{"id":245137,"date":"2018-05-17T07:53:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T05:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=245137"},"modified":"2020-11-11T16:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T14:24:49","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-304","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/245137\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-304\/","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.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2018-05-17-ramaphosa-moves-to-tame-structure-and-size-of-public-service-likely-a-first-step-towards-super-presidency\/#.Wv0U16SFOUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The second reorganisation of government in less than five years is under way &#8211; and it could be far-reaching.<\/a><\/strong> This includes the possibility of a &#8216;super-presidency&#8217; as president Ramaphosa begins to consolidate his bloated executive. [Daily Maverick]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/health\/2018-05-17-exclusive-major-shake-up-of-medical-aid-industry-a-step-closer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is planning a major shake-up of the medical-scheme industry, with new rules on benefits, prices and governance.\u00a0<\/a> <\/strong>The most crucial aspect of the new bill is a proposal to introduce uniform tariffs for services and prohibit co-payments, potentially heralding a sea of change for industry players and consumers alike.\u00a0[Business Live]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatchlive.co.za\/news\/2018\/05\/16\/zuma-misses-his-prosecution-challenge-deadline-as-eff-goes-after-his-lawyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Former president Jacob Zuma has missed\u00a0his own deadline to challenge the decision that he face prosecution.<\/a> <\/strong>In addition,\u00a0the EFF are targeting his lawyers &#8211; by demanding attorney Michael Hulley be ordered to pay back millions in taxpayers\u2019 money already spent on Zuma\u2019s legal fees. [TimesLive]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/gupta-saga-masutha-uae-ambassador-working-on-extradition-agreement-20180516\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Department of Justice and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are currently working on a bilateral extradition and mutual legal assistance agreement.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>The aim of the agreement is to bring Ajay Gupta back to the country as he is currently wanted by the Hawks regarding the failed Free State dairy farm project in Vrede.\u00a0[News24]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa&#8217;s rand firmed more than 1% on Wednesday in a broad emerging market rally, driven largely by a recovery in the Turkish lira after the country&#8217;s central bank said it would take action to stem a selloff in the currency. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=1&amp;From=USD&amp;To=ZAR\">On Thursday the rand was trading at R12.43 to the dollar, R16.84 to the pound and R14.69 to the euro.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramaphosa takes steps towards a &#8216;super-presidency&#8217;; major shake-up coming for South African medical aids; Jacob Zuma misses deadline to challenge his prosecution; and SA is working on an extradition treaty to bring Ajay Gupta back to the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":217095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-245137","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\/245137","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=245137"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447788,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245137\/revisions\/447788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}