-man-shot-dead-while-being-questioned-about-boston-bombings/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-fbi-says-man-shot-dead-while-being-questioned-about-boston-bombings/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T01:03:03+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Bernanke Says More Progress Needed Before Stimulus Pullback]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas pedal, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday. By Pedro da Costa and Alister Bull.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-bernanke-says-more-progress-needed-before-stimulus-pullback/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-bernanke-says-more-progress-needed-before-stimulus-pullback/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T01:01:57+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Analysis: Zuma didn't invent political manipulation, he just perfected it]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The National Prosecuting Authority is in crisis. Crisis is, in fact, the wrong word. The right word may well be tatters. No capacity. No political will. No credibility. The failures can sear one's retina: J. Arthur Brown. Andries Tatane. Anene Booysen. A list of damning mistakes, disasters and possibly deliberate missteps. By STEPHEN GROOTES.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-analysis-zuma-didnt-invent-political-manipulation-but-he-did-perfect-it/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-analysis-zuma-didnt-invent-political-manipulation-but-he-did-perfect-it/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T00:51:35+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[A holy alliance against e-tolls]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The clock is ticking down to the implementation of e-tolls and Cosatu is raising the stakes. Highways will be blocked in Johannesburg on Friday and a stay-away is planned for June. E-toll-bashing is almost a national pastime, but so far the outrage has failed to translate into action. Cosatu’s trying to change that and show government it’s not about to give up the fight. By GREG NICOLSON.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-a-holy-alliance-against-e-tolls/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-a-holy-alliance-against-e-tolls/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T00:49:29+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Barack Obama coming to Africa – a trip alive with possibilities]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are planning a three-nation tour to Africa, 26 June to 3 July. The visit is one that has long been anticipated by Africans, but has it come too late to generate the kind of enormous buzz that might have happened had this trip happened several years earlier? J BROOKS SPECTOR looks at the possibilities.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-barack-obama-coming-to-africa-a-trip-alive-with-possibilities/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-23T00:47:06+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Ai Weiwei and the resurrection of the protest song]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The glory days of the protest song are long behind us. The angry voices of Dylan, Marley and Lennon have been replaced with Bieber’s unbroken falsetto and a never-ending parade of bubblegum hits about getting drunk and getting laid. But if the musicians don’t want to protest, then the protestors are going to have to make some music. The times, they are a-changing. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-ai-weiwei-and-the-resurrection-of-the-protest-song/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-ai-weiwei-and-the-resurrection-of-the-protest-song/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T00:43:43+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Spot-fixing: I’m innocent, says Sreesanth]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[It’s like a real-life Bollywood blockbuster as the spot-fixing saga drags on. More cricketers have been arrested and Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has claimed that he is innocent. The drama is unlikely to slow down any time soon, but the tournament keeps going on despite protests all over the show. By ANT SIMS.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-spot-fixing-im-innocent-says-sreesanth/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-23T00:41:18+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[FIVE MINUTES: South Africa]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[A round-up of the day’s news from South Africa.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-519d4935e7b44/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-23-519d4935e7b44/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-23T00:39:48+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Man Hacked to death in London street in suspected militant attack]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[A man was hacked to death in a street near an army barracks in London on Wednesday in what Prime Minister David Cameron said appeared to be a politically motivated attack. By Li-mei Hoang.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-22-man-hacked-to-death-in-london-street-in-suspected-militant-attack/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T22:19:07+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Senate Panel Passes US Immigration Bill; Obama Praises Move]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[A US Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to give millions of illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, setting up a spirited debate next month in the full Senate over the biggest changes in immigration policy in a generation. By Rachelle Younglai and Caren Bohan.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-22-senate-panel-passes-us-immigration-bill-obama-praises-move/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T13:08:14+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Into the accountability void: ANC asks no hard questions, hears no hard truths]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[“Did the president take us into his confidence about the relationship between [him] and the Gupta family? I’m not sure if that is necessary,” ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe told a media briefing on Monday. So, no then. The last time the ANC decided not to ask questions of its presidential deployee, and allowed him not to account to the party for his actions, it ended up recalling him from office. The ANC seems not to learn from its past mistakes; quite the opposite: it keeps repeating them – even when it contravenes its own resolutions. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.]]></description>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T02:28:04+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Where is the justice for Anene?]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the state announced that it would be dropping all charges against Jonathan Davids, one of the two Bredasdorp men accused of raping and killing Anene Booysen. The NPA said it simply didn’t have enough evidence to secure a conviction. We at the Daily Maverick are trying hard to keep faith in our already strained justice system, because the alternative is too dark to contemplate. When it comes to the release of a man Anene Booysen allegedly managed to name two or three times from her deathbed, we’re hoping desperately it’s motivated by sound principles. By REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-22-where-is-the-justice-for-anene/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T02:26:09+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Land of the Rising Son: Abe’s Japan gets busy]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Few pundits had high hopes for Shinzo Abe’s re-entry onto the main stage of Japanese politics in December of last year. But here he is, and it looks like his economic “shock therapy” is jolting the country out of its two- decade long slumber. But is it a question of too little, too late? And what about China? RICHARD POPLAK.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-22-land-of-the-rising-son-abes-japan-gets-busy/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T02:23:14+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[GuptaGate, the scandal that keeps on giving]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[As media continue to shine a light on the wealth and influence of the Gupta family (and its link to President Jacob Zuma), those caught in the crossfire are scurrying to clear their names. None of it implicates anyone else of course. GREG NICOLSON’s not buying it.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-22-guptagate-the-scandal-that-keeps-on-giving/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T02:21:53+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Analysis: Museveni makes a dangerous enemy in Ugandan media crackdown]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[On Monday, 50 armed police stormed into the building that houses Uganda’s Daily Monitor. They shut down the printing press, unplugged computers and forced work to halt as they searched for an already-published document that casts Museveni’s government in a very bad light. Another newspaper and two radio stations were also raided in what looks like a brazen attempt to intimidate the press. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-22-analysis-museveni-makes-a-dangerous-enemy-in-ugandan-media-crackdown/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T02:19:06+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Cricket: David Warner and the new challenges of media managers]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[David Warner’s recent Twitter outburst, directed at two Australian journalists, has put sportsmen and their Tweets in the spotlight yet again. Media managers face a whole extra challenge these days, and it’s becoming clear that players might need social media training alongside their traditional churn-out-these-clichés-in-press-conferences training. BY ANT SIMS.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-22-cricket-david-warner-and-the-new-challenges-of-media-managers/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T02:15:56+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[FIVE MINUTES: South Africa]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[A round-up of the day's news from South Africa.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-22-519c0d73873f1/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-22T02:12:33+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Gay Marriage Opponent Kills Himself In Paris' Notre Dame]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[An 78-year-old French far-right activist committed suicide at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday by shooting himself in the mouth, three days after a law legalising same-sex marriage came into effect. By Lucien Libert.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-gay-marriage-opponent-kills-himself-in-paris-notre-dame/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T21:42:52+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Many Children Among 91 Feared Dead In Tornado-Hit Oklahoma]]></title>
	<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. By Alice Mannette and Ian Simpson.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-many-children-among-91-feared-dead-in-tornado-hit-oklahoma/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T09:29:25+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Soccer: Mourinho to leave Real Madrid at end of season]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Jose Mourinho will quit Real Madrid at the end of the season after coming to a mutual accord with the Spanish club that brings to an end a disappointing three-year stint by his high standards. By Iain Rogers.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-soccer-mourinho-to-leave-real-madrid-at-end-of-season/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T01:03:37+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Obama urges Myanmar to stop violence against Muslims]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama urged the president of Myanmar on Monday to take steps to halt violence against Muslims in his country and move ahead with economic and political reforms. By Paul Eckert.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-obama-urges-myanmar-to-stop-violence-against-muslims/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-obama-urges-myanmar-to-stop-violence-against-muslims/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-21T01:02:28+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[China Offers India A &quot;Handshake Across The Himalayas&quot;]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday on his first official foreign trip. By Frank Jack Daniel and Rajesh Kumar Singh.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-china-offers-india-a-handshake-across-the-himalayas/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-china-offers-india-a-handshake-across-the-himalayas/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-21T01:00:08+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The disgraced Fidentia boss and his unlikely friends]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[J Arthur Brown has been one of the most unpopular men in South Africa for a long time now. As the former CEO of Fidentia, he was at the wheel while R1,4 billion went missing from funds administered by the firm, including a fund meant to support widows and orphans of mine workers. It remains one of the biggest corporate scandals in South Africa’s history. Last week, to the shock and disgust of many, the Western Cape High Court ended six years of legal proceedings by handing Brown only a R150,000 fine and a suspended jail sentence. But Brown is receiving loyal support from an unexpected quarter: some of the very people whose money disappeared under his watch, and who most need it back. By REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-the-disgraced-fidentia-boss-and-his-unlikely-friends/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T00:55:56+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of The Doors dies at age 74]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at age 74, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-keyboardist-ray-manzarek-of-the-doors-dies-at-age-74/</link>
	<guid>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-keyboardist-ray-manzarek-of-the-doors-dies-at-age-74/</guid>
	<pubDate>2013-05-21T00:26:08+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Chief Palestinian Peace Negotiator Backs Kerry's Efforts]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's bid to revive stalled peace talks, while describing the situation in the West Bank as apartheid worse than that suffered in South Africa. By Michelle Nichols.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-chief-palestinian-peace-negotiator-backs-kerrys-efforts/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T00:24:37+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Barack and Michelle Obama to visit Africa next month]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[It’s been some years since we hosted then-senator Barack Obama on South African shores. Since then it’s been a matter of speculation: when the Obamas would pay an official visit. A matter of time, surely? As it turns out, it’s a matter of very little time indeed. One month, to be exact. By J BROOKS SPECTOR.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-barack-and-michelle-obama-to-visit-africa-next-month/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T00:11:40+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[For whom the church bell e-tolls?]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought the e-tolling argument was over, another new major player has entered the ring. It's big, it wears robes, and it's got God on its side. Ladies and gentlemen, the Catholic Church has fixed its dog collar, removed the clerical glasses, put aside the incense burner, and told government exactly where to get off. In short, it's said toll roads are wrong, possibly corrupt, and certainly not transparent. SANRAL, of course, has a response. It's not as strong as it could be. By STEPHEN GROOTES.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-for-whom-the-church-bell-e-tolls/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T00:09:58+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Highway to 2014: ANC plays down the Gupta connection]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[President Jacob Zuma doesn’t need to explain who his friends are. South Africans have a bias against facts and the Waterkloof scandal, or Guptnkandla, has united the ANC. So said the party’s Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on Monday. Ahead of the 2014 elections, he tried to shield the president from criticism and cast doubt on divisions within the party, but it won’t be easy to conceal the Gupta in the room. By GREG NICOLSON.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-highway-to-2014-anc-plays-down-the-gupta-connection/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T00:08:34+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Promises, promises – but EC’s Lusikisiki nightmare clinic still unsafe]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Since January 2013 when the Eastern Cape Department of Health decided to move the Lusikisiki Clinic to new premises without proper planning, patients and health care workers have been seriously compromised by the new, make-shift facility. The ‘clinic’ is so bad that it violates workers and patient’s basic rights and is a health hazard. But despite promises of change from EC health MEC, Sicelo Gqobana, the appalling conditions remain. By MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-promises-promises-but-ecs-lusikisiki-nightmare-clinic-still-unsafe/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T00:06:00+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Guptagate, US edition: A parable]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The highly irregular arrival of a commercial jet carrying high-powered delegation of Kenyan business figures, including several relatives of the US president and a cousin of Uhuru Kenyatta, at Joint Base Andrews has drawn ridicule and howls of protest from every possible quarter. The Tea Party is spluttering with indignation. Calls for scandal-beleaguered President Obama’s resignation, if not his head, have been peppered with words such as “corrupt”, “ridiculous”, “embarrassing”, “cringe-worthy”, “crass” and “laughable”. Eventually they succeeded. J BROOKS SPECTOR.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-21-guptagate-us-edition-a-parable/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-21T00:02:39+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Nigeria’s Boko Haram offensive: Officials sing hallelujah but forget history]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Giving up once and for all on a political solution, Nigeria’s embattled government has ordered a major military offensive against Islamist militants Boko Haram, even sending in the fighter jets. It is a sign that President Goodluck Jonathan has run out of patience – but it also shows he hasn’t learned much from Nigeria’s very recent history. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-nigerias-boko-haram-offensive-officials-sing-hallelujah-but-forget-history/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T23:59:42+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Spot fixing - and the need for a Players’ Association in India]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Every man and his dog has reacted to the spot-fixing saga which rocked the IPL. Everybody has promised stricter security and ruthlessness when dealing with the perpetrators. But what about the players and their well-being? By ANT SIMS.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-spot-fixing-and-the-need-for-a-players-association-in-india/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T23:57:55+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[FIVE MINUTES: South Africa]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[A round-up of the day’s news from South Africa.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-519a9945d0971/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T23:44:36+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The Great Gupta Farce]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The worst-kept secret in South Africa has now been confirmed by government: the Guptas drop President Jacob Zuma’s name to wrangle special privileges in the state. So where is the statement from the presidency expressing Zuma’s outrage (apparently he did not know this up to now) and distancing him from all the acts the Guptas committed in his name? In future, name-dropping in government will be considered to be gross misconduct (good luck policing that). The sound you are hearing is the Guptas laughing as they walk away unscathed, ready to continue with their marauding ways. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-the-great-gupta-farce/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T01:40:34+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Guptagate report: Many questions, few answers]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[Early in May, the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster promised an investigation into the scandal around the Gupta wedding guests arriving in a private plane at Waterkloof Air Force Base. The cluster delivered in time and indicated that prosecutions would result. According to the justice minister, there’s a problem with “name-dropping”, a rogue worker at the Indian High Commission and middle-level government officials. The Guptas, president, and ministers, however, seem to have been cleared of wrongdoing. Anyone surprised? Anyone? By GREG NICOLSON.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-guptagate-report-many-questions-few-answers/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T01:38:41+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Karabus case: Totalling up the bill]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[When Cyril Karabus left South Africa in August 2012, he was a well-respected paediatric oncologist. By the time he returned in May 2013, Karabus had become a household name: a 78- year-old poster-boy for the risks medics face when working in the Emirates. His arrival at Cape Town International on Friday, 17 May after nine months of detention in Abu Dhabi marked a happy ending to a distressing case. REBECCA DAVIS reflects on some of the lessons learned.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-karabus-case-totalling-up-the-bill/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T01:34:35+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The invisible women in silicosis class action suit]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[As lawyers consolidate the biggest silicosis class action suit Africa has seen, pioneering work by women’s rights activists investigates how to change policy and law for caregivers of sick or dying miners. Historically the wives and daughters of miners affected by silicosis have had no recourse in terms of compensation for the care and support work they do, but rights workers want to change this. By MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-the-invisible-women-in-silicosis-class-action-suit/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T01:32:18+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[The house that slavery built gets a new home in Smithsonian]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[The newest of the Smithsonian Institution’s great museums in America, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is planned for completion in 2015. A centrepiece of this building will be an authentic slave cabin from South Carolina. J BROOKS SPECTOR looks at the larger significance of the acquisition.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-the-house-that-slavery-built-gets-a-new-home-in-smithsonian/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T01:30:15+02:00</pubDate>
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	<title><![CDATA[Titanic clashes: SuperRugby roundup]]></title>
	<description><![CDATA[South Africa’s Vodacom SuperRugby Conference title still looks set to return to Tshwane as the Bulls won their fifth successive game to keep ahead of the Cheetahs, who claimed an impressive victory over the Reds. The Sharks, meanwhile, silenced allegations of cultural divisions within their team by sealing a spirited win over the Western Force in Perth. By KEN BORLAND.]]></description>
	<link>http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-05-20-titanic-clashes-superrugby-roundup/</link>
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	<pubDate>2013-05-20T01:23:11+02:00</pubDate>
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