HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY

Thu 06 November 2025:

Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:

◼️ SA should not be in G20 group: “South Africa shouldn’t even be in the G’s anymore,” Trump said during a speech at a conference in Miami. President Trump appeared to mention South Africa in the context of people fleeing communism in South America but then doubled down in criticising South Africa instead.
https://independentpress.cc/south-africa-should-not-be-in-g20-group-says-trump/2025/11/06/

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◼️ More electricity price hikes: Eskom’s group CEO has flagged serious flaws in negotiated electricity pricing discounts for energy-intensive firms, saying they shift the real costs onto households and the utility.
https://www.businessday.co.za/economy/2025-11-06-discount-power-deals-shift-burden-to-households-eskom-warns/

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◼️ South Africans trapped in Ukraine: The South African government says it has received distress calls from 17 South African men who are trapped in the war-torn Donbas region of Ukraine after being lured to join mercenary forces under the pretext of lucrative employment contracts.
https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2025-11-06-south-africans-trapped-in-ukraine-pretoria-probing-how-they-were-lured-to-join-mercenary-forces/

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◼️ How RAF is rotten to core: A former executive has revealed how the Road Accident Fund (RAF) was plagued by systemic corruption, fraudulent claims, as well as financial mismanagement, including over R1.2 billion in duplicate payments, preferential payouts to select law firms and even payments to dead claimants.
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/whistle-blower-reveals-how-raf-is-rotten-to-core/

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◼️ Warning to South Africans with green ID books: Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber has highlighted that green ID books present a substantial security risk, urging South Africans to switch to Smart IDs. The last security update for these ID books was in 2000, adding only a black-and-white photograph. The security features of South Africa’s green ID books haven’t evolved with technological advances, which makes them vulnerable to criminal abuse.
https://newsday.co.za/south-africa/8453/home-affairs-minister-warns-south-africans-with-green-id-books/

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