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  "path": "/thought-leader/opinion/2026-04-16-the-iran-war-is-africas-warning-build-sovereignty-or-be-ruled-by-other-peoples-power/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-16T04:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Opinion",
    "Thought Leader",
    "2026 State of the Nation Address",
    "ESKOM",
    "Food Resilience",
    "Global South",
    "Industrial Development Corporation",
    "International Energy Agency",
    "Minister Gwede Mantashe",
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    "Reserve Bank",
    "SASOL",
    "Strait Of Hormuz",
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  "textContent": "A country that exports minerals but imports industrial dependence is not sovereign in any deep sense. A country that sits on energy resources but cannot convert them into stable power, strategic reserves, industrial feedstock, jobs and technological upgrading is not sovereign in any deep sense",
  "title": "The Iran War is Africa’s warning: Build sovereignty or be ruled by other people’s power"
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