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            <title>New version of rail network statement officially Gazetted</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[An updated version of the network statement that will govern access to the South Africa’s railways system for the two financial years of 2026/27 and 2027/28 has been Gazetted by the Department of Transport and published by the Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM). Known as Network Statement Version 4, TRIM says the document has been released following a public-comment period launched in July, as well as engagements with train operating companies (TOCs), freight owners, customers, regulators, financiers, industry associations and government stakeholders.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the increasing focus on infrastructure as South Africa seeks to arrest decay and lay the foundations for a return to growth, as well as the role of private sector participation and project preparation in delivering infrastructure.]]></description>
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            <title>Godongwana highlights infrastructure’s growth potential as DBSA disbursements rise to R20.7bn</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) reported record disbursements of R20.7-billion in 2025/26, up from R17.5-billion in the prior year, and has indicated that the outlook for disbursements in 2026/27 is also strong as infrastructure receives greater prominence within government. CEO Boitumelo Mosako said the State-owned development financier had finalised a strategy aimed at supporting a scaling up of project delivery by expanding the infrastructure pipeline and accelerating implementation.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>New Network Statement to increase rail-access contract period to 15 years</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Public consultations on the draft Network Statement Version 4, which will govern access to South Africa's national rail network for the coming two years, have been concluded and it is anticipated that the document will be Gazetted imminently. Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) CEO Moshe Motlohi tells Engineering News that the final consultations on the document were concluded with the Department of Transport (DoT) in early September, following a public-comment phase launched in early July.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rail services company Traxtion has announced plans to become South Africa’s first private freight rail operator to implement the Luxembourg Rail Protocol framework by applying for internationally recognised unique rail vehicle identification system (URVIS) identifiers for its R3.4-billion rolling stock portfolio. The Luxembourg Rail Protocol, ratified in South Africa with effect from May 2025, creates a standardised legal framework that allows lenders and lessors to register and protect their interests in financed railway equipment when the debtors and lessees are in contracting states.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Transnet outlines ‘transact for value’ model for private sector participation transactions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips says the sale of a 49.99% interest in its largest container terminal last year to International Container Terminal Services had set the tone for the way in which the State-owned group would approach other private sector participation (PSP) transactions across its rail, ports, and pipelines businesses. Having faced two years of legal delay, the sale of the stake in the Durban Container Terminal Pier 2, now trading as the Durban Gateway Terminal, generated a profit on disposal for Transnet of R12.5-billion.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned logistics group Transnet on Thursday reported a R4.6-billion profit for the year to the end of March 2026, its first annual profit in four years. The freight rail, ports and pipelines group said in a statement that the profit was mainly due to the sale of its Pier 2 terminal and an improvement in rail and pipeline volumes.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) is seeking private operators for 20 rail sidings across the South African rail network as part of ongoing reforms aimed at introducing private sector participation. The sidings on offer include 13 sidings in TRIM’s eastern region, comprising Pyramid South, Ngagane, Hlobane, Panbult, Rietkuil, Carolina, Klaserie, Mica, Pienaarsrivier, Bela Bela, Marikana (A), Marikana (B), and Marikana (C);  six in its western region, including Bellville Autosort, Lutzville Station, Putsonderwater, Worcester, Upington, and Orchard; and Krugersdorp in its central region.]]></description>
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            <title>TRIM completes Cape Mainline recovery after severe storm damage</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned rail and logistics company Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) says it has successfully completed the recovery and reconstruction of the Cape Mainline, linking the Port of Cape Town with South Africa’s central inland rail network. The reconstruction work took place following severe storm damage and major washaways in the Western Cape, in May, with the company highlighting that heavy rainfall, strong winds and flooding caused extensive damage to railway infrastructure, including at five locations in the Worcester area and two washaways at Leeu-Gamka in the Karoo region.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Coal producer Liberty Coal is in the process of reviving the historic and beleaguered Optimum mine with a R3-billion investment into infrastructure re-development, the re-opening of several mines within the complex and the expansion of export rail capacity.]]></description>
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            <title>Mota-Engil said to win deal for US-backed Congo copper railway</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mota-Engil is set to sign a 30-year concession with the Democratic Republic of Congo to operate a key copper and cobalt railway, potentially backed with up to $1-billion of US financing. The deal with Portugal’s biggest construction company covers the rehabilitation and management of the Congolese portion of the Lobito Corridor, an infrastructure project that aims to increase exports of critical minerals to Western markets, according to people familiar with the matter. Mota-Engil is already part of the consortium operating a connecting rail line in neighbouring Angola that runs to a port on the Atlantic Ocean coast.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rail industry professionals, including an industrial engineer, two chartered accountants and an ergonomist, have urged Grade 9 learners to pursue careers in the rail industry, which requires a range of skills across its ecosystem. The professionals spoke during rail services company Traxtion’s Rail Fare 2026 exhibition, which serves as a rail technology expo for high school learners.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Creating a stronger pipeline of women for technical and engineering roles in the rail sector requires sustained investment in awareness, skills development and mentorship, says rail services company Traxtion brand, communications and marketing manager Nnoni Mohlaphuli. One of the biggest barriers to increasing female participation remains the perception that rail is a male-dominated sector, with engineering, technical and operational careers often viewed as professions better suited to men. This perception results in many young women remaining unaware of the available career opportunities.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <title>TRIM’s Gobhozi elected to lead global heavy haul association</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) technology management chief engineer Nkululeko Gobhozi has been elected as International Heavy Haul Association (IHHA) chairperson for the next two years. The announcement was made during the IHHA board workshop, hosted in collaboration with the South African Heavy Haul Association (SAHHA) at the Transnet Maritime Training Centre in Cape Town this week.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African rail services provider Traxtion is positioning itself to profit from a regional mineral boom and sweeping reforms across the continent that are opening up freight rail networks to private firms, CEO James Holley said on Friday. Traxtion, one of Africa's largest private freight rail operators, announced a R3.4-billion rolling stock investment programme in December to expand its capacity and support rail reform in a region that exports critical minerals including copper and lithium.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new market testing exercise has been initiated to assess interest in partnership opportunities across South Africa’s railway branch lines for freight and passenger trains. This so-called B-Network involves some 9 098 km of lines that connect to the core rail network, but which are characterised by low freight volumes and/or small-scale passenger or tourism services.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new diamond crossing has been installed at Crossmoor Station to improve reliability, safety and travel times for daily commuter passengers on State-owned the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (PRASA’s) KwaZulu‑Natal rail network. The crossing was designed and manufactured by steel and rail company voestalpine Railway Systems subsidiary voestalpine South Africa (VAE SA) at its Isando facility, in Gauteng, and built by construction company Maziya General Services.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet group CEO Michelle Phillips says the State-owned rail, ports and pipeline logistics group is putting measures in place to ensure that it no longer over-pays for goods and services. Speaking at the SAPICS 2026 conference held in Cape Town last month, she said recent reforms within the entity included rolling out a catalogue of market-pricing, so that “if a part is R1.50, and you put in R1 500, the system will not allow you to buy that”.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Development financial institutions the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) have reached financial close on $786-million in funding for the Lobito Corridor railway project. The project is a joint venture between infrastructure construction group Mota-Engil and metals logistics company Trafigura.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Private railways company Traxtion reports that the first eight of 46 Wabtec C28 locomotives it is buying from KiwiRail in New Zealand for R1.8-billion arrived at the Port of Durban in early August. The shipment is the first of four planned shipments over the next two years.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa has an abundance of coal reserves, but the coal mining sector’s competitiveness requires an efficient logistical network to move coal from mine to market. While the industry has faced significant challenges with regard to rail reliability, infrastructure security concerns and port constraints, performance in the sector is improving and collaboration is strengthening.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[As rail networks expand and investment increases across Africa, demand for specialised rail skills will continue, including traditional technical roles, such as artisans, fitters, technicians and engineers, as well as emerging skills linked to digitalisation, automation and advanced maintenance technologies, says rail solutions company Traxtion. “As the sector enters a period of renewal and growth, developing the next generation of rail professionals will be essential to ensuring that Africa can support its rail ambitions,” Traxtion brand, communications and marketing manager Nnoni Mohlaphuli states.]]></description>
            <author>Lynne Davies</author>
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            <title>Local partnerships key to strengthened rail sector </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Given South Africa’s unique topography and commodity-heavy economic profile, local partnerships are critical. The terrain, and the country’s need to transport high volumes of iron-ore and coal, place specific demands on rolling stock and products that are used on freight wagons and locomotives, says engineered bearings and industrial motion product supplier Timken South Africa MD Shaun Potgieter. “Our relationships with operators, [such as State-owned rail and port operator] Transnet, are critical to ensure we continually supply the most effective journal bearings, with the most durable sealing arrangement.”]]></description>
            <author>Lynne Davies</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Phillips questions need for middlemen, slams practice of overcharging Transnet</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/phillips-questions-need-for-middlemen-slams-practice-of-overcharging-transnet-2026-07-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Transnet group CEO Michelle Phillips says the State-owned rail, ports and pipeline logistics group is putting measures in place to ensure that it no longer over-pays for goods and services. Speaking at the SAPICS 2026 conference held in Cape Town this week, she said recent reforms within the entity included rolling out a catalogue of market-pricing, so that “if a part is R1.50, and you put in R1 500, the system will not allow you to buy that”.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Innovatively expanding infrastructure to accommodate diverse value chains likely to boost ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Uganda, in 2015, worked with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to build roads in the eastern DRC, which enabled goods manufactured in Uganda to be exported to this region, benefitting Uganda and the DRC. During the second day of the Manufacturing Indaba, in Johannesburg, on July 15, natural resource development organisation Uganda Chamber of Energy and Minerals CEO Humphrey Asiimwe cited this as an example of the benefits of African countries not focusing solely on their own needs, but also considering how they could support their neighbours and trade partners through the auspices of regional bodies.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Transnet board's term extended by six months</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has extended the term of State-owned Transnet's board of directors by six months to January 11, 2027, or until the appointment process for the new board is finalised, whichever occurs first. The board's terms had previously been due to end on July 12.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
            <category>PORTS &amp; RAIL</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Congo taps Portugal’s Mota-Engil to revive copper rail link</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/congo-taps-portugals-mota-engil-to-revive-copper-rail-link-2026-07-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) approved a plan to partner with Portuguese construction company Mota-Engil SGPS on rehabilitating a key railway used for transporting copper and cobalt. The Congolese part of the Lobito Corridor will undergo a “complete rehabilitation” through a public-private partnership endorsed by Congo’s government on July 10, according to minutes of a cabinet meeting read out the same day on state television. Mota-Engil is already part of a consortium that operates a connecting rail line in neighbouring Angola that runs to the Atlantic Ocean coast, allowing for cross-border continuity.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Lobito Corridor railway project achieves $753m financial close</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/lobito-corridor-railway-project-achieves-753m-financial-close-2026-07-03</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Cross-border transport infrastructure project the Lobito Corridor railway project, in Angola, has achieved a successful financial close of $753-million, says infrastructure financing fund the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). The transaction, which follows key financing agreements signed late last year, marks a major milestone for regional integration and economic transformation in Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>RAIL FINANCING</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 15:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>GMA investigating Gautrain technical fault </title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/gma-investigating-gautrain-technical-fault-2026-06-26</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Gautrain experienced a technical fault on the North-South line at about 17:00 on June 25, leading to a train being evacuated as a precautionary safety measure and resulting in delays to passenger journeys. Full train services resumed according to schedule at about 19:20 on the same day.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>RAIL</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Zimbabwe exploring minerals-backed deals with China to fund infrastructure, minister says</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/zimbabwe-exploring-minerals-backed-deals-with-china-to-fund-infrastructure-minister-says-2026-06-25</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe is considering using its vast natural resources to fund road and railway construction projects with China, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said on Wednesday. The southern African nation, Africa’s top lithium producer, has significant mineral resources. But years of economic mismanagement and political turmoil have left its infrastructure severely underdeveloped. The African Development Bank estimates Zimbabwe needs about $34-billion to modernise its transport and logistics networks.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Two entities shortlisted to bid to partner with Transnet on ‘LeaseCo’</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/two-entities-shortlisted-to-bid-to-partner-with-transnet-on-leaseco-2026-06-22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Transnet has issued a formal request for proposals (RFP) to two shortlisted bidders that participated in an earlier request for qualification (RFQ) process relating to the creation of a railways rolling stock leasing entity, dubbed LeaseCo, as a public–private partnership. The identities of the two bidders were not immediately released, with Transnet confirming only that the shortlisted bidders had been selected from among the 14 respondents to the April RFQ.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>RAILWAYS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Alstom-led consortium lands major contracts to modernise Egypt’s strategic rail corridors</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/alstom-led-consortium-lands-major-contracts-to-modernise-egypts-strategic-rail-corridors-2026-06-18</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A consortium led by multinational rail systems manufacturer Alstom has signed four landmark contracts with Egyptian National Railways to modernise Egypt’s strategic railway corridors, covering the 6th of October-Alexandria corridor and Belbes-10th of Ramadan line. This consortium also includes Egyptian construction companies Rowad Modern Engineering and Concrete Plus.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Lobito railway receives first Congo shipment after flood repairs</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/lobito-railway-receives-first-congo-shipment-after-flood-repairs-2026-06-15</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) received its first copper shipment from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since reopening a flood-damaged section of the corridor, restoring traffic on a key export route for central African minerals.

The link between the port of Lobito and Huambo, closed for about two months because of severe flooding, was restored after emergency repairs, the railway operator said in a June 13 statement.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/gautrain-marks-16-years-of-service-2026-06-08</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As passenger rail company Gautrain marks 16 years of service since its launch on June 8, 2010, the Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) highlights that, since inception, the rapid rail network has recorded more than 216-million passenger trips. Launched just days ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, GMA says Gautrain has grown from a landmark megaproject into a permanent feature of daily life, connecting people to work, education, business, leisure and economic opportunity.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>RAIL</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Traxtion says R1.4bn equity raise positions it for yet more rail investments as market opens</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/traxtion-says-r14bn-equity-raise-positions-it-for-yet-more-rail-investments-as-market-opens-2026-06-03</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Independent railways operator Traxtion has concluded an $86-million (R1.4-billion) equity capital raise, which the company says has created the financial platform for yet further investments into a South African market that is beginning to open up to competition. The transaction involves STANLIB Infrastructure Investments and Standard Bank, which have acquired an undisclosed minority position in Traxtion, as well as Harith’s InfraCo and PAIDF2 funds, consolidating Harith’s long-standing shareholding in the company.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>RAILWAYS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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