{"id":124524,"date":"2018-10-18T10:13:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T08:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-18-october-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-10-18T10:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T08:13:09","slug":"south-africa-in-the-news-on-18-october-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-africa-in-the-news-on-18-october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa in the News on 18 October 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rssdoodle\">\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-10-18\/south-africa-slump-batters-smaller-neighbors-protecting-rand-peg\">South Africa&#039;s Economic Slump Doesn&#039;t Just Hit South Africans &#8211; Bloomberg<\/a> &#8211; <em>bloomberg.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/18\/2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BloombergSouth Africa&#39;s Economic Slump Doesn&#39;t Just Hit South AfricansBloomberg\u201cLesotho and Swaziland remain very susceptible to the effects of regional developments,\u201d said Jee-A van der L <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-10-18\/south-africa-slump-batters-smaller-neighbors-protecting-rand-peg\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2018-10-18-south-africa-should-live-up-to-ramaphosas-praise-of-civil-societys-role-in-state-capture\/\">South Africa should live up to Ramaphosa&#039;s praise of civil society&#039;s role in State Capture &#8211; Daily Maverick<\/a> &#8211; <em>dailymaverick.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/17\/2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Daily MaverickSouth Africa should live up to Ramaphosa&#39;s praise of civil society&#39;s role in State CaptureDaily MaverickIn a major negotiation in Vienna, South Africa looks set to fall back on i <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2018-10-18-south-africa-should-live-up-to-ramaphosas-praise-of-civil-societys-role-in-state-capture\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2018-10-17-south-africas-inexhaustible-blaming-desire-and-why-we-should-proceed-with-caution\/\">South Africa&#039;s inexhaustible blaming desire \u2014 and why we should proceed with caution &#8211; Daily Maverick<\/a> &#8211; <em>dailymaverick.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/17\/2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Daily MaverickSouth Africa&#39;s inexhaustible blaming desire \u2014 and why we should proceed with cautionDaily MaverickBut when considering how much blame is presently being thrown around in South Afri <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2018-10-17-south-africas-inexhaustible-blaming-desire-and-why-we-should-proceed-with-caution\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.enr.com\/articles\/45590-msikaba-span-contract-let-by-south-africa-road-agency\">Msikaba Span Contract Let By South Africa Road Agency &#8211; Engineering News-Record<\/a> &#8211; <em>enr.com<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/17\/2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Engineering News-RecordMsikaba Span Contract Let By South Africa Road AgencyEngineering News-RecordA joint venture of Portugal&#39;s Mota-Engil and South Africa-based engineering company Concor Holdin <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.enr.com\/articles\/45590-msikaba-span-contract-let-by-south-africa-road-agency\"> more&#8230; 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BusinessTech<\/a> &#8211; <em>businesstech.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/17\/2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BusinessTechThese are the chances South Africa will see another VAT increaseBusinessTechFollowing the first VAT rate increase in 25 years, questions have been raised as to whether South Africa could s <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/278003\/these-are-the-chances-south-africa-will-see-another-vat-increase\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/277959\/how-the-zuma-years-killed-foreign-investment-in-south-africa\/\">How the Zuma years killed foreign investment in South Africa &#8211; BusinessTech<\/a> &#8211; <em>businesstech.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/17\/2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">BusinessTechHow the Zuma years killed foreign investment in South AfricaBusinessTechFinancial services firm PwC has released a new report on &#39;what foreign investors want&#39; \u2013 focusing on facto <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/277959\/how-the-zuma-years-killed-foreign-investment-in-south-africa\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/rugby-union\/0\/england-vs-south-africa-autumn-internationals-2018-date-first\/\">England vs South Africa, autumn internationals 2018: What date is the first Test, what time is kick-off and what is &#8230; <\/a> &#8211; <em>telegraph.co.uk<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/17\/2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Telegraph.co.ukEngland vs South Africa, autumn internationals 2018: What date is the first Test, what time is kick-off and what is &#8230;Telegraph.co.ukEngland&#39;s opening Test of the autumn internatio <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/rugby-union\/0\/england-vs-south-africa-autumn-internationals-2018-date-first\/\"> more&#8230; 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The deputy leader of the Economic Freedom Fig <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"http:\/\/www.africanews.com\/2018\/10\/17\/south-africa-the-fight-against-corruption-the-morning-call\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">\n<div class=\"doodle_meta\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/277909\/heres-what-is-helping-and-hurting-south-africas-economic-growth\/\">Here&#039;s what is helping and hurting South Africa&#039;s economic growth &#8211; BusinessTech<\/a> &#8211; <em>businesstech.co.za<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_date\">10\/17\/2018<\/div>\n<div class=\"doodle_post\">Jacaranda FMHere&#39;s what is helping and hurting South Africa&#39;s economic growthBusinessTechThe World Economic Forum (WEF) has published its latest Global Competitiveness Index, showing that Sout <a target=\"_blank\" rel='nofollow' href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/277909\/heres-what-is-helping-and-hurting-south-africas-economic-growth\/\"> more&#8230; <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rssdoodle_footer\"><a href=\"http:\/\/myza.co.za\/\" >MyZA<\/a>  news provided by <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" >Google News<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa&#039;s Economic Slump Doesn&#039;t Just Hit South Africans &#8211; Bloomberg &#8211; bloomberg.com 10\/18\/2018 BloombergSouth Africa&#39;s Economic Slump Doesn&#39;t Just Hit South AfricansBloomberg\u201cLesotho and Swaziland remain very susceptible to the effects of regional developments,\u201d said Jee-A van der L more&#8230; South Africa should live up to Ramaphosa&#039;s praise of civil society&#039;s role in State Capture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,953,1649,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-124524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-newspaper","9":"tag-online","10":"tag-south-africa-2","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}