On the \u2060Johannesburg \u200bStock Exchange, the Top-40 index (.JTOPI), opens a new tab was \u200bup 0.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Africa’s benchmark 2035 government bond was little moved in early deals, \u200bwith the yield at 8.77%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Saturday, 23 May, the rand was trading at R16.46 to the dollar, R22.09 to the pound, and R19.11 to the euro. Gold is trading lower at $4,516.75 an ounce, while oil prices were at $104.24 a barrel. [Reuters<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Green ID Book fraud<\/strong>: Impersonation using green ID books has jumped 400% year-on-year in South Africa, according to the South African verification platform VerifyNow. It said that the green ID book is easily forged, non-biometric and held by millions of people in the country. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Africa’s fake news plan<\/strong>: Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, wants the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) to actively fact-check content and debunk deepfakes and tactical misinformation in a bid to counter fake news. [Daily Investor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n South African buying second-hand cars<\/strong>: Local car buyers are more likely to shop in the used-car market due to tariffs imposed by the United States government on South Africa, according to Weelee. The US previously imposed a 25% levy on South African vehicle exports and a broader 30% tariff on goods. [TopAuto<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gautrain going after Uber and Bolt<\/strong>: The Gautrain plans to introduce a new e-hailing service in October 2026, integrated into its existing mobile app. “Gau Express” will allow users to hail Gautrain-branded vehicles to their destinations. [TopAuto<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Murder stats drop:<\/strong> The latest crime stats show that there were 5,181 murders in South Africa from January to March 2026, averaging close to 60 murders per day. However, this has trended downwards, decreasing nationally by 9.5%. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Saturday, 23 May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":859705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[16632],"class_list":["post-861316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things","tag-5-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861316","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\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":861318,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861316\/revisions\/861318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}5 Important things happening in South Africa today <\/h2>\n\n\n
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