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US threatens South Africa:<\/strong>\u00a0The US has accused South Africa of intimidating and detaining US officials following the deportation of Kenyan nationals found working at a refugee processing centre for the Americans. The US noted it will not tolerate such behaviour toward its government\u2019s officials, and said failure by South Africa to hold to account those responsible will result in \u201csevere consequences\u201d. However, Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber said no US officials were arrested in the process, the law enforcement operation was not conducted at a diplomatic site, and no members of the public were harassed. [TimesLive<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bad start for people with DStv:<\/strong> MultiChoice faces challenges as DStv customers in South Africa will start 2026 with fewer channels at the same prices. Ironically, Canal+ promised more content and better services upon the buyout. However, subscribers may end up paying more for less content next year. Durban municipality under fire:<\/strong>\u00a0The KwaZulu-Natal High Court has issued a scathing judgment against the eThekwini Municipality, accusing the city of endangering public health by reopening beaches with dangerously high E. coli levels without provincial approval. [EWN<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Major company to delist from JSE:\u00a0<\/strong>Renergen, a helium and natural gas producer, will be delisted from the JSE on January 12, following regulatory approval of its takeover by US-based ASP Isotopes. The compliance certificate from the takeover regulation panel allows the scheme of arrangement to proceed. Renergen’s shares will also be removed from the A2X and the Australian Securities Exchange. [Business Day<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collapse of South Africa’s navy:\u00a0<\/strong>Bringing South Africa\u2019s naval frigates and submarines back into operation could cost the Department of Defence up to R8.5 billion. However, with only 0.7% of the GDP allocated to the defence budget, the Navy is unlikely to receive the necessary funding anytime soon. [Newsday<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 5 important things happening in South Africa today, Friday, 19 December 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":846645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-846641","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\/846641","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=846641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846646,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846641\/revisions\/846646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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