{"id":788522,"date":"2024-08-28T07:54:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T05:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=788522"},"modified":"2024-08-28T07:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T05:54:19","slug":"transnet-rail-privatisation-delayed-and-two-more-mayors-booted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/5-things\/788522\/transnet-rail-privatisation-delayed-and-two-more-mayors-booted\/","title":{"rendered":"Transnet rail privatisation delayed and two more mayors booted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here\u2019s what is happening in and affecting South Africa today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Transnet to rework private sector participation:<\/strong>\u00a0 Transnet has delayed privatising the Ngqura container terminals and the Johannesburg-Durban container corridor after feedback indicated the tender terms were too tough and costly for private sector involvement. CEO Michelle Phillips mentioned plans to reevaluate the investment and operation strategy for these areas. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/2024-08-28-transnet-to-rework-private-sector-participation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Business Day<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Two more North West mayors recalled:<\/strong> The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West has recently recalled two more Mayors from Kagisano-Molopo and Naledi Municipalities, following earlier recalls in three other municipalities in the province due to dissatisfaction with the poor delivery of basic services by these municipalities.&nbsp;[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sabcnews.com\/sabcnews\/north-west-anc-recalls-two-more-mayors\/\">SABC<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nearly 20% of victims say police never arrived at scenes:<\/strong> A new report from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) revealed that 19.5% of crime victims reported the police failed to respond or arrive at the scene upon being called. The findings are based on a survey of 30,000 households, assessing public perceptions of safety and crime experiences. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/southafrica\/news\/stats-sa-report-nearly-20-of-victims-say-police-never-arrive-at-crime-scenes-20240828\">News24<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Repair of Lilian Ngoyi Street delayed yet again:<\/strong> The reconstruction of Lilian Ngoyi Street in Johannesburg, initially damaged by a gas leak explosion in July 2023, is now postponed to 2026 due to delays. The project, affecting the road formerly known as Bree Street, started in January 2024 but has faced setbacks. The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is in the process of selecting a new contractor. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.co.za\/news\/jra-lilian-ngoyi-street-repairs-delayed\/\">The Citizen<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Markets:<\/strong>&nbsp;The rand was broadly steady on Tuesday, ahead of several local data releases later this week. On Wednesday (28 August), the rand was trading at R17.75 to the dollar, R23.47 to the pound, and R19.88 to the euro. Oil is trading at $79.57 a barrel. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/south-african-rand-stable-ahead-data-filled-second-half-week-2024-08-27\/\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 5 important things happening in South Africa today (28 August 2024).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":783321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993],"class_list":["post-788522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things","tag-5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788522","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=788522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788543,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788522\/revisions\/788543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}