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<\/a>Cape Town has the worst port in the world:\u00a0<\/strong>The World Bank\u2019s Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) 2025 ranked Cape Town as the worst port in the world. The index provides a global, data-driven assessment of container port performance based on observed vessel time in port. [Newsday<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vodacom CEO’s R7.7 million personal security bill<\/strong>: Vodacom\u2019s annual report states that CEO Shameel Joosub earned R137.4 million before tax, including long-term incentives and R7.72 million for security arrangements due to his role’s risk profile, averaging about R640,000 a month. [Business Day<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n WeBuyCars biggest competitor<\/strong>: Chinese vehicles are causing major disruptions across South Africa\u2019s used car market, squeezing margins for retailers whose business is primarily built on established brands. This is according to new data from AutoTrader, which highlighted that Chinese cars are being offered at attractive price points that legacy automakers are struggling to compete with. [TopAuto<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s becoming harder to run a business in South Africa:<\/strong>\u00a0Running a business in South Africa is becoming increasingly difficult as companies contend with a sluggish economy, mounting regulatory requirements, skills shortages, and the failures of state institutions. This is according to Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt, who told Daily Investor that the challenges facing businesses have become so entrenched that they now pose a significant barrier to economic growth. [Daily Investor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eskom before and after President Cyril Ramaphosa:\u00a0<\/strong>The Eskom that President Cyril Ramaphosa inherited from former President Jacob Zuma looked very different from the entity it is today, and has managed to end load-shedding. While this did not come to fruition overnight, a major policy change made by Ramaphosa in 2021 and 2022 could arguably be credited with ending load-shedding. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Monday, 15 June 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":863585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-863583","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\/863583","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=863583"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863586,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863583\/revisions\/863586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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