{"id":267669,"date":"2018-08-28T08:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=267669"},"modified":"2018-08-28T08:01:33","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T06:01:33","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-376","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/267669\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-376\/","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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/business-report\/international\/fuel-levy-could-be-gone-in-10-years-logistics-expert-16764404\">South Africa&#8217;s fuel levy could be a thing of history in the next decade, according to an expert, who believes that it could be replaced by a kilometre-based road user charge system<\/a><\/strong> using an on-board GPS. The advent of electric vehicles would necessitate a move away from levies attached to the fuel price. [Business Report]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/news\/multichoice-announce-afro-worldview-replacement\">Multichoice is expected announce the replacement for Afro Worldview (formerly Gupta-run ANN7) today<\/a><\/strong>. The winning bidder is a black-owned news channel. Afro Worldview&#8217;s contract with Multichoice ended on 20 August, with the media group opting to not renew. [eNCA]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/politics\/athol-trollip-out-now-for-solly-msimanga-says-eff-16772467\">The DA and EFF coalition has unraveled, with Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip being ousted on Monday &#8211; and DA mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, next in line<\/a><\/strong>. The DA managed to take over key metros in 2016 thanks to a shaky coalition with the EFF. [IOL]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Testimony from former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor to the state capture commission has revealed that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2018-08-27-how-vytjie-mentor-resisted-the-gupta-charm\/\">the Guptas were purportedly lined up to be the main supplier for South Africa&#8217;s shelved nuclear energy programme, which would have scored the family billions.<\/a> <\/strong>It was announced on Monday that the nuclear plans are now on ice. [Daily Maverick]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa\u2019s rand firmed by 1% against to the dollar after the greenback weakened for a second straight session, while stocks firmed across the board tracking the stronger rand. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=1&amp;From=USD&amp;To=ZAR\">On Tuesday, the rand was trading at R14.22 to the dollar, R18.29 to the pound and R16.59 to the dollar.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One expert believes SA will move away from the fuel levy over the next decade; Multichoice is expected to announce its new black-owned news channel today; and the DA&#8217;s coalition with the EFF is unravelling as it loses Nelson Mandela Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":124983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872,23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-267669","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\/267669","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=267669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267679,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267669\/revisions\/267679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}