{"id":271141,"date":"2018-09-13T08:05:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T06:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=271141"},"modified":"2018-09-13T08:05:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T06:05:42","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-388","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/271141\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-388\/","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.moneyweb.co.za\/mymoney\/moneyweb-tax\/panic-uncertainty-about-expat-tax\/\">There is panic among expats over new proposed offshore tax laws, which will see all South Africans who are overseas &#8211; even those who are out of the country for over 183 days &#8211; be subject to the full tax schedule of South Africa<\/a><\/strong>. Government has softened its stance and had changed the proposed laws so the first R1 million earned is not taxed. [Moneyweb]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/article\/2018-09-13-00-zondo-to-decide-on-gupta-duduzane-zuma-applications-to-cross-examine\">Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo will make a ruling today on whether those incriminated in testimony in the state capture commission will be able to cross-examine witnesses<\/a><\/strong>, and which conditions may or may not be placed on that. He will also decide whether the Guptas will be allowed to do so via video link from Fubai. [Mail &amp; Guardian]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.co.za\/2018\/09\/13\/zuma-we-should-nationalise-land-banks-and-mines\">Former president Jacob Zuma has told students at Walter Sisulu University in the Eastern Cape that the government should nationalise the land, the mines and the banks<\/a><\/strong>. He also said that there is no such thing as state capture, just individuals doing things for other individuals. [EWN]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/trollips-removal-as-nelson-mandela-bay-mayor-heads-to-court-20180913\">The ousting of DA mayor Athol Trollip in Nelson Mandela Bay is heading to court, with the ACDP and COPE seeking that the decision be reviewed<\/a><\/strong>. Trollip was ousted in a motion of no confidence that was held when none of the DA&#8217;s coalition partners were present in council. [News24]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa\u2019s rand firmed on Wednesday as stronger retail sales data dimmed the spotlight on economic growth concerns, while stocks followed global equities down. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=1&amp;From=USD&amp;To=ZAR\">On Thursday the rand was at R14.94 to the dollar, R19.48 to the pound and R17.36 to the euro.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expats are panicking over new proposed offshore earnings tax laws; The Zondo Commission will decide if those implicated in state capture testimony can cross-examine witnesses today; former president Jacob Zuma says state capture isn&#8217;t a real thing &#8211; and that the lands, banks and mines should all be nationalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":224456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11121,23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-271141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","category-government","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271141","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=271141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271143,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271141\/revisions\/271143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}