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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nR1.7 billion megabridge:<\/strong> The Msikaba Bridge, located near Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, is one of two major projects under construction. It aims to reduce travel times between the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Once completed, it will be the longest span cable-stayed suspension bridge in South Africa, according to SANRAL. [TopAuto<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Top private school in hot water:<\/strong> Bishops Diocesan College traditionally displayed only its own flag, the South African flag, and the St George\u2019s flag. The recent addition of the LGBTQ+ Pride flag has sparked controversy, with some conservative parents and Old Diocesans claiming it undermines the school\u2019s Anglican traditions and forces a connection to the political Pride movement, which many students oppose. [Newsday<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Big allegations against new DStv owner:<\/strong>\u00a0A MultiChoice insider has alleged that the company\u2019s new owner, Canal+, has breached the Competition Commission\u2019s three-year moratorium on retrenchments. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proposal to change the official petrol price every two weeks:<\/strong>\u00a0South Africa could move away from its long-standing monthly fuel price adjustment, following a proposal to introduce bi-weekly price changes to better respond to rapid swings in global oil markets. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Warning to South Africans living in small towns:<\/strong> The National Treasury\u2019s decision to pause equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities in South Africa could affect service delivery, particularly in smaller, more rural towns. While the Treasury\u2019s decision is considered a necessary move to instil fiscal discipline, it may impact smaller municipalities\u2019 ability to pay critical service providers. [Daily Investor<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Thursday, 9 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":865849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2075086555169874012","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[18993,853],"class_list":["post-865848","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\/865848","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=865848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865851,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865848\/revisions\/865851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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