{"id":278701,"date":"2018-10-22T08:13:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T06:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=278701"},"modified":"2018-10-22T08:13:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T06:13:10","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/278701\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-414\/","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.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/2018-10-22-auditor-general-kimi-makwetus-personnel-terrorised-at-municipalities\/\">The Auditor General and his team are coming under extreme pressure, with threats of violence being made against personnel in provinces where they work.<\/a><\/strong> Municipal officials are doing what they can to intimidate AG staff, and there has reportedly even been a hostage situation. [Business Day]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/news\/world\/statecaptureinquiry-i-want-to-clear-my-name-says-ajay-gupta-17580513\">Ajay Gupta has not ruled out appearing at the state capture commission, but says he will not do so right not &#8211; fearing &#8220;wrongful arrest&#8221;.<\/a> <\/strong>The Gupta family have been fingered as the core pillar of state capture in South Africa. However, Gupta says he wants to clear his name. [IOL]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/af.reuters.com\/article\/southAfricaNews\/idAFL8N1WZ5PH\">The case between MTN and the Nigerian authorities over a $8.1 billion payment the latter says is owed will be heard before the end of the month.<\/a> <\/strong>The Nigerian central bank has accused MTN of illegally moving billions of dollars out of the country. The hearing date is set for 30 October. [Reuters]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/business-report\/companies\/steinhoff-says-85-of-creditors-accept-restructuring-extension-17580235\">Embattled retail group Steinhoff has again asked creditors for an extension to start implementing its turnaround strategy.<\/a> <\/strong>The group wants time until 20 November to get its affairs in order. It says 85% of its creditors have agreed to the extension. [IOL]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa\u2019s rand firmed on Friday, tracking a broad rally in emerging markets, as investors awaited the new finance minister\u2019s medium-term budget speech and consumer price inflation numbers due this week. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=1&amp;From=USD&amp;To=ZAR\">On Monday, the rand was at R14.35 to the dollar, R18.76 to the pound and R16.53 to the euro.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Auditor General&#8217;s staff are being intimidated &#8211; sometimes violently &#8211; by municipalities; Ajay Gupta wants to &#8216;clear his name&#8217; &#8211; but not right now; MTN and Nigeria&#8217;s central bank will attend hearings this month; and Steinhoff asks creditors for more time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":118672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872,23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-278701","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\/278701","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=278701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278713,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278701\/revisions\/278713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}