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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMakro store cut off from electricity:<\/strong> Massmart is investigating the City of Tshwane’s decision to cut off power at its Wonderboom Makro store on March 30, 2026, due to an alleged outstanding bill of R1.8 million. This follows a Twitter\/X post by Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya, stating the city was disconnecting the Masstores property, including the Makro store, over these arrears. The disconnection is part of the Tshwane Ya Tima credit control campaign, which publicly names rate defaulters and disconnects their utilities. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Liqui Fruit ordered to drop its trademark:<\/strong>\u00a0Fruit juice brand Liqui Fruit has been ordered to drop its “Nothing But Fruit” trademark in a significant ruling. The final appeals committee of the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) upheld an earlier decision made by the board’s appeal committee. [News24<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fuel rationing hits Johannesburg:\u00a0<\/strong>Several petrol stations in Johannesburg have started rationing fuel, restricting motorists to a maximum of 30 litres per vehicle due to increasing concerns about supply constraints. [TimesLive<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fraud warning for banks: <\/strong>South Africans attempting to secure home loans using fake bank statements or payslips face serious consequences, including imprisonment and being blacklisted, as banks enhance their fraud detection capabilities. As document fraud increases, banks are tightening their verification processes, according to Phoenix Bonds. Hannah Van Deventer, the National Director of Phoenix Bonds, warned that the penalties for getting caught are becoming more severe. The Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) has the authority to prohibit consumers from accessing credit for up to 10 years. [DailyInvestor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Major hike for flights<\/strong> over Easter weekend:<\/strong> The intense demand for flights during this Easter weekend, combined with the soaring price of jet fuel, has caused airfares on South Africa’s most popular route to approach R10,000. The ongoing war in Iran has impacted global oil, petroleum, and gas prices, leading FlySafair to implement a “temporary dynamic fuel surcharge” from mid-March until July 31. [Moneyweb<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in South Africa on Tuesday, 31 March 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":854909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,16632],"class_list":["post-855347","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\/855347","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=855347"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855750,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855347\/revisions\/855750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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