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The Mercury
Lord’s hums to ‘Ole, Ole, Ole’ as WTC Final kicks off in grand style
THERE is a hush around the famous old ground. Everyone is waiting in eager anticipation.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
MultiChoice faces subscriber exodus as annual losses mount
ENTERTAINMENT company MultiChoice, releasing its results for the year ended March 31, 2025, disclosed a loss of 2.8 million active linear subscribers in the past two financial years.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Jack of all trades Kriel now a master for Bulls
IN some ways, David Kriel has been a Swiss Army knife for the Bulls over the last few years.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Global capital flows and the great rotation into emerging markets
A STRUCTURAL reversal in global capital allocation away from US assets now appears to be underway. We expect this to weaken the US dollar and provide significant support to emerging markets, which are increasingly well-positioned to benefit from this rebalancing in global portfolio flows.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Proteas batters to combat Aussie speedsters
KAGISO Rabada has already delivered a special bowling performance. He may now have to double up with the bat on Thursday for the Proteas to keep going toe-to-toe with Australia in this fast-moving World Test Championship Final at Lord's.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Scopa disappointed with SA Post Office's stagnant audit outcomes
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday expressed their unhappiness with the state the South African Post Office (SAPO) was in, with one even suggesting that the state-owned enterprise should just close shop.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Rabada shines as Proteas face tough challenge in WTC Final
KAGISO Rabada and Marco Jansen were at the crease when the Proteas unchoked at Centurion in December last year to qualify for a first-ever ICC World Test Championship final.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
School children among 49 who died in Eastern Cape floods - Premier
THE death toll from the devastating floods in the Eastern Cape has climbed to 49, Premier Oscar Mabuyane confirmed during a media briefing yesterday, describing the situation as one of the most painful tragedies to hit the province in recent years.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
US intel chief slams 'warmongers'
US INTELLIGENCE chief Tulsi Gabbard warned this week after a trip to Hiroshima that “warmongers” were pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war, in an extraordinary, if veiled, pitch for diplomacy.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
South Africans were always going to pay
ON JUNE 4, the fuel levy increase announced in Budget 3.0 quietly took effect: 16 cents per litre for petrol and 15 cents for diesel. A legal challenge mounted by the EFF sought to suspend and ultimately overturn the increase, claiming it was irrational, procedurally flawed, and unjust.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Sana Bidco raises final offer for Assura to £1.7bn as board withdraws support for rival PHP bid
ASSURA, a leading UK healthcare real estate investment trust, on Tuesday accepted a sweetened, best and final cash offer from private equity-backed Sana Bidco, valuing the company at approximately £1.7 billion (R41bn).
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Orbit College and Casric Stars play to a stalemate in PSL promotion playoff
ORBIT College was forced to settle for a goalless draw against Casric Stars in the Premier Soccer League promotional playoff match staged at the Olympia Park Stadium in Rustenburg on Wednesday.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Provincial pairs champions crowned amid challenging conditions
WHILE thousands cheered on Tete Dijana and Gerda Steyn as they powered from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in their 2025 Comrades Marathon victories, another group of determined athletes faced their own marathon — this one on greens in the Kingfisher Bowling Association.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
SIU secures preservation order for Limpopo farm
THE Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order from the Special Tribunal for immovable property following an investigation into the alleged looting of National Lotteries Commission (NLC) funds earmarked for the construction of old age homes.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Mixed views on President Ramaphosa's National Dialogue
THERE are differing opinions on whether President Cyril Ramaphosa's national dialogue will have a significant impact or bring solutions to the pressing issues the country is facing.
3 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
ZILLE IS NOT THE ONE TO RESCUE JOBURG
VERY few can argue against the urgent need to address the service delivery challenges confronting the City of Joburg.
1 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
A struggle to give adequate meaning to apartheid barbarity
The Cradock Four memorial overlooking Lingelihle township has fallen into disrepair
4 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Scrutiny mounts over R86 million spent on South African Post Office business rescue
PARLIAMENT'S Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has expressed serious concerns regarding more than R86 million paid to the South African Post Office (Sapo) business rescue practitioners (BRPs), Anoosh Rooplal and Juanito Damons, since their appointment in 2023.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Community demands justice for Nico Naidoo
JUSTICE for Nico Naidoo! Have we in Phoenix lost our humanity, to behave like wild animals and take an innocent life for a parking space?
1 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Springbok Women survive late rally from Kenya to maintain unbeaten run at Rugby Africa Cup
THE Springbok Women’s poor ball retention almost came back to bite them as they survived a late onslaught to hold off the Kenya Lionesses 19-12 in their Rugby Africa Women’s Cup clash at the Stade Makis in Antananarivo, Madagascar on Wednesday.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Legend Kekana backs Sundowns to excel at Club World Cup
MAMELODI Sundowns’ legend Hlompho Kekana says the current crop of players have a chance to do better at the Club World Cup compared to the class of 2016.
2 min |
June 12, 2025
The Mercury
Amla: Mulder 'technically good enough' to bat at No 3 in Lord's final
PROTEAS legend Hashim Amla has backed allrounder Wiaan Mulder for the crucial No 3 spot for the World Test Championship final against Australia, starting on Wednesday at Lord's.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Mercury
Reflecting on the 1976 Soweto uprising
JUNE 1976 - it was at this time that the momentum had already been building up; the Afrikaans language policy was the final straw, and thus began the countdown to the Soweto uprising, a historical moment that caused a shift in South Africa.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Mercury
Memories of a snowman in a cold snap
THE NORTH wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then, poor thing?
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Mercury
Speak up against bullying and abuse
EVERY person deserves free passage to be unhindered in daily life. To be free of bullying of all kinds, free of abusive behaviours, free of controlling behaviours, free of intimidation, manipulation, and domination — to live as a victim to none.
1 min |
June 11, 2025
The Mercury
The digital land grab: white-owned fibre giants are encroaching on township markets
SOUTH Africa is under siege once more, and this time not by force of arms, but through fibre cables and Wi-Fi routers. In the name of “connectivity,” we are witnessing the second coming of a land grab.
4 min |
June 11, 2025
The Mercury
Australia ready to embrace the pressure in World Test Championship final, says Cummins
AUSTRALIA'S serial winners are in no danger of becoming complacent ahead of their much-anticipated bout with the Proteas in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Wednesday.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Mercury
England avenge 1991 final defeat against Australia in thrilling quarter-final
ENGLAND went into the 1995 Rugby World Cup quarter-final at Newlands on June 11 hoping to avenge their heartbreaking loss in the final on home soil four years earlier.
2 min |
June 11, 2025
The Mercury
Kennedy hoping to ride in the Hollywoodbets Durban July
TWICE South African champion jockey and New Zealand reigning champion jockey Warren Kennedy is arriving in South Africa this weekend three weeks before the Hollywoodbets Durban July and is seeking a ride in the big race.
3 min |
June 11, 2025
The Mercury
Can you make butter chicken without butter? Yes, and here's how
BUTTER chicken, or “murgh makhani”, is a beloved dish that hails from the heart of Indian cuisine.
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