{"id":648861,"date":"2022-12-05T08:13:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T06:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=648861"},"modified":"2022-12-05T08:13:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T06:13:35","slug":"5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-1422","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/648861\/5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today-1422\/","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<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ramaphosa to Concourt<\/strong>: Peter Harris, Cyril Ramaphosa\u2019s attorney, said that he and his team would file a review to the Constitutional Court regarding Phala Phala report. Although a date was not confirmed for when the review application would be filed, it may affect Parliament\u2019s planned Tuesday vote on whether the President should undergo an impeachment inquiry. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/southafrica\/news\/ramaphosa-to-challenge-section-89-report-in-concourt-says-lawyer-20221204\">News24<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Massive Eskom price hikes<\/strong>. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) is currently analysing a proposed cost-reflective electricity tariff model for Eskom. The power utility&#8217;s latest application for a 38% price increase is based on the old model, which the courts have ruled to be flawed. The regulator said the new model could improve price stability and assist with the nation\u2019s current power generation woes, however, its implementation is still years out. (<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/472529-big-eskom-price-hikes-on-the-cards.html\">MyBroadband<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ambulance crisis:<\/strong> South Africa&#8217;s provinces have half the ambulances they actually need, health minister Joe Phaahla has admitted. The government aims for a ratio of one ambulance per 10,000 people on average, but due to staff shortages, provincial health departments are operating only 49% of the 6,824 ambulances needed to meet this target. The North West is in the worst position, the data shows. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/health\/2022-12-05-provinces-have-half-the-ambulances-they-need-minister-admits\/\">BusinessLive<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t ban pit bulls<\/strong>: The National Council of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) has urged for greater regulation and laws to be introduced for the ownership of pit bulls but will not support an outright ban on the animals. Although the organisation has admitted that it is under strain due to numerous pit bull owners surrendering their animals, they remain committed to protecting these animals. This comes after another victim, a 39-year-old man in the North West province, was mauled to death by a pit bull over the weekend. (<a href=\"https:\/\/ewn.co.za\/2022\/12\/04\/stronger-laws-not-blanket-bank-nspca-on-pit-bull-ownership\">EWN<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Markets<\/strong>: South African markets were rocked by the section 89 panel&#8217;s findings last week, sending the rand into a tailspin. While the local unit recovered some of its losses by the close of the week, it remains on the back foot as political uncertainty persists &#8211; but supported by news that the president is staying put and fighting on. On Monday, the rand was trading at R17.28 to the dollar, R18.29 to the euro and R21.32 to the pound. Brent crude is trading at $86 a barrel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Rampahosa\u2019s lawyers are planning to take the Phala Phala report to the Constitutional Court; Nersa currently reviewing a planned Eskom price increase; South Africa&#8217;s provinces have a deep ambulance shortage; NSPCA urges for greater regulation for pit bulls &#8211; but not an outright ban. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":648867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872,23],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-648861","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\/648861","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=648861"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":648869,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648861\/revisions\/648869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}