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Plot to oust Ramaphosa:<\/strong> The ANC’s national officials are investigating an alleged plot by internal factions to oust President Cyril Ramaphosa. During a recent national working committee meeting, Mondli Gungubele, identified as a key figure in the plot, called for the inquiry. Supporters like Eastern Cape chair Oscar Mabuyane and national chair Gwede Mantashe are reportedly backing Gungubele in his political struggle. [TimesLive<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eskom electricity price warning:<\/strong>\u00a0Glencore-Merafe will start issuing retrenchment notices immediately after failing to secure competitive tariffs from Eskom for electricity. Trade union Solidarity reported that nearly half of Glencore\u2019s 22 furnaces are shut down, putting 2,425 direct jobs and over 17,000 indirect jobs at risk if more furnaces close. [Moneyweb<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Major leadership change at Pick n Pay:<\/strong>\u00a0South Africa\u2019s Pick n Pay said on Monday its chief financial officer, Lerena Olivier, will step down after the retailer\u2019s annual general meeting next year, as the retailer battles mounting losses and fierce competition. The company has appointed Tina Rookledge, a former regional managing partner at EY Western Cape, to join in February 2026 and take over as CFO in August, following a structured handover period. [Daily Investor<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Potential R5 trillion gold mine for South Africa:<\/strong>\u00a0South Africa could unlock as much as R5 trillion in new investment for gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) and for its Just Energy Transition if it undertakes sweeping reforms to its financial system, according to a report drafted for the National Planning Commission (NPC).<\/span> [Business Day<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Massive Eskom wage demands:<\/strong> Labour unions representing the majority of Eskom\u2019s workforce have rejected the power utility\u2019s offer to increase their members\u2019 salaries by 3.5% and are demanding hikes of up to 15%.[MyBroadband<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 5 important things happening in South Africa today, Tuesday, 2 December 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":844227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-845189","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\/845189","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=845189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":845197,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845189\/revisions\/845197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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