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Goodbye load shedding:<\/strong> Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramkgopa says South Africa\u2019s new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is designed to ensure the country\u2019s residents never experience load-shedding again. Ramokgopa said ensuring a stable power supply is critical to reviving the South African economy, which suffered during frequent electricity outages. The R2.2 trillion IRP 2025 envisages a power mix less reliant on coal, with increased contribution from wind, solar, gas and nuclear. [MyBroadband<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n ANC triples down on BEE:\u00a0<\/strong>President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC have hit back at the Democratic Alliance’s proposed laws to do away with race-based laws and replace them with non-race-based ones.<\/span> The ANC refuted claims that BEE only benefitted people connected to the party and said the DA was trying to take South Africa “back to apartheid”. Ramaphosa, meanwhile, said BEE is rooted in the Constitution and was unbothered by the proposals. [Newsday<\/strong><\/a>, EWN<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Social unrest warning:<\/strong> South Africa\u2019s law enforcement agencies, plagued by corruption and mismanagement, are increasingly unable to contain widespread organised crime and rising social instability. This may be exacerbated by the ANC\u2019s weakening grip on power, with its patronage networks fracturing as the party appears to be losing South Africans\u2019 support. Rising political instability is coupled with increased social discontent, as communities protest poor service delivery. [Daily Investor<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call for electricity price relief:<\/strong> Union federation Cosatu has called on the government for immediate electricity price relief to put an end to the job bloodbath happening in the country. The union wants to meet with its alliance partner, the ANC, to find a solution. Relentless electricity price increases have put immense pressure on industries, which Cosatu says is leading to thousands of jobs being lost as they shut down. This is outside the direct pressure the price hikes have on households, who are also suffering. [TimesLive<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schools not offering maths or science:<\/strong> Several hundred public schools in South Africa do not offer critical STEM subjects to matric learners, with 476 not offering mathematics, putting learners at a disadvantage for future studies and employment. Of the 6,933 public schools in South Africa, 482 (6.95%) don\u2019t offer Mathematics, 859 (12.39%) don\u2019t provide Physical Science, 2,622 (37.82%) don\u2019t offer Accounting, and 2,988 (43.1%) don\u2019t offer Economics. [Newsday<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are 5 important things happening in South Africa today, Tuesday, 21 October 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":840448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[23860,1165],"class_list":["post-840444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things","tag-anc-ramaphosa","tag-load-shedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840444","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=840444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840449,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840444\/revisions\/840449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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