5 Important Things Happening in South Africa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-1-1024x575.png\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nOver R500 less for petrol<\/strong>: South African motorists could be paying far less for petrol if the Road Accident Fund and the general fuel levies were removed. One would save R508 per tank for a petrol-powered car with 80-litre tanks without these taxes. [MyBroadband<\/a>] <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nVideo game company owned by a billionaire<\/strong>: 24Bit Games is owned by Megan Ellison, the daughter of American billionaire Larry Ellison. Ellison is the eighth richest person in the world, with large stakes in Oracle and Tesla. 24Bit Games, which has published popular games like Broforce, was acquired by Megan’s publisher, Annapurna Interactive, in 2023. [Daily Investor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nR500,000 to sit with ANC officials<\/strong>: The ANC Johannesburg Fundraising Gala Dinner recently took place, where delegates could pay half a million rand to sit with high-ranking officials. A R500,000 ticket could get you a seat with Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi, or Regional General Secretary of Johannesburg, Sasabona Manganye. [Newsday<\/a>] <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nHow much delivery drivers can make<\/strong>: Uber Eats delivery driver and online personality Gideon Joubert says Uber Eats drivers can expect to earn up to R5,000 a week, but they have to work long hours. He added that he spends roughly R650 per week on motorbike rental and R800 per week on petrol, with bikes also often requiring maintenance. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nGoogle cuts back on AI feature<\/strong>: Google will roll back its new AI image-generation feature in Google Earth after some people used it to create altered satellite imagery. The company said it is rolling back the feature to implement stronger guardrails and that none of the AI-generated images appeared on the main Google Earth platform. [Bloomberg<\/a>]
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nOver R500 less for petrol<\/strong>: South African motorists could be paying far less for petrol if the Road Accident Fund and the general fuel levies were removed. One would save R508 per tank for a petrol-powered car with 80-litre tanks without these taxes. [MyBroadband<\/a>] <\/p>\n\n\n\n Video game company owned by a billionaire<\/strong>: 24Bit Games is owned by Megan Ellison, the daughter of American billionaire Larry Ellison. Ellison is the eighth richest person in the world, with large stakes in Oracle and Tesla. 24Bit Games, which has published popular games like Broforce, was acquired by Megan’s publisher, Annapurna Interactive, in 2023. [Daily Investor<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n R500,000 to sit with ANC officials<\/strong>: The ANC Johannesburg Fundraising Gala Dinner recently took place, where delegates could pay half a million rand to sit with high-ranking officials. A R500,000 ticket could get you a seat with Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi, or Regional General Secretary of Johannesburg, Sasabona Manganye. [Newsday<\/a>] <\/p>\n\n\n\n How much delivery drivers can make<\/strong>: Uber Eats delivery driver and online personality Gideon Joubert says Uber Eats drivers can expect to earn up to R5,000 a week, but they have to work long hours. He added that he spends roughly R650 per week on motorbike rental and R800 per week on petrol, with bikes also often requiring maintenance. [BusinessTech<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Google cuts back on AI feature<\/strong>: Google will roll back its new AI image-generation feature in Google Earth after some people used it to create altered satellite imagery. The company said it is rolling back the feature to implement stronger guardrails and that none of the AI-generated images appeared on the main Google Earth platform. [Bloomberg<\/a>] Here are 5 important things happening in and affecting South Africa on Sunday, 2 August 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":864089,"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":"2083795440097488977","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2164251447728588","_sma_instagram_post_id":"18107423129042954","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20398],"tags":[16632],"class_list":["post-868395","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\/868395","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=868395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868399,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868395\/revisions\/868399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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