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Record rains turn Argentina's plains to wetlands
BUENOS AIRES
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
Legal action looms as SA Relocations Group disappears with clients’ R1.7m
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
THIS IS NO TIME FOR BAFANA TO HOLD BACK
BAFANA Bafana don't have the luxury to be “friendly” between now and the last day of the Africa Cup of Nations on January 18. It’s all systems go as they aim to surpass their third-place finish from the last edition of the continental showpiece in Ivory Coast.
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
Positive and pragmatic MTBPBS reveals improved fiscal stability
SOUTH Africa's 2025 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) struck a noticeably positive and pragmatic tone, signalling government's renewed commitment to fiscal sustainability and a pivot from consumption to growth-enhancing investment.
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
37 dead after bus plunges into ravine
AT LEAST 37 people were killed and 24 injured in southern Peru this week when a double-decker bus plunged into a ravine after colliding with a pickup truck, officials said.
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
Bavuma's champion Proteas ready to conquer India
JUST five months after lifting the ICC World Test Championship mace, Temba Bavuma and his Proteas team face arguably their toughest examination yet at the iconic Eden Gardens.
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
‘Appies’ to strut their stuff
NINE races are carded for the Western Cape's Hollywoodbets Kenilworth tomorrow with proceedings getting under way at 12:40pm. It’s an opportunity for the South African apprentices to strut their stuff, with the opener being an Apprentice Maiden Plate over 1000m.
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
KwaDukuza Municipality hits back at ANCYL's corruption, nepotism claims
TENSIONS are mounting in KwaDukuza Municipality after the ANC Youth League in the General Gizenga Mpanza Region accused the local municipality of corruption, nepotism and mismanagement, claims the municipality has firmly rejected as “unfounded” and “intimidatory”.
3 min |
November 14, 2025
The Mercury
Sponge cultivation transforming lives
ZANZIBAR Sponges offer a lifeline in new lifetime after climate change
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
PGMs and gold boost SA’s mining growth as JSE hits record high and rand strengthens
SOUTH Africa's mining sector recorded modest growth in September 2025, supported largely by stronger output from platinum-group metals (PGMs), gold, and coal, according to Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) on Thursday.
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
KZN Finance MEC Francois Rodgers welcomes allocations for health, education and disaster relief
KWAZULU-NATAL Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has welcomed the additional allocations made by the National Treasury to support critical provincial priorities in the 2025/26 financial year.
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November 14, 2025
The Mercury
Navigating conflict: The importance of thoughtful responses
“I TOLD my boss what I really think, then I walked out. I am not putting up with all that again. Now I have to find anew job,’ says a disgruntled employee following an altercation.
1 min |
November 14, 2025
The Mercury
The critical skills crisis intensifies according to recent survey
ABOUT 84% of South African of multinational and large companies are struggling to recruit the skilled professionals they need, a notable increase from 79% in 2024. This is according to Marisa Jacobs, Managing Director at Xpatweb, who says the talent search is intensifying across key sectors.
3 min |
November 14, 2025
The Mercury
Erasmus backs new-look Boks to deliver against Italy
THE Springboks have targeted the match against Italy as another opportunity to give some of their newly capped players a run at international level — a test to see if they can handle the pressure on foreign soil.
2 min |
November 14, 2025
The Mercury
Brazil tries to avoid climate bust up at COP30 summit
COP30 hosts Brazil sought to land a compromise yesterday as some nations seek to put ambitious climate action and financial obligations on the summit agenda - flashpoints that have stalled past negotiations.
2 min |
November 13, 2025
The Mercury
MTBPS: Sars outperforms 2025 Budget expectations
THE South African Revenue Service (Sars) has collected more tax revenue than projected by the National Treasury in the budget tabled in May 2025.
3 min |
November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Angola's people must be congratulated on the 50th anniversary of their independence
THE South African Communist Party (SACP) joins the working-class and all freedom-loving people across the world in congratulating the people of Angola as they celebrate their 50th independence anniversary.
1 min |
November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Mweene brings Zambian insight to Bafana Bafana clash
KENNEDY Mweene is carrying the torch for Zambian football in one of the continent's biggest leagues — the PSL — at the moment.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
New tourism plan for iSimangaliso Wetland Park, accommodation costs may rise
TOURISTS looking to visit the world heritage site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, could soon pay more for their stay as the accommodation facilities are set to be managed by commercial partners.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Forget spin, it’s all about the Rabada and Bumrah blockbuster at Eden Gardens
INDIA is home to one of the largest film industries in the world. Bollywood yields figures in the region of $1.5 billion - second only to Hollywood and China. It produces close to 2000 movies annually.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
MTBPs is unlikely to see any credit rating downgrades and is positive - Investec's Bishop
2025's Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) saw debt ratios slightly higher, similar ratios for the fiscal deficit and an upwards revision to revenue projections for two years vs. May, and a lowering of the inflation target.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Dipula Properties delivers robust annual results and is in the market for new opportunities
DIPULA Properties delivered a strong 5% increase in distributable earnings for the year to end-August and might even beat its guidance for the next financial year of 7% growth, CEO Iszak Petersen said on Wednesday.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Radical Islam poses a significant threat to global security
IT HAS become clear that ever since the brutal attack by Hamas on innocent Israelis on October 7th, 2023, the war between the IDF and Hamas has morphed into something much more fierce than just a battle between 2 nations or groups of people.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Mbeki, Motlanthe urged to run for 2027 ANC presidency
THE RACE for the ANC presidency in 2027 is rapidly gaining momentum, with influential lobbyists reportedly approaching former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe, along with billionaire Patrice Motsepe, to contest the leadership.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Post Office future still under discussion as Treasury holds back on funding details
THE South African Post Office (Sapo) was not mentioned in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), so I had to ask the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in his media briefing why that was so.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
McLaren nake noise over Verstappen's Brazilian GP upgrades
JEHRAN NAIDOO
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Police raid illegal liquor manufacturing site in uMlazi
POLICE have raided an illegal liquor manufacturing facility in Linda Mnom-iya, uMlazi, where suspects were found allegedly mixing ethanol with water and bottling it to look like Smirnoff vodka.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Finance minister highlights progress on debt, greylisting and investment
IN HIS Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) speech Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana detailed the promises kept over the past few years.
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November 13, 2025
The Mercury
'Lady' can be famous
A Pinnacle Stakes event for fillies and mares over 1450m and a MR92 Handicap for fillies and mares over 1200m are the two highest rated races at Turffontein Inside and the pair to beat could be Famous Lady and Rachel Wall.
5 min |
November 13, 2025
The Mercury
Arsenal leads the pack as Liverpool stumble, managerial changes escalate
THE Premier League is never short of drama, and 11 games into the 2025/26 season, early predictions have already been blown out of the water, with new narratives emerging almost weekly.
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