Regulation, the budget, tax and the policy decisions that move South African business.
Two carmakers spent this week calling for a level playing field against imports, and the thing they want changed is a support programme most South Africans have never heard of.
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None of them has signed. The agreement on the table moves the billing relationship, and the money that comes with it, out of the municipality and into Eskom's account.
The rulebook was published in May, the projects it would fund are still being identified, and the size and timing get decided at October's mid-term budget.
Government says the budget cannot build the pipeline alone, so the work now is turning proposals into something private money will fund.
The Financial Services Tribunal dismissed the company's reconsideration application on 20 August, which makes the censure and the penalty immediately enforceable.
The exchange has proposed dropping the diluted version of the profit-per-share figure and moving the main one outside the audited accounts, with comments open until 13 October.
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The revenue service has put a digital VAT model out for comment, and the road map inside the same paper does not have anyone obliged to move until the 2030s.
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The first rewrite of South Africa's electricity pricing policy since 2008 goes out for comment on Friday, and it would force itemised bills, a ten-year price forecast and a much bigger free allowance for poor households.
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The Reserve Bank says the final rules should take effect by 2028, though they only bite once a suitable clearing house is licensed and running.
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Truecaller's half-year estimate is up 25.2% on last year, and the opt-out list meant to stop the calls is taking sign-ups but still has no start date.
After industry called the original bar unrealistic, the taxman cut the entry threshold for its new upfront pricing deals from R50bn to R10bn.
Nehawu members downed tools over a 4.5% increase the union rejected — but Icasa says a budget deficit leaves no room to move, and promises services will run as normal.