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<\/a>Kuben Naidoo<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nBEE surcharge<\/strong>: Kuben Naidoo, a member of the presidential economic advisory council and a former Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, has proposed a voluntary 5% tax surcharge to fund BEE. If a company is assessed to pay R100 in corporate income tax, it would then pay R105, with no other requirements or red tape for companies that pay it. Naidoo estimates that the tax could raise R5 billion. The idea draws from entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig Jnr’s views. [Business Day<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nUpgrades at the Post Office<\/strong>: The South African Post Office (SAPO) is rolling out new point-of-sale (POS) devices at 610 of its branches. The system will be available for customers looking to renew their vehicle licence discs. 40 payment devices have been operating in Gauteng since the end of May as part of a pilot. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nCape Town wants its own detectives<\/strong>: DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced plans to create its own metro detective squad. The SAPS currently handles all of the nation’s detective services, with metro police officers limited to crime prevention, traffic policing, and municipal by-law enforcement. [Newsday<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nFines for EV drivers: <\/strong>Rubicon has started warning EV and plug-in hybrid drivers that they will be penalised for plugging in their vehicles without charging at its stations. If a car is not moved 15 minutes of charging is completed, a R250 fine will apply for every 15 minutes plugged in after that period. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nNew head for H&M South Africa<\/strong>: Ricardo Valente Da Conceicao has been named General Manager for H&M South Africa, effective 1 August 2026. Da Conceicao will be responsible for driving growth and profitability while strengthening the fashion brand\u2019s local relevance. He has 12 years of experience with the group, having worked in the UK, Japan, Chile, Turkey and South Africa. [H&M]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Saturday, 18 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":857648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2078360416111955996","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[16632],"class_list":["post-866756","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\/866756","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866756"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866762,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866756\/revisions\/866762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>BEE surcharge<\/strong>: Kuben Naidoo, a member of the presidential economic advisory council and a former Reserve Bank Deputy Governor, has proposed a voluntary 5% tax surcharge to fund BEE. If a company is assessed to pay R100 in corporate income tax, it would then pay R105, with no other requirements or red tape for companies that pay it. Naidoo estimates that the tax could raise R5 billion. The idea draws from entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig Jnr’s views. [Business Day<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Upgrades at the Post Office<\/strong>: The South African Post Office (SAPO) is rolling out new point-of-sale (POS) devices at 610 of its branches. The system will be available for customers looking to renew their vehicle licence discs. 40 payment devices have been operating in Gauteng since the end of May as part of a pilot. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cape Town wants its own detectives<\/strong>: DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced plans to create its own metro detective squad. The SAPS currently handles all of the nation’s detective services, with metro police officers limited to crime prevention, traffic policing, and municipal by-law enforcement. [Newsday<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fines for EV drivers: <\/strong>Rubicon has started warning EV and plug-in hybrid drivers that they will be penalised for plugging in their vehicles without charging at its stations. If a car is not moved 15 minutes of charging is completed, a R250 fine will apply for every 15 minutes plugged in after that period. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n New head for H&M South Africa<\/strong>: Ricardo Valente Da Conceicao has been named General Manager for H&M South Africa, effective 1 August 2026. Da Conceicao will be responsible for driving growth and profitability while strengthening the fashion brand\u2019s local relevance. He has 12 years of experience with the group, having worked in the UK, Japan, Chile, Turkey and South Africa. [H&M]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are five important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Saturday, 18 July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":857648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2078360416111955996","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[16632],"class_list":["post-866756","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\/866756","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866756"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866762,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866756\/revisions\/866762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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