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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCrisis at South Africa\u2019s largest pension fund manager:<\/strong> Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said on Friday he would appoint a new board for the Public Investment Corporation after a series of board resignations. [Newsday<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Concerns about Starlink rival launching in South Africa:<\/strong> Top financial analysts in South Africa have questioned Amazon Leo\u2019s capacity to launch its services to local customers compared to its larger rival, SpaceX and Starlink. [MyBroadband<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n South Africa\u2019s oldest company is disappearing in front of everyone\u2019s eyes:<\/strong> The South African Post Office is disappearing from the lives of people across the country as it closes branches and fails to provide basic services. [DailyInvestor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most dangerous time of day to be on South Africa\u2019s roads:<\/strong> New data shows that 03h00 is the most dangerous time to be on South Africa\u2019s roads, with drivers facing almost double the risk of being involved in a collision compared to travelling during the day. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Embattled IDAC head Andrea Johnson seeks immediate release from office:<\/strong> The head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption has asked to be immediately released from her position, following her testimony at the Madlanga Commission. [BusinessDay<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here are 5 important things happening in or affecting South Africa on Monday, 27 July 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":867478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2081612057367982577","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[16632,17448,18568],"class_list":["post-867474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things","tag-5-things","tag-enoch-godongwana","tag-starlink"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867474","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867474"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":867482,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867474\/revisions\/867482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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