{"id":311552,"date":"2019-04-16T07:03:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T05:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=311552"},"modified":"2019-04-16T07:03:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T05:03:35","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-535","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/311552\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-535\/","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.timeslive.co.za\/news\/south-africa\/2019-04-15-its-a-crisis-says-helen-zille-about-sas-electricity-situation\/\">South Africa&#8217;s electricity crisis is anything but under control, delegates at a power summit heard this week<\/a><\/strong>, with advisors to Western Cape premier Helen Zille saying that Eskom is beyond saving. The summit is being held to get a grasp on the ongoing power crisis, including the effects of load shedding. [Times Live]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>An investigation into the relationship between SARS and the Guptas has <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/gupta-millions-disciplinary-hearing-mooted-for-suspended-sars-legal-head-over-gupta-vat-refund-law-firm-20190416\">recommended that the revenue service&#8217;s suspended head of legal face disciplinary action and formal charges be laid against her<\/a><\/strong>. The legal head is accused of signing off on VAT refunds to the Guptas, contrary to recommendations. [News24]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.co.za\/2019\/04\/16\/mashaba-ramaphosa-makhura-using-alex-unrest-for-own-political-agenda\">Electioneering by Joburg mayor Herman Mashaba in Alexandra has been met with a cold reception and criticism from residents,<\/a><\/strong> who booed at him as he tried to address crowds in the township. Mashaba accused president Cyril Ramaphosa of lying to residents in promising to deliver 1 million houses. [EWN]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bids for large portions of the Maboneng precinct in Johannesburg <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/investing\/sold-trendy-maboneng-designer-buildings\/\">raised just short of R110 million at auction<\/a><\/strong>, with the highest bid coming in at R32 million. The properties went under the hammer in the wake of developer, Propertuity, being liquidated. [Moneyweb]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Africa\u2019s rand and stocks were slightly weaker at the start of a shortened week on Monday tracking a downbeat tone in major overseas markets while some investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of next month\u2019s elections. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xe.com\/currencyconverter\/convert\/?Amount=1&amp;From=USD&amp;To=ZAR\">On Tuesday the rand was at R14.07 to the dollar, R18.41 to the pound and R15.90 to the euro.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SA&#8217;s electricity crisis is anything but under control &#8211; and Eskom is unsalvageable, says ZIlle; SARS legal head that signed off Gupta VAT refunds should be charged, law firm recommends; Alex residents give Mashaba the cold shoulder; and the Maboneng auction drew over R100 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":72374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872,23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-311552","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\/311552","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=311552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311560,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311552\/revisions\/311560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}