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			<title><![CDATA[Charles Taylor: the war criminal pleads for mercy]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It was another bravado performance in The Hague from Charles Taylor, who  looked gentle and unassuming as he asked for leniency. Almost tempted  to believe him, SIMON ALLISON recalls that no amount of smooth talking  can erase the horrors the man inflicted on Sierra Leone.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-17T09:30:03+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Poverty - How the other half live]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Loan sharks and micro-finance offices have mushroomed in South Africa&rsquo;s  inner-city centres. The lure is attractive &ndash; borrow R10,000 and create  your dream life by growing your business. But in a country where half  the population lives in poverty and much more live in debt, a greater  understanding of how they use money could lead to more appropriate  financial services. By MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-17-poverty-how-the-other-half-live</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-17T09:27:18+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA headed for stalemate over AU and has nothing up its sleeve]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Unless the South African government gets its head out of the sand over  the next chairperson of the AU, there&rsquo;ll be another stalemate in  Lilongwe &ndash; and our already battered reputation will take another  hammering. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-16-sa-headed-for-stalemate-over-au-and-has-nothing-up-its-sleeve</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-16T13:47:35+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The prize to create African media 2.0]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[African journalists are very familiar with the &ldquo;big stick&rdquo; &ndash; the  unmistakable threat of violence that haunts their work. To help them get  around this problem, and other difficulties dogging the progress of the  media in Africa, a new prize looks to encourage innovations that can  revolutionise the African media landscape &ndash; and organisers have brought  out the much less familiar &ldquo;big wallet&rdquo; to do just that. By SIMON  ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-14-the-prize-to-create-african-media-20</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-14T11:10:04+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[D-Day for the ICC in Africa]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Africa and the ICC have an intense and complicated relationship. The  African Union would like to change this and have Africa take  responsibility for enforcing its own justice, and it&rsquo;s meeting to do  exactly this. But don&rsquo;t expect the ICC to go anywhere yet. By SIMON  ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-11-d-day-for-the-icc-in-africa</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-11T09:19:19+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Street Life: 'I wish things would go back to normal']]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[In this instalment of Street Life, GREG NICOLSON talks to a Zimbabwean  who came to South Africa when his country&rsquo;s economy declined. These  days, he sells curios on the streets of Johannesburg and dreams about  returning home.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-11-street-life-i-wish-things-would-go-back-to-normal</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-11T09:17:53+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Zanu-PF foils constitutional plot to protect 'the gays']]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Those dastardly liberal types responsible for drafting the new  Zimbabwean constitution &ndash; aka &ldquo;regime change weapon&rdquo; &ndash; have crossed the  line as far as Zanu-PF is concerned with their repeated attempts to  smuggle in protection for gay rights and all kinds of other dangerous  imperialist dogma. Consensus remains a long way off. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-11-zanu-pf-foils-constitutional-plot-to-protect-the-gays</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-11T09:16:33+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Algeria: What Arab Spring?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Algeria goes to the polls on Thursday to elect a new parliament. With  some bravado, the Algerian government has promoted these elections in  advertisements as &ldquo;Algeria&rsquo;s Spring&rdquo;, invoking the spirit of the Arab  Spring. But this is just another opportunity for the country&rsquo;s political  elite to gain a semblance of legitimacy. By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-11-algeria-what-arab-spring</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-11T09:14:56+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Timbuktu: SA's uncertainty as rebels move in]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[As Timbuktu reels under rebel control, South Africa&rsquo;s investment in the  preservation and protection of ancient manuscripts has been  significantly imperilled. A good few million rands were poured into the  Timbuktu project, but it&rsquo;s not the financial loss that will be felt most  acutely. By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-08-timbuktu-sas-uncertainty-as-rebels-move-in</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-08T14:29:35+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Africa goes hi-tech: But where are all those keen investors?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[They say necessity is the mother of invention and they talk about  &ldquo;Mother Africa&rdquo;. Therefore, the tech revolution had to take root in  inventive ways here, changing outsider perceptions of the continent.  Investors, though, have been slow to tap into Africa&rsquo;s tech boom. By  OSIAME MOLEFE.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-08-africa-goes-hi-tech-but-where-are-all-those-keen-investors</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-08T14:23:05+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Analysis: African Union & a delicate dance of competing egos]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A stalemate in the never-ending race to chair the AU Commission is  inevitable unless someone can show some real leadership. It&rsquo;s time for  our diplomats to ditch their egos and find a compromise candidate, or  it&rsquo;s Africa that will be compromised &ndash; again. BY SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-08-analysis-african-union-a-delicate-dance-of-competing-egos</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-08T14:21:32+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Human trafficking: South Africa gets a little wake-up call]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s always been something that happens elsewhere, like North Africa,  the Middle East or Asia. But we&rsquo;ve always had our own unique problems,  which has driven the need for legislation like the Prevention and  Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill which has languished in  Parliament for the last five years. But last week something happened  that might speed things up a little. By MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-08-human-trafficking-south-africa-gets-a-little-wake-up-call</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-08T14:17:10+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Racist model has been shouted down. Now what?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Now that the foul-mouthed Jessica Leandra Dos Santos has suffered the  opprobrium and fury of a nation, not to mention the loss of sponsorship  deals, where to next? We&rsquo;re supposed to be building a non-racial  country, not just shouting down those who offend the sensibilities of  our Constitution.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-05-07-racist-model-has-been-shouted-down-now-what</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-07T15:01:38+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[History burns in Timbuktu chaos]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Historians&rsquo; worst fears are coming true as Timbuktu&rsquo;s new rulers set   fire to an ancient tomb, just one of the city&rsquo;s many World Heritage   sites. And this is just the beginning, says Ansar Dine, the Islamist   group whose fundamentalist dogma threatens to destroy Africa&rsquo;s most   fabled city. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-05-07-history-burns-in-timbuktu-chaos</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-05-07T14:54:23+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sudan: the dangerous logic of Bashir's belligerence]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[As tensions escalate, war in the Sudans looks inevitable. In fact,  Sudan&rsquo;s President Omar al-Bashir already thinks so. Not that he minds  too much, judging by his belligerent attitude as he addressed his  troops. After all, violence has always been the panacea to all his  problems, and right now he&rsquo;s got all sorts of problems. By SIMON  ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-04-25-sudan-the-dangerous-logic-of-bashirs-belligerence</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-25T14:10:42+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senegal's defeated president: in praise of the anti-hero]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[There  were many good reasons for Senegal&rsquo;s Abdoulaye Wade to gracefully  concede the presidential election. His age, reputation, the  constitution, the results &ndash; together, these all made his third term  impossible. Nonetheless, we should laud the example of an African president  who was, eventually, prepared to listen to his people and step aside.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-04-24-senegals-defeated-president-in-praise-of-the-anti-hero</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24T09:40:56+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Exactly Whose Humanity is Vanishing?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[President Zuma claims that humanity is lost when there is no fear  of God. In an environment where Helen Zille has to endure a week of  criticism for speaking of education refugees, how can Zuma get a free  pass on this dangerously intolerant rhetoric?]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-04-24-exactly-whose-humanity-is-vanishing</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24T09:38:30+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Zimbabweans re-imagine their dreams]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Some of the most successful tales in recent years have been of imaginary  worlds. From Star Wars through Harry Potter, The Matrix and now The  Hunger Games, these &ldquo;alternative&rdquo; worlds have been phenomenal in every  sense of the word. Maybe a re-imagined alternative world is what keeps  ordinary Zimbabweans going from day to tortuous day.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-04-24-zimbabweans-re-imagine-their-dreams</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24T09:36:57+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oxfam's bras without borders]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[In the latest drive to save Africans from the perils of life on the   ever-dark continent, British charity Oxfam has launched the Big Bra Hunt   campaign. No, they are not hunting down Blighty&rsquo;s biggest bras.   Instead, Oxfam is calling on British women to donate their unwanted bras   to charity &ndash; for the betterment of Africa. By KHADIJA PATEL.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-04-24-oxfams-bras-without-borders</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24T09:25:28+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Young South Africans: the spark in the dark]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[They are often viewed as the hopeless and the violent, the future   unemployed. For a different narrative, GREG NICOLSON visits an   organisation empowering youth to change their circumstances.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-04-24-young-south-africans-the-spark-in-the-dark</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24T09:24:30+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mugabe, 'man of peace']]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Something&rsquo;s wrong with Comrade Bob. Maybe it&rsquo;s the cancer everyone  suspects, maybe it&rsquo;s just old age, but he&rsquo;s getting soft. Mugabe&rsquo;s  speeches don&rsquo;t usually centre around peace, tolerance, and free will  &ndash; quite the opposite &ndash; so his conciliatory address to mark Zimbabwe&rsquo;s  independence day came as a shock. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-04-24-mugabe-man-of-peace</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24T09:16:54+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kony who?]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It was less a case of Invisible Children and more a case of Invisible  Activists on Friday night. That date, 20 April, was the occasion of Kony  2012&rsquo;s Cover the Night campaign. Reports suggest it flopped worldwide  but that Cape Town put in a good effort. They also suggest that  Internet causes don&rsquo;t necessarily translate into concrete action. By  REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-04-24-kony-who</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24T09:15:01+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Western Sahara: Shafted by the UN - again ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Despite South Africa&rsquo;s sole objection, the United Nations chose not  to  monitor human rights in the knowledge of gross violations in Western   Sahara, which was condemned to another year of its impasse with   Morocco. If the Polisario takes matters into its own hands again, it&rsquo;s   because it has no other choice. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-04-24-western-sahara-shafted-by-the-un-again</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-04-24T09:13:06+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ecowas threatens military action in Mali]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the presidents of Ecowas nations met to discuss Mali. They  condemned the coup and sent an ultimatum to the junta: step aside, or  risk military intervention. By SIMON ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-03-29-ecowas-threatens-military-action-in-mali</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-03-29T16:41:02+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Déjà vu: Kony 2012's debt to Live Aid and George Clooney]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Kony 2012 is the biggest campaign of its kind, but it&rsquo;s not the first.  Remember Live Aid? Remember George Clooney on Darfur? We&rsquo;ve been here  before, and so far it hasn&rsquo;t ended in peace and prosperity for Africa or  Sudan. Maybe there&rsquo;s a lesson in that somewhere.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-03-29-dj-vu-kony-2012s-debt-to-live-aid-and-george-clooney</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-03-29T16:22:36+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kony 2012: Lord help us, because this campaign won't help anyone]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[So everyone now knows who Joseph Kony is. Great, I&rsquo;m sure he&rsquo;s shivering  in his combat boots, if he&rsquo;s even been able to watch the video that is  launching him to terrorist superstardom (do they have 3G in the bush?).  It&rsquo;s just a pity that at best the campaign will achieve nothing, and at  worst it&rsquo;s got the potential to do a lot of damage in a very fragile  part of the world.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-03-29-kony-2012-lord-help-us-because-this-campaign-wont-help-anyone</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-03-29T16:13:31+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chikane does not exaggerate the coup threat]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[In his book Eight Days in September, Reverend Frank Chikane makes  an extraordinary claim: the ANC was almost happy to flout the rules to  remove Thabo Mbeki from office. If you read the Constitution, he&rsquo;s  technically right. If there ever was a sign that South Africa&rsquo;s  democracy is young, and consequently vulnerable, it is this.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-03-29-chikane-does-not-exaggerate-the-coup-threat</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-03-29T16:11:17+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Journalists Austin Mackell and Aliya Alwi on their Egyptian ordeal]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[On 11 February Australian freelance journalist Austin Mackell and   Egyptian translator and fixer Aliya Alwi were arrested in the industrial   city of Mahalla. They spent 56 hours in jail before lawyers secured   their release, and the investigation against them is ongoing. THERESA   MALLINSON caught up with the pair in Cairo to find out more about their   ordeal and how being in limbo is affecting their work and lives.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-03-02-journalists-austin-mackell-and-aliya-alwi-on-their-egyptian-ordeal</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-03-02T18:51:24+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Revolutionary storytelling: 18daysinEgypt.com]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Over the last while there's been a something of rallying cry for   Africans to tell their own stories. But all too often proponents are   more in love with discussing the idea than figuring out practical ways   to make it happen. 18 Days in Egypt, a start-up that focuses on   documenting the revolution, is turning the concept into a reality &ndash; and using an innovative, collaborative digital platform to do  so.  By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-02-15-revolutionary-storytelling-18daysinegyptcom</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-02-15T11:15:22+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Press Freedom Commission hears from the IFP in Durban]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Last Monday the Press Freedom Commission's public-hearings  roadshow moved to Durban, where it listened to the IFP's proposal that  the Press Council be transformed into a &ldquo;super body&rdquo;. Such an  institution would receive input from, among others, the government, and  be a form of co-regulation, rather than the self-regulation that is the  status quo. By MARICLAIR SMIT.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-29-press-freedom-commission-hears-from-the-ifp-in-durban</link>
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			<pubDate>2012-01-29T20:23:32+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Press freedom in South Africa and why self-regulation is best]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Forget all the emotive arguments for and against self-regulation of  the  media. The numbers alone paint a clear picture: 70% of the top 50   countries in the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House   press-freedom rankings practice self-regulation.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-01-26-press-freedom-in-south-africa-and-why-self-regulation-is-best</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2012-01-26-press-freedom-in-south-africa-and-why-self-regulation-is-best</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-01-26T10:00:00+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Press Freedom Commission hearings kick off in Cape Town]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[There were fears that the Press Freedom Commission hearings, dubbed  the  "Listening to South Africa Campaign" would result in nothing more  than a  rehash of the Press Council public hearings that took place in  2011. At  the very least, a greater diversity of voices seem to have  come to the  party. By JULIE REID.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-23-south-africa-press-freedom-commission-hearings-kick-off-in-cape-town</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-23-south-africa-press-freedom-commission-hearings-kick-off-in-cape-town</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-01-23T12:01:00+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cameroonian writer detained on trumped-up charges]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The Cameroonian government can't seem to decide exactly what writer,  activist and blogger Enoh Meyomesse has done wrong. On 22 November  Meyomesse was arrested for taking part in a gold heist, although he was  later charged with plotting a coup. Either way, the charges seem  unfounded. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-18-cameroonian-writer-detained-on-trumped-up-charges</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-18-cameroonian-writer-detained-on-trumped-up-charges</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-01-18T17:42:38+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police charge Gambian reporter with libel]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[ When Daily News journalist Mamodou S Jallow reported allegations by  farmers against a local chief last week, he was promptly detained, and  charged with libel. Jallow has yet to appear in court, but could be  slapped with a fine of more than $8,000. Press freedom organisations  have condemned his treatment at the hands of authorities. By SAIKOU  CEESAY.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-17-police-charge-gambian-reporter-with-libel</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-17-police-charge-gambian-reporter-with-libel</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-01-17T13:08:19+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Egyptian businessman to be tried for blasphemy]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Poking fun at Islam is no Mickey Mouse affair. Egyptian businessman and   Free Egyptians Party founder Naguib Sawiris has learnt this the hard   way: after tweeting a picture of Mickey &amp; Minnie dressed in   conservative Islamic garb, his court appearance on blasphemy charges is   set for 14 January. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-17-egyptian-businessman-to-be-tried-for-blasphemy</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-17-egyptian-businessman-to-be-tried-for-blasphemy</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-01-17T12:27:10+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gabon gags media over coverage of fake president]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The elected President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Odimba, doesn't like it when  the self-proclaimed president, Andr&eacute; Mba Obame, receives media coverage  about his claim. His reaction is to shoot the messenger &ndash; or, in this  case, shut the television station. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-10-gabon-gags-media-over-coverage-of-fake-president</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-10-gabon-gags-media-over-coverage-of-fake-president</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-01-10T09:14:20+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Journalists in Africa: navigating 2012 ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Journalism isn't a profession you get into if you want an easy ride.  This has certainly proven true for journalists covering Africa in 2011,  many of whom paid with their lives. Challenges in 2012 include covering  ongoing conflict zones, election periods, and continuing the fight for  access to information. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-05-journalists-in-africa-navigating-2012</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-05-journalists-in-africa-navigating-2012</guid>
			<pubDate>2012-01-05T11:30:55+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Egyptian blogger @alaa jailed for 15 more days - again ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Jailed Egyptian blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah &ndash; known on Twitter simply as  @alaa &ndash; made yet another court appearance  on Tuesday. And, yet again, his  jail time was extended by 15 days. El  Fattah lived for some time in  Pretoria, and&nbsp; THERESA MALLINSON spoke to  his South African friends  about their recollections of him &ndash; and what  steps can be taken to  secure his release.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-15-egyptian-blogger-alaa-jailed-for-15-more-days-again</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-15-egyptian-blogger-alaa-jailed-for-15-more-days-again</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-15T16:24:15+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Al Shabaab vs Kenya: The Twitter war]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[A great irony of the cyber age is the way it connects seemingly   incongruous and anachronistic opposites in bizarre and unexpected ways.   Now the ragtag though powerful Islamist terror group, Al Shabaab, is   taking on the Kenyan army on the battlefields of&hellip; Twitter. By SIMON   ALLISON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-13-al-shabaab-vs-kenya-the-twitter-war</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-13-al-shabaab-vs-kenya-the-twitter-war</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-13T14:28:28+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[African News Innovation Challenge: $1 million in funding, but more about brains than money]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It's called the African News Innovation Challenge, and it has $1 million   to award in start-up grants. Anic, which was announced in October, and   had its soft launch in last week, will formally launch in January.   THERESA MALLINSON talked to project manager Justin Arenstein about the   thinking behind the initiative.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-13-african-news-innovation-challenge-1-million-in-funding-but-more-about-brains-than-money</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-13-african-news-innovation-challenge-1-million-in-funding-but-more-about-brains-than-money</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-13T14:07:12+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[CPJ report: 52 journalists jailed in Africa]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[There are currently 52 journalists imprisoned in Africa, in nine   countries. More than half the jailed journalists are held in that   scourge of media freedom &ndash; Eritrea. The most disturbing news to come out   of CPJ's recent report on journalists behind bars, is that the trend  of  imprisoning journalists &ndash; often on trumped-up charges &ndash; has seen a   sharp increase over the last decade. And if the Protection of State   Information Bill is passed next year, the 2012 CPJ report could very   well see South African journalists join their colleagues across the   continent in serving prison time for doing their job. By THERESA   MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-12-cpj-report-52-journalists-jailed-in-africa</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-12-cpj-report-52-journalists-jailed-in-africa</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-12T11:16:33+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[As SA's Protection of State Information Bill protests go international, Sweden talks about the fruits of freedom]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Sweden regularly tops the media freedom and transparency indices, and is   one of the most politically stable, economically prosperous and   ethically staunch countries in the world. MANDY DE WAAL speaks to Peter   Tejler, Sweden&rsquo;s ambassador to South Africa, about its rich heritage of   open access to information.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-12-as-sas-protection-of-state-information-bill-protests-go-international-sweden-talks-about-the-fruits-of-freedom</link>
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			<pubDate>2011-12-12T10:54:36+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Civil society condemns detention of media workers in Zimbabwe]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, three advocacy officers from Media Monitoring Project   Zimbabwe were arrested by the police. Then on Monday, the MMPZ's Harare   offices were searched, and Andrew Moyse, the MMPZ project co-ordinator,   was also detained. Although Moyse was released yesterday, his three   colleagues are still imprisoned. The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition is   demanding their immediate release. Doesn't seem the government is   listening though. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-08-civil-society-condemns-detention-of-media-workers-in-zimbabwe</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-08-civil-society-condemns-detention-of-media-workers-in-zimbabwe</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-08T16:54:02+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Egyptian blogger @alaa remains in prison; outside, his son @Khalaaa is born ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah has been detained in   prison on trumped-up charges since 30 October. An appeal on Monday for   him to be released immediately was dismissed. On Tueday his wife and   fellow activist Manal Bahey Al Din Hassan gave birth to the couple's   first son, Khaled. El Fattah remained behind bars, rather than being   able to attend the birth of child. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-08-egyptian-blogger-alaa-remains-in-prison-outside-his-son-khalaaa-is-born</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-08-egyptian-blogger-alaa-remains-in-prison-outside-his-son-khalaaa-is-born</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-08T15:21:11+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Secrecy Bill - DA vs ANC, UK edition]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Last weekend a demonstration was held outside the South African embassy   in London to protest against the Protection of State Information Bill.   While the event was judged a success, the response of the ANC London   branch revealed that party divisions are as alive across the ocean as   they are back home. By REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-08-secrecy-bill-da-vs-anc-uk-edition</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-08-secrecy-bill-da-vs-anc-uk-edition</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-08T14:48:35+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Analyse this, Mr Mantashe]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It just had to come to this: the ANC is to start judging and classifying   journalists. Not that we're surprised. No surprise that our shy and   retiring character, STEPHEN GROOTES, has a strong opinion about it. And   more questions, of course.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-07-south-africa-analyse-this-mr-mantashe</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-07-south-africa-analyse-this-mr-mantashe</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-07T16:11:09+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rwandan journalist's killing raises safety concerns for other exiled journalists  ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[In the early hours of Thursday morning, Charles Ingabire, a Rwandan   journalist in exile in Kampala, Uganda, was fatally shot. The murder   weapon? No less than a submachine gun. In fairness, it's probably too   early to say who was behind Ingabire's death; still, it seems reasonable   to assume this was no random killing. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-06-rwandan-journalists-killing-raises-safety-concerns-for-other-exiled-journalists</link>
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			<pubDate>2011-12-06T14:12:24+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA: The Rasool affair and the obstruction of access to information ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Last week's ruling by the Western Cape High Court means that Independent   Newspapers is one step closer to gaining access to the Nel report (aka   the &ldquo;Rasool report&rdquo;) from the ANC. What this case illustrates,  however,  is that &ndash; even given the provisions of the Promotion of Access  to  Information Act &ndash; attempting to access information is like trying  to get  blood out of a stone. And that's before the so-called secrecy  bill  becomes a reality. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-06-sa-the-rasool-affair-and-the-obstruction-of-access-to-information</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-06-sa-the-rasool-affair-and-the-obstruction-of-access-to-information</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-06T13:25:47+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nando's decides Mugabe commercial is a laughing matter no more]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[After Zanu PF-aligned group Chipangano threatened action against Nando&rsquo;s   for flighting a satirical advert featuring Zimbabwean President Robert   Mugabe (via DStv), the fast-food chain has withdrawn the commercial  from  our screens. And yes, that includes South Africa. We can still all   watch it on YouTube though, where it's gone viral, racking up almost   25,000 hits so far. By THERESA MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-05-nandos-decides-mugabe-commercial-is-a-laughing-matter-no-more</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-05-nandos-decides-mugabe-commercial-is-a-laughing-matter-no-more</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-05T13:43:27+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA['Data journalism' draws the line between the quick and the dead]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[As global newspaper audiences decline, some media organisations are   latching onto emerging tools and open-source technologies to make news   more relevant, personalised, and 'hyper-local'. Investigative journalism   is being reinvented and reporters are doing their jobs in unimagined   ways. 'Data journalism' is becoming the competitive differentiator for   global news. By MANDY DE WAAL.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-05-data-journalism-draws-the-line-between-the-quick-and-the-dead</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-05-data-journalism-draws-the-line-between-the-quick-and-the-dead</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-05T13:10:57+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA: Observer claims credit for saving Mandela]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The world&rsquo;s oldest Sunday newspaper turned 220 yesterday. To mark the   occasion, The Observer published a retrospective which included   suggesting it saved Nelson Mandela&rsquo;s life. A touch of hubris? By REBECCA   DAVIS.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-05-sa-observer-claims-credit-for-saving-mandela</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-12-05-sa-observer-claims-credit-for-saving-mandela</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-12-05T12:49:37+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA: Cosatu, R2K and Sanef to work together against the Secrecy Bill]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Cosatu, the Right2Know Campaign and the South African National Editors&rsquo;   Forum have announced a coalition against the Protection of State   Information Bill. Though loosely based, the coalition between the groups   will pool efforts to lobby the National Council of Provinces and other   parties of interest, and if all else fails, will present a united  front  against the bill at the Constitutional Court. By SIPHO HLONGWANE.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-30-sa-cosatu-r2k-and-sanef-to-work-together-against-the-secrecy-bill</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-30-sa-cosatu-r2k-and-sanef-to-work-together-against-the-secrecy-bill</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-11-30T15:59:32+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA: Black Tuesday II marks beginning of ongoing campaign against Secrecy Bill]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[The National Press Club continued its Black Tuesday anti-Secrecy Bill   campaign with a noon protest outside Primedia&rsquo;s offices in Sandton. The   gathering of about 60 journalists remained firm in its resolve to keep   on speaking out against the Protection of State Information Bill, while   continuing to engage with government on the issue. By THERESA  MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-30-sa-black-tuesday-ii-marks-beginning-of-ongoing-campaign-against-secrecy-bill</link>
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			<pubDate>2011-11-30T12:42:31+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Constitution Hill - a place of conflict]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[There really isn't a place in South Africa that is as politically   contested as the Constitutional Court is currently. Our political fights   have tended to use Constitution Hill as playing fields. Recently this   has started to involve the court itself, with the appointment of Judge   Mogoeng Mogoeng as Chief Justice. It's been through the mill on the   Judge John Hlophe issue, and everyone is watching closely to see how it   will handle a challenge to the constitutionality of the Protection of   State Information Bill. So when these two issues come together on one   day, it was always going to get interesting. STEPHEN GROOTES was in the   cheap seats.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-30-south-africa-constitution-hill-a-place-of-conflict</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-30-south-africa-constitution-hill-a-place-of-conflict</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-11-30T11:14:58+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Black Tuesday relived ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Today marks a week&rsquo;s anniversary of the notoriously dubbed &ldquo;Black   Tuesday&rdquo;, a throwback to the Black Wednesday of 1977 that saw the then   apartheid government ban various publications and prominent journalists.   But is the bill in question, the Protection of State Information Bill   (ominously nicknamed the Secrecy Bill) really all that it&rsquo;s cracked up to   be? Or is this just a storm in a teacup?]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2011-11-29-south-africa-black-tuesday-relived</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/opinionista/2011-11-29-south-africa-black-tuesday-relived</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-11-29T16:53:06+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Journalists targeted in run-up to Egyptian elections]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[When Egyptians went to the polls on Monday, several journalists and bloggers were still nursing bruises   and broken limbs after the crackdown on the media in the lead up to the   elections. Others remained in jail. Seems the country's current  military  rulers are no better than the Mubarak regime &ndash; certainly not  in their  treatment of the press, particularly female journalists. By  THERESA  MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-29-journalists-targeted-in-run-up-to-egyptian-elections</link>
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			<pubDate>2011-11-29T15:45:19+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Black Tuesday – There's more where that came from]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Slowly but surely, a whole lot of people are coming to terms with the   fact that the African National Congress just ain&rsquo;t what it used to be.  But, writes CHRIS VICK, that could be because their view is a nostalgic   one hinged on the ANC of Mandela, Sisulu and Tambo, rather than the   reality of what the 99-year-old ANC really is.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-28-south-africa-black-tuesday-theres-more-where-that-came-from</link>
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			<pubDate>2011-11-28T16:28:11+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[SA investigative greats: Secrecy Bill will not silence us]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;If you think we&rsquo;re going to curl up and die, think again.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s the   strong message this country&rsquo;s top investigative journalists sent ANC MPs   who voted in favour of the Protection of State Information Bill in   Parliament. The local muckrakers said the bill was designed to   intimidate whistleblowers and insider sources so as to make   investigative journalism even tougher, if not more dangerous. By MANDY   DE WAAL.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-28-sa-investigative-greats-secrecy-bill-will-not-silence-us</link>
			<guid>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-28-sa-investigative-greats-secrecy-bill-will-not-silence-us</guid>
			<pubDate>2011-11-28T16:15:50+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Africans unite to protest Secrecy Bill]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[Protests against the Protection of State Information Bill took place   around South Africa on Tuesday morning in the lead up to the bill being   voted on in the National Assembly in Cape Town at 2pm. The Right2Know   Campaign organised a series of pickets, while concerned citizens donned   black clothes or armbands in reference to the National Press Club's   &ldquo;Black Tuesday&rdquo; campaign. The bill was passed by Parliament on Tuesday   afternoon, but civil society is set to continue fighting the   controversial legislation. By GREG NICOLSON, THERESA MALLINSON, MANDY DE   WAAL and REBECCA DAVIS.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-28-south-africans-unite-to-protest-secrecy-bill</link>
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			<pubDate>2011-11-28T15:41:38+02:00</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Africa: Bleak is the new black, as MPs say yes to Secrecy Bill ]]></title>
						<description><![CDATA[It was hardly a surprise that members of Parliament voted overwhelmingly   for the Protection of State Information Bill on Tuesday afternoon. The   final tally was 229 MPs for the bill and 107 against it, with two   abstentions. Although the vote marked a sobering day for South Africa's   constitutional democracy, it is just the first step in a bid to get the   legislation on our law books, and civil-society activists and the  media  are fighting the process with everything they've got. By THERESA   MALLINSON.]]></description>
						<link>http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2011-11-28-south-africa-bleak-is-the-new-black-as-mps-say-yes-to-secrecy-bill</link>
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			<pubDate>2011-11-28T15:26:38+02:00</pubDate>
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