{"id":799713,"date":"2024-11-14T08:06:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T06:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=799713"},"modified":"2024-11-15T07:05:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T05:05:08","slug":"strike-warning-for-south-africa-and-tensions-rise-over-sabc-bill-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/5-things\/799713\/strike-warning-for-south-africa-and-tensions-rise-over-sabc-bill-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike warning for South Africa, and tensions rise over SABC bill withdrawal"},"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>Strike warning:<\/strong> South Africa&#8217;s metal workers&#8217; union said it will go on strike at ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd on Thursday to protest job cuts that have impacted 107 workers. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) said in a statement that it would pick up the company&#8217;s Vanderbijlpark head office south of Johannesburg on Thursday. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/fin24\/companies\/union-says-arcelormittal-strike-to-start-on-thursday-picket-planned-for-vanderbijlpark-20241113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">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>SABC Bill issue:<\/strong>\u00a0Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, publicly criticised Solly Malatsi for withdrawing the SABC bill, claiming it breaches protocol. This disagreement signals another potential conflict between the ANC and DA within the Government of National Unity (GNU), namely the ANC and the DA. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesslive.co.za\/bd\/national\/2024-11-13-withdrawal-of-sabc-bill-unlawful-says-ntshavheni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BusinessDay<\/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>National Disaster<\/strong>: South Africa has declared a national disaster following severe floods and storms that caused extensive damage across several provinces. This declaration enables the government to allocate emergency funds for relief efforts and reconstruction. [<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/799695\/south-africa-declares-national-disaster\/\">BusinessTech<\/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>Private university uncertainty<\/strong>: Educor Holdings staff and students remain uncertain about whether they can complete the academic year, even after Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane provisionally reinstated its registration in August. This is after then higher education minister Blade Nzimande in March said the registration of Educor institutions \u2014 City Varsity, Damelin, Icesa, City Campus and Lyceum College \u2014 had been cancelled on 26 July 2023. [<a href=\"https:\/\/mg.co.za\/education\/2024-11-13-staff-and-students-at-beleaguered-educor-institutions-still-in-the-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mail&amp;Guardian<\/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;South Africa&#8217;s rand staged a recovery on Wednesday after three days of heavy losses as markets fretted over what U.S. President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s policies could mean for trade relations, while U.S. inflation rose as expected. On Wednesday (13 November), the rand was trading at R18.28 to the dollar, R23.19 to the pound, and R19.28 to the euro. Oil is trading at $71.89 a barrel. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/currencies\/south-african-rand-firms-after-big-fall-trump-victory-2024-11-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are 5 important things happening in and affecting South Africa today (13 November 2024).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":787661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[853],"class_list":["post-799713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799713","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=799713"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799847,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799713\/revisions\/799847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}