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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nShoprite CEO joins the chorus of warnings: <\/strong>Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht has warned that South Africa\u2019s gambling problem is unsustainable, with many people sacrificing essential needs such as food. He joins the chorus of similar warnings from other CEOs, including Absa\u2019s CEO Kenny Fihla, who said that gambling trends are a \u201chuge predictor\u201d of loan delinquency. [BizNews<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n DStv under threat: <\/strong>The Competition Commission is considering full prosecution of MultiChoice for allegedly violating the Competition Act, which could result in a penalty of up to R4 billion. MultiChoice, which owns DStv, has experienced operating losses and is facing stiff competition from streaming platforms, making such a fine a significant threat to its financial stability. [Daily Investor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ramaphosa says he will not resign:<\/strong> President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he has no intention of resigning from office and intends to challenge the report with findings against him. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Union warns of jobs bloodbath: <\/strong>The United National Transport Union (Untu) has criticised Prasa for planning to retrench 603 employees without consultation, urging members not to sign related documents. Untu spokesperson Atenkosi Plaatjie called the consultation process flawed, as Prasa withheld critical information needed to avoid a jobs bloodbath. [Business Day<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Banks are pumping out Smart IDs:<\/strong>\u00a0In under two months, the digital partnership programme between Home Affairs and three major banks processed over 100,000 smart ID card applications, according to feedback shared just 59 days after the launch. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Tuesday, 12 May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":860154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-860152","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\/860152","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=860152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860169,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860152\/revisions\/860169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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