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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nPost Office still has monopoly on parcels under 1kg: <\/strong>The South African Post Office’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) assert that its exclusivity over parcel deliveries under 1kg is still in effect. This comes despite Communications Minister Solly Malatsi ending the Post Office’s monopoly in December 2025. The BRPs stated that the directive needs ratification from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) before it can take effect. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n SAPS in deep trouble:<\/strong>\u00a049,000 unlawful arrest and detention claims have exposed the SAPS to R56.7 billion in contingent liabilities, highlighting systemic rights violations and posing a significant fiscal risk. [Business Day<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n SA exporters urged to prepare for the worst:<\/strong> The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is likely to be renewed, but there are concerns about South Africa’s continued eligibility and the future of the trade deal beyond the three-year extension. [News24<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rules for charter flights into South Africa: <\/strong>A new notice under the Civil Aviation Act mandates stricter compliance for aircraft operators transporting 20 or more passengers to South Africa. Among the rule changes, starting December 11, operators of unscheduled services must submit passenger and crew manifests to immigration authorities at least 72 hours before departure. [TimesLive<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n US tariff threat:<\/strong> The United States has issued a new tariff threat to countries that do business with Iran, which could have serious consequences for South Africa. US President Donald Trump announced on Monday (12 January) that any country doing business with Iran will be subject to a 25% tariff rate on all transactions with the United States. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Wednesday, 14 January 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":847826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-847823","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\/847823","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=847823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855806,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847823\/revisions\/855806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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