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(Reporting by Xola Potelwa) Keywords: SAFRICA BONDS/ (xola.potelwa@thomsonreuters.com)(+27 11 775 3098)(Reuters Messaging: xola.potelwa.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2012. All rights reserved. The copying ...

Fiery Khayelitsha pastor Xola Skonsana claimed that he had "escaped imprisonment by the skin of my teeth, saved by the clerical shirt and the religious look ... they sprayed some blue substance on our clothes, I'm tempted to say that's DA Blood."

The ratings agency said the country's external finances, though still better than its peers, were deteriorating and a failure to accelerate growth would weaken the country's credit fundamentals. (Reporting by Xola Potelwa; Editing by Susan Fenton)

South Africa is a net importer of oil and adjusts its fuel price each month to account for changes in the dollar/rand exchange rate, the international oil price and government levies. ($1 = 7.7888 South African rand) (Reporting by Xola Potelwa)

The yield on the 2015 bond fell as much as 19 basis points to a two-month low of 6.47 percent while that for the 2026 bond was down 15.5 basis points at 8.22 percent. (Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa and Xola Potelwa)

The yield on the 2015 bond ended at 6.465 percent, down from 6.65 percent on Wednesday while the longer 2026 issue ended at 8.215, down from 8.36 percent previously. (Reporting by Xola Potelwa; Editing by Susan Fenton)