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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nMultiChoice in hot water:<\/strong> MultiChoice, which owns and operates pay-TV provider DStv, and Altech UEC are facing prosecution from South Africa\u2019s Competition Commission for alleged violations of the Competition Act. The referral to the Tribunal was announced on 4 May. [Daily Investor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mahindra doubles down on South Africa:\u00a0<\/strong>Mahindra is upgrading its South African factory to meet growing local demand. The Indian carmaker confirmed plans to expand operations at the Dube TradePort in KwaZulu-Natal. It is also collaborating with the Industrial Development Corporation to explore the feasibility of introducing completely-knocked-down (CKD) vehicles at the facility. [TopAuto<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Official petrol and diesel prices for May:<\/strong> The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 6 May 2026. Petrol prices will be hiked by R3.27 per litre, while diesel prices will see a higher climb of R6.19 per litre. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n SABC should get more money from taxpayers:<\/strong>\u00a0Clayson Monyela, Deputy Director-General for Public Diplomacy at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, said South Africa\u2019s public broadcaster should get more public funding. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Union rejects Pick n Pay plans:<\/strong>\u00a0The South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) has rejected Pick n Pay’s proposed changes to its store labour model, warning that the retailer’s section 189A process might lead to job losses, despite claims that no jobs will be cut. [Business Day<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Tuesday, 5 May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":856916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-859214","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\/859214","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=859214"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859218,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859214\/revisions\/859218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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