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Best news in 25 years on the cards:<\/strong>\u00a0The Treasury is hopeful that credit rating agencies will acknowledge South Africa’s improving public finances after Wednesday’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. A credit rating upgrade from S&P Global Ratings could be possible on Friday. South Africa has not received a credit ratings upgrade since 2000, 25 years ago. [Business Day<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ramaphosa appoints new minister:<\/strong>\u00a0Ramaphosa’s office said in a statement late on Wednesday that Willem Aucamp would be forestry, fisheries and environment minister, and Alexandra Abrahams one of two deputy trade, industry and competition ministers. [Reuters<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6,000 jobs on the chopping block:<\/strong>\u00a0Over 6,000 unlawfully-appointed Gauteng crime prevention wardens, initiated by Premier Panyaza Lesufi, face unemployment as the responsible retraining entity is bankrupt and unable to handle the task. [News24<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still no Starlink in South Africa:<\/strong>\u00a0Vodacom recently signed an agreement with Starlink to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband Internet to millions of businesses across Africa. However, Vodacom said it will not offer Starlink services in South Africa at this stage. [MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Major price hikes coming for key nature reserves:<\/strong>\u00a0Visitors to North West\u2019s nature reserves will face significant price increases starting 1 December 2025, with entrance fees for South African adults rising by up to 332%. At Madikwe Game Reserve, the fee will soar from R180 to R777, and most other reserves, including Pilanesberg, will see fees more than double. [Newsday<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 5 important things happening in South Africa today, Thursday, 13 November 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":813796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-843023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things","tag-5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today","tag-south-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843023","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\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843027,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843023\/revisions\/843027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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