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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWarning about new SARS commissioner:<\/strong> Experts and political parties have warned that the new SARS commissioner must be chosen from within the organisation, or else the progress made by SARS could be jeopardised. Kieswetter, who regained SARS\u2019s credibility and public trust following years of state capture, will step down in April 2026. He was appointed in 2019. [Newsday<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eskom upsets business leaders: <\/strong>South Africa\u2019s business leaders have warned that Eskom’s revised unbundling plans jeopardise billions in national grid investments. The leaders have pressured Ramaphosa to weigh business concerns against supporting his electricity minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who approved the controversial strategy in December. [TimesLive<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Africa’s biggest airline up for sale: <\/strong>South African private equity firm Harith General Partners is set to acquire budget airline FlySafair as it expands its transport investments across the continent with its $3 billion assets. The transaction, involving the country\u2019s largest airline, is nearing completion and awaiting approval from regulators, including antitrust agencies and two licensing authorities, according to Harith Chairman Tshepo Mahloele. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Management changes at Nedbank:<\/strong> Mr Peter Wharton-Hood has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director, starting from 3 March 2026. He will also join the Nedbank Group Credit Committee and the Large-exposure Approval Committee from the same date. [DailyInvestor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joburg CEO in hot water: <\/strong>Themba Mathibe, CEO of Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSCHO), allegedly paid R1 million to a subcontractor for a wall that was never built. Police confirmed that during his arrest at his Sandton-area home, he was found with a large sum of cash. Mathibe appeared in Alexandra Magistrates Court in January and is presently free on R50,000 bail. [EWN<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Wednesday, 11 February 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":757379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-850551","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\/850551","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=850551"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":850562,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850551\/revisions\/850562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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