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					<description><![CDATA[By Bokang Tsoanamatsie &#8211; What began as a Catholic Farmers Association 70 years ago in Umbubulu, where St Murumba Catholic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[By Jason Scott &#8211; In 1681, St Oliver Plunkett was executed in England after a devious priest spread a vicious [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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