HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY

Tue 25 November 2025:

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

◼️ Will the G20 presidency gavel change hands today? “The agreement is that we should do it low-key. It’s not just a South African issue; the US also doesn’t want a very big handover event. So we will hand over at the level of a senior official from Dirco to the US chargé d’affaires. That will most likely take place tomorrow (Tuesday),” Dirco Director-General, Zane Dangor, said.
https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2025-11-25-will-the-g20-presidency-gavel-change-hands-today-dirco-plans-low-key-handover-to-us/
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◼️ How Big Tobacco stalls SA’s smoking and vaping law: Research among young people suggests the country isn’t likely to kick its nicotine habit soon. A 2024 study found that close to four in ten (37%) learners from high schools in urban areas across eight of the country’s nine provinces have vaped at least once, and one in six said they had used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days. Researchers described it as a “vaping crisis”.
https://mg.co.za/health/2025-11-25-how-big-tobacco-stalls-sas-smoking-and-vaping-law/

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◼️ Zille’s GNU warning for SA: The so-called government of national unity (GNU) has weathered a series of crises, with its main members sparring over tax policy and the adoption of contentious land-expropriation, health insurance and education legislation. “I’m not confident that it will last until 2029,” Helen Zille, the chairwoman of the DA’s federal council, said of the GNU.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/844451/zilles-gnu-warning-for-south-africa/

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◼️ SA ranks second in Africa’s Organised Crime Index 2025: In 2025, the most pervasive criminal markets in Africa were financial crimes, human trafficking, non-renewable resource crimes, the trade in counterfeit goods, and arms trafficking. Since 2023, financial crimes and counterfeit goods have grown fastest, while human smuggling has grown more slowly but remains one of the fastest-growing markets since 2019.
https://www.moonstone.co.za/south-africa-ranks-second-in-africas-organised-crime-index-2025/

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◼️ SA vehicle tracking company sends warning to customers: This comes after Netstar suffered a ransomware attack in June 2025 and subsequently discovered that some customer data had been published by threat actors. A customer whose data was exposed forwarded Netstar’s communication to MyBroadband. The firm is required to inform impacted customers under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/619317-south-african-vehicle-tracking-company-sends-warning-to-customers.html

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