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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBad news for electricity users in Joburg: <\/strong>City Power has stated that households and businesses are responsible for the service cables connecting their properties to the power utility’s infrastructure. In an interview with Newzroom Afrika, spokesperson Isaac Mangena highlighted that if these cables are damaged or stolen, consumers must pay for their replacement. He noted that City Power incurs losses from these replacements, which, according to Johannesburg bylaws, should not be its responsibility. Mangena affirmed, \u201cThe consumer will be responsible for the installation and reinstatement if that cable is stolen.\u201d [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spur sells its share in prominent Greek restaurant:<\/strong>\u00a0Spur will be selling its stake of just over 62% in the restaurant chain Nikos back to the Triandafillou family. Spur will now focus its speciality restaurant category on food areas where it has strong expertise. [News24<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spar loses R4 billion in market value<\/strong>: The Spar Group, the second-largest grocery retailer in the country by turnover, has faced a challenging week, with its market value dropping by nearly 25% since last Friday. Shares are now trading at their lowest level in 16 years. [Moneyweb<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beef and pork price surge:<\/strong>\u00a0South Africans are going to face higher prices for beef and pork due to disruptions to the meat value chain caused by foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). [BusinessDay<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n 35,000 SASSA grants terminated:\u00a0<\/strong>The government is enhancing its fight against fraud at the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) by upgrading its biometric and income verification systems. Nearly 35,000 grants identified as incorrect or fraudulent have been terminated. [ENCA<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Friday, 27 February 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":800455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[16632,7376,10435],"class_list":["post-852412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things","tag-5-things","tag-city-power","tag-spur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852412","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=852412"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855776,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852412\/revisions\/855776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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