{"id":108983,"date":"2016-01-14T17:13:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T15:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=108983"},"modified":"2016-01-14T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T15:13:09","slug":"5-things-happening-in-south-africa-you-need-to-know-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/108983\/5-things-happening-in-south-africa-you-need-to-know-about\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things happening in South Africa you need to know about"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need to catch up on the biggest news stories of the day? Here\u2019s the BusinessTech wrap:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/108979\/when-you-can-register-for-municipal-elections\/\">The Independent Electoral Committee (IEC) has announced when South Africans can register to vote for the 2016 Municipal Elections<\/a><\/strong> which are expected to take place around the middle of the year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Economist Dawie Roodt has laid out the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/108903\/how-to-fix-south-africas-economy-fire-zuma\/\">five biggest factors currently beating down the South African economy<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; adding that getting rid of President Jacob Zuma would be a good start to fixing things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/108921\/10-things-you-should-know-about-new-tax-laws-in-south-africa\/\">President Zuma has signed two new controversial tax amendments into law<\/a><\/strong>, which will impact providence funds and retirement schemes &#8211; be sure to check out how you may be affected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>With school leavers flocking to universities across South Africa to further their education, data from PayScale shows<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/108851\/the-best-degrees-in-south-africa-if-you-want-to-make-the-most-money\/\">which degrees have the most earning potential when they graduate<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The South African Weather Service has released data showing that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/108943\/south-africa-recorded-the-driest-year-in-over-a-century\/\">the country has experienced its driest year in over a century<\/a><\/strong>. This as the country continues to be pummeled by ongoing drought conditions across the land.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In case you missed it &#8211; here&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/108609\/here-are-your-banking-fees-for-2016\/\">what South Africa&#8217;s banks will be charging you for transactions in 2016<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need to catch up on the biggest news stories of the day? Here\u2019s the BusinessTech wrap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":96059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9982,10979,26,10981],"class_list":["post-108983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending","tag-businesstech","tag-businesstech-wrap","tag-headline","tag-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108985,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108983\/revisions\/108985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}