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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nGoodbye Hilton Durban hotel:<\/strong> Global hotel group Hilton has severed its relationship with the owners of the prominent Hilton Durban hotel, which is located next to the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre (Durban ICC) in the city. [Moneyweb<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Post office in Business Rescue:<\/strong> The South African Post Office’s business rescue plan is in jeopardy due to the lack of a promised R3.8 billion government bailout. Business Rescue Practitioners Anoosh Rooplal and Juanito Damons are considering exiting business rescue and returning the company to the government, with a new board, amid ongoing financial struggles. [Newsday<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n DSTV owner faces massive cuts: <\/strong>France’s Canal+ Group plans to reduce costs by over R7.5 billion (\u20ac400 million) annually from its newly acquired MultiChoice unit by FY30 (early 2030). [News24<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bidvest<\/strong> Bank deal collapses: <\/strong>Access Bank, one of Nigeria\u2019s leading banks, has seen its attempt to acquire Bidvest Bank fall through, hindering its expansion ambitions in South Africa, where it currently has a small market presence. Following the unsuccessful deal, Bidvest Group announced on Monday that it has restarted negotiations regarding the sale of Bidvest Bank. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n New electric cars entering South Africa:<\/strong> Chery Group’s subbrand, iCaur, is set to introduce its first two models in South Africa in May 2026, with anticipated starting prices around R550,000. The name iCar was first used by Chery in 2007 for a petrol pickup truck, and it later represented the brand’s digital ecosystem and network for selling new energy vehicles. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Tuesday, 10 February 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":204314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-850384","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\/850384","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\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850384"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855790,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850384\/revisions\/855790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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