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Eight-year driving licences on the table:<\/strong> Transport Minister Barbara Creecy said the department had conducted a study on validity periods and that extending the validity period for ordinary citizens to eight years is the right move. However, motorists operating buses, taxis, or heavy vehicles, such as trucks, will be required to renew their licences every two years. [MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n International airlines consider cancelling Cape Town<\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0International airlines are contemplating cancelling flights to Cape Town due to a month-long inability of jet-fuel suppliers to access a fuel terminal at the port. Suppliers are unable to provide fuel to Cape Town International Airport due to a “confidential matter” with the South African Revenue Service. Airlines have criticised contingency plans to refuel at OR Tambo International Airport, deeming them costly. [News24<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n First Walmart store launching date:<\/strong> US retail giant Walmart has announced that it will be opening its first branded store in South Africa this week, on Saturday, 22 November. The first Walmart store to open will be at Clearwater Mall in Roodepoort. [BusinessTech<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good news for interest rates:<\/strong> The Reserve Bank\u2019s monetary policy committee (MPC) will deliver its final interest rate decision for the year on Thursday, and there is growing speculation among economists that it will likely cut rates by 25 basis points (bps). [Business Day<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Above inflation wage deal for automotor workers:<\/strong> The Automobile Manufacturers Employers Organisation (Ameo) and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) have reached a wage agreement after nine negotiation rounds. The three-year deal includes a 7% wage increase in the first year, retroactive to 1 July 2025, and 5.5% increases in the second and third years. [Engineering News<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 5 important things happening in South Africa today, Tuesday, 18 November 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":819750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-843546","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\/843546","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=843546"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843551,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843546\/revisions\/843551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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