{"id":214381,"date":"2017-12-04T07:37:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T05:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=214381"},"modified":"2017-12-04T07:37:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T05:37:33","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-199","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/214381\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-199\/","title":{"rendered":"5 important things happening in South Africa today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what is happening in and affecting South Africa today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/politics\/2017-12-04-race-for-the-anc-presidency-enters-critical-phase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The race to be the next ANC president is heating up between deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and MP Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Following the provincial general councils, and two weeks before the elections, the branch nominations have Ramaphosa on 1,278 votes and Dlamini-Zuma on 800.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ewn.co.za\/2017\/12\/04\/anc-gauteng-proposes-expansion-of-party-leadership\">The conference could also see a number of other changes made to the ANC, with the Gauteng branch calling for additional deputy president and deputy secretary general positions in the party.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0The Gauteng ANC\u2019s Nkenke Kekana said that these extra leadership positions\u00a0will strengthen Luthuli House and help to better monitor and implement ANC policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/economy\/2017-12-04-telkom-stake-part-sale-is-back-on-the-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The sale of a portion of the government\u2019s stake in Telkom is now back on the table says Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>While government had previously indicated that it intended to sell its 39% stake, valued at about R13 billion, it is now looking to cover only the cost of the recapitalisation of the South African Post Office, which received a transfer of R3.7 billion in October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/media24.newspaperdirect.com\/epaper\/externallogin.aspx?returnurl=%2fepaper%2fpageview.aspx%3fissue%3d30512017120200000000001001%26page%3d2%26articleid%3d6f4b8077-c796-454e-a2e8-f93ee0b61ab6%26articlekey%3dwFCkWQXzfBGn2Qenxd6w3Q%253d%253d%26previewmode%3d2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New police commissioner\u00a0Khehla Sitole has confirmed that he will move ahead with the relaunch of Operation Fiela to help combat crime. <\/a><\/strong>Other proposals mooted by the commissioner include the acknowledgement of specific &#8220;crime hotspots&#8221; and continuous lifestyle audits for all police officials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa&#8217;s rand firmed on Friday, ending the week up more than 3% against the dollar, as data signalled the domestic economy was on the mend.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=1&amp;From=EUR&amp;To=ZAR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Monday the rand was at R13.77 to the dollar, R18.55 to the pound, and R16.35 to the euro.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race for the next ANC president is heating up; the party is looking at introducing new leadership positions &#8211; including an extra deputy president; the sale of a portion of the government\u2019s stake in Telkom is now back on the table; and SA&#8217;s new police commissioner confirms he will be turning to the army to help fight crime. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":27589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-214381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214381","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=214381"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214403,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214381\/revisions\/214403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}