HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY

Wed 06 August 2025:

◼️ Thin (blue) line of policing: South Africa’s police serves the ANC insiders, not the people – and a politicised leadership has effectively stopped policing various categories of crime, including fraud, corruption, and certain types of theft involving politically connected people, two researchers have warned.
https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/crime/thin-blue-line-of-policing/

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◼️ Soaring electricity prices fuel fears of widespread social unrest: “We assume that when there’s no protests going on… there is a level of stability,” Professor Sinwell stated in an interview. “But an alternative perspective looks at what is bubbling beneath the surface as a result in part of the inequalities that are being reproduced in the post-apartheid context.”
https://independentpress.cc/soaring-electricity-prices-fuel-fears-of-widespread-social-unrest/2025/08/06/

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◼️ The Premier who owns 24 properties in South Africa: Former North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo owns at least 24 properties across South Africa. These include 18 residential, two business, and six vacant or undeveloped pieces of land.
https://newsday.co.za/south-africa/809/former-north-west-premier-owns-at-least-24-properties-across-south-africa/

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◼️ Banks closing ATMs across SA: South Africa’s prominent banks are embracing the shift to digital payments. Four of the biggest banks, Standard Bank, FNB, Absa, and Nedbank, are shutting down ATMs nationwide. Meanwhile, only Capitec has increased its ATM footprint in South Africa, which the company says will give its customers better access to banking services.
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/banking/605388-banks-closing-atms-across-south-africa-except-one.html

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◼️ SARS coming after salaries and bank accounts: If taxpayers do not address these letters from SARS in time, they may wake up to money being taken from their bank accounts directly, or having their salaries garnished. According to tax experts at Latita Africa, taxpayers could even find their bank accounts frozen.
https://businesstech.co.za/news/finance/834043/sars-coming-after-salaries-and-bank-accounts-in-south-africa/

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