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  "id": 16551164,
  "title": "South Africa’s bold plan to become a global financial centre",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/south-africas-bold-plan-to-become-a-global-financial-centre",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T02:01:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Moneyweb",
    "slug": "moneyweb",
    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/economy/south-africas-bold-plan-to-become-a-global-financial-centre/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Africans have an estimated R5trn in offshore assets that could be managed from SA, and a proposal by the Reserve Bank and National Treasury plans to do just that.",
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        "published": "2026-10-25T19:48:26.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/south-africa-to-allow-fund-managers-100-foreign-assets-under-new",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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