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Bad news for people wishing to go away for Easter:\u00a0<\/strong>South Africans planning to travel long distances during the upcoming Easter Weekend should be prepared to spend significantly more on some of the country’s most popular routes.\u00a0Given the concerning fuel price outlook for next month, motorists planning to travel long distances over the weekend should fill up their tanks by Tuesday, March 31, 2026. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n PSA calls out Dawie Rood<\/strong>t: Renowned economist Dawie Roodt delivered a sharp critique of public servants in the country, describing them as a parasitic force that is bankrupting the nation. Roodt argued that the average civil servant earns more than R50,000 per month, which he believes is significantly higher than the value they provide. The Public Servants Association of South Africa (PSA) slated Roodt\u2019s comments, calling them extremely concerning. It said Roodt\u2019s comments demonstrate a lack of understanding of the realities under which public servants perform their duties. [DailyInvestor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Internal sabotage declared in Pretoria: <\/strong>Sifiso Mdakane, the Director-General of Public Works, has raised concerns about incidents of sabotage reported at the department’s head office. He accused certain individuals of tampering with the electricity and water infrastructure, which has led to outages and disrupted operations at the CGO Building in Pretoria. [TimesLive<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interest rate freeze in South Africa:\u00a0<\/strong>Surging oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict are likely to push South African inflation higher and see policymakers keep interest rates unchanged for months, according to Morgan Stanley. [Moneyweb<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Floods blocking entry to<\/strong> the<\/strong> Kruger National Park:\u00a0<\/strong>Rising river levels are disrupting access to several camps in northern Kruger National Park, Limpopo, due to ongoing flooding from heavy rainfall. SANParks reports significant increases in the Shingwedzi and Luvuvhu river systems, with more rain expected this week. The area remains particularly vulnerable following heavy rains earlier in 2026 that saturated the river catchments. [EWN<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Tuesday, 17 March 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":792887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,16632],"class_list":["post-854099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things","tag-5-important-things-happening-in-south-africa-today","tag-5-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854099","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=854099"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":854109,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854099\/revisions\/854109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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