{"id":267363,"date":"2018-08-27T08:06:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T06:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=267363"},"modified":"2018-08-27T08:06:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T06:06:15","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-375","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/267363\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-375\/","title":{"rendered":"5 important things happening in South Africa today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what is happening in and affecting South Africa today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa&#8217;s banks are either downplaying or being coy around the risks they face with government&#8217;s push for land expropriation without compensation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/business-report\/economy\/banks-downplay-risk-of-land-grabs-16755360\">While the likes of Absa say that its agricultural land books are growing, other banks like Standard Bank and FNB say they&#8217;re keeping a close eye on developments.<\/a><\/strong> [IOL]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Following a few new bombshells being dropped by former deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas at the state capture inquiry, former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor will be next to testify. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.co.za\/2018\/08\/27\/state-capture-vytjie-mentor-expected-to-detail-gupta-meeting\">Mentor previously claimed that she too was offered a position as a minister by the Gupta family, in exchange for an Indian air route<\/a><\/strong>. [EWN]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The ANC is calling for fresh elections in the two Gauteng metros they lost in 2016. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/article\/2018-08-26-anc-wants-fresh-elections-for-johannesburg-and-tshwane-metros\">The ruling party is confident that Tshwane mayor Solly Msimanga will be ousted in an EFF-sponsored vote of no confidence, over allegations of corruption.<\/a><\/strong> The DA has shrugged it off, calling it politicking. [Mail &amp; Guardian]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa&#8217;s local agriculture industry, including farmers and organisations representing the industry, are still reacting to US president Donald Trump&#8217;s bid to get involved in the country&#8217;s land reform. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/trump-must-really-take-his-long-hair-and-leave-our-people-the-hell-alone-sa-farmers-reject-land-reform-tweet-20180826\">Farmers are telling the president to back off, while groups are stressing that South Africa is not heading for a Zimbabwe situation.<\/a><\/strong> [News24]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa\u2019s rand firmed on Friday as the dollar fell, regaining poise after a sharp dip in the previous session after US President Donald Trump\u2019s tweet about land reform. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=1&amp;From=USD&amp;To=ZAR\">On Monday the rand was trading at R14.28 to the dollar, R18.35 to the pound and R16.59 to the euro.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA banks react to government&#8217;s land reform plans; former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor is next to appear before the state capture commission; the ANC is pushing to topple the DA in Johannesburg and Tshwane; and farmers and farming groups tell Trump to get lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":120283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872,23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-267363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267363","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=267363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267383,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267363\/revisions\/267383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}