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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTrump’s warning about South Africa: <\/strong>US President Donald Trump warned countries about his claims of a \u201cwhite genocide\u201d in South Africa during the Davos conference, diverting attention from the country\u2019s investment initiative. His comments came as South African ministers presented a vision for a more integrated and prosperous nation to potential investors. [Business Day<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n FlySafair halts flights:<\/strong> Following weeks of devastating rains in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and the northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal, FlySafair has made the call to halt its Hoedspruit flights, as other airlines return to the airfield. Disruptive rains and flooding throughout Limpopo and Mpumalanga, which have since been classified as a natural disaster, have swept away houses, cost lives, and halted operations at the Kruger National Park. [TopAuto<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr Price’s R10 billion headache:<\/strong>\u00a0Benguela Global Fund Managers opposes Mr Price’s acquisition of European retailer NKD, arguing that it is overpaying for an underperforming asset. Benguela seeks the JSE to reconsider its rejection of their request for shareholder approval. [News24<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n More bad news for DStv:<\/strong> DStv is running a promotion through which customers buying new decoders can receive significant discounts. However, the company has quietly increased its promotional prices. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Massive pay bump for Secretary to Parliament:<\/strong> Corruption Watch has raised concerns about the Secretary to Parliament\u2019s salary, which increased from R2.5 million to R6.1 million in three years. The organisation\u2019s aims are to ensure that the custodians of public resources act responsibly to advance the public\u2019s interests. [Newsday<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Thursday, 22 January 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":830784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-848514","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\/848514","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=848514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855799,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848514\/revisions\/855799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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