{"id":282111,"date":"2018-11-06T08:25:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T06:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=282111"},"modified":"2018-11-06T08:25:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T06:25:21","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-425","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/282111\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-425\/","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.enca.com\/news\/gigaba-be-grilled-fireblade-aviation\">Embattled home affairs minister Malusi Gigaba will appear in parliament today to explain the Oppenheimer Fireblade saga &#8211; in which he lied under oath in court.<\/a><\/strong> Various parties have called for Gigaba to resign for violating his oath of office, but the minister refuses, saying he is ready for war. [eNCA]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/2018-11-06-pravin-gordhan-backs-saas-survival-under-the-right-conditions\/\">Public Enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has delivered somewhat of an ultimatum to SAA, saying that the group needs to step up or die.<\/a><\/strong> Gordhan does not agree with finance minister Tito Mboweni that the airline should be shut down or sold. [Business Day]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.co.za\/2018\/11\/06\/consumers-will-still-feel-pressure-economists-say-over-fuel-prices\">Despite there being no petrol price increase this month, economists believe that it does nothing to abate pressures on SA households<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; particularly because diesel is still going up. Instead of a petrol price cut, government has decided to claw back money through a 22 cents per litre slate levy. [EWN]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.702.co.za\/articles\/325811\/estate-agents-are-furious-terrified-about-fnb-app-that-totally-cuts-them-and-their-commission-out\">Estate agents are furious at FNB&#8217;s new property selling platform, which effectively cuts them out of the process, saving buyers and sellers on commission.<\/a> <\/strong>Some agents have called on others to close their FNB accounts, while others say it is a wake-up call and an indication that business models need to change. [702]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa\u2019s rand firmed in late afternoon trade on Monday, recovering from losses earlier in the session, as a dollar rally paused with investors taking profits before US midterm elections that may fuel a bout of volatility for global markets. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=1&amp;From=USD&amp;To=ZAR\">On Tuesday the rand was at R14.19 to the dollar, R18.51 to the pound and R16.18 to the euro.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gigaba will be in parliament today, answering for the Fireblade saga; Gordhan says SAA shouldn&#8217;t be shut down, but warned the group that it&#8217;s on its last leg; a zero-cent petrol price increase does little to help consumers, economists say; and estate agents are really angry about FNB&#8217;s new property selling platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":52621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872,23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-282111","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\/282111","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=282111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282133,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282111\/revisions\/282133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}