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G20 meetings present new trade opportunities for South African SMEs
IN A SIGNIFICANT turn of events, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) officially lapsed on 30 September 2025, ushering in a new era for South African trade relations with the United States.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
EFF questions McKenzie's meeting with SHEIN
THE EFF has written to Mzwandile Masina, chair of Parliament's Trade and Industry Committee, raising concern over Minister Gayton McKenzie's meeting with fashion giant SHEIN during South Africa Focus Week in Singapore.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Major nations warn players over breakaway R360 competition
THE national rugby unions of eight of the sport's major nations released a statement on Tuesday warning players and support staff against joining the rebel R360 competition.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
If Broos wants to shoot arrows ... he must aim them at the rich
BAFANA Bafana boss Hugo Broos is a forthright man. It’s a characteristic that has earned him the respect of both his players and the often-fickle South African media during his time in the country.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
IMF urges Africa to seize reform moment to unlock growth and jobs
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Sub-Saharan African countries to accelerate structural reforms and deepen regional integration to unlock growth potential and create jobs for the continent's fast-growing youth population.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Thrills at finals
AS THE Port Natal Bowls calendar nears its close, the semifinals and finals of the penultimate event — the Mid-Week Trips hosted by Mt Edgecombe Country Club — delivered the kind of excitement that keeps bowlers coming back year after year.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Optasia gears up for JSE listing and R6.3bn capital raise for further expansion
OPTASIA, a leading fintech in emerging markets, has set its sights on a primary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) while announcing a substantial R6.3 billion capital raise through a share offer.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Pakistan's eagle ready to prey on the Proteas, says Khan
THE clear and present danger facing the Proteas on their upcoming Test tour of Pakistan may be the prospect of raging turning pitches and dual spin threat of the hosts, but the return of star left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is ominous.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
ANC’S 10-POINT PLAN IS UNREALISTIC
IN THE more than 30 years of its government, the ANC has had enough time to develop policies to grow the economy.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Spain’s far right harvests votes
STANDING by a barn brimming with hundreds of bleating sheep, Jesus del Socorro Cuevas leads the far right’s charge against “dictatorial” EU environmental regulation in his corner of rural Spain.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Philip Morris pins hopes on SA's new tobacco law to advance harm reduction efforts
PHILIP Morris International (PMI) said on Wednesday that South Africa's new regulatory process for the tobacco industry could mark a turning point for the country’s harm reduction agenda, as government considers how to regulate new smokeless and alternative nicotine products.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Agricultural machinery sales surge points to rising farmer confidence
SOUTH Africa's agricultural machinery market continued its upward momentum in September, signalling renewed confidence among farmers and a broadly positive outlook for the 2024-25 production season.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Skopje’s waste crisis: A dirty election drive
SOMETHING is rotten on the streets of Skopje - or at least its voters could be forgiven for thinking so.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Reet Petite and Viva's Liberte were All The Rage
RACING lovers were treated to some sterling performances at the Country course yesterday, and three horses in particular made the headlines.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Why most of your ads never get seen
ADVERTISING has always been about being seen.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Ex-soldier Nicolas Le Roux abandons bail bid in wife's murder case
FORMER SANDF special forces soldier Nicolas Le Roux, accused of murdering his wife at a Westville restaurant, abandoned his bail application when he appeared in Pinetown Magistrate's Court yesterday.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
Why investing in early-career teachers is priceless
THIS year, World Teachers’ Day - celebrated on October 5 - emphasised collaboration under the theme “Recasting teaching as a collaborative profession”.
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October 09, 2025
The Mercury
MADLANGA IS OUR LAST HOPE
THE early administrative setbacks that have been experienced by the Madlanga commission of inquiry do not inspire confidence for a platform established to get to the bottom of issues so crucial that they threaten the foundation of a functioning democracy if not addressed.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
Five Times South Africans lit up Pakistan
SOUTH Africa does not have the best of records in Pakistan since their first Test tour almost three decades ago.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
The Tabi trend: how shoes became the inspiration for viral nail art
AS WE'VE come to know it, trends, especially fashion trends, aren't always attractive or even logical, yet somehow society follows them anyway.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
Intended regulation of churches is a Trojan horse
THE key words of Section 22 —“the practice of a profession may be regulated by law” — constitute the Trojan Horse of intrusion into Section 15, freedom of religion and belief, which is why The Mercury’s editorial contention (October 7) favouring regulation of churches is mistaken.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
Blizzards wreak havoc in the Far East
SEVERE blizzards have caused havoc in the Far East.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
Mkhwanazi begins testimony, rejects view that PKTT was a political initiative
KWAZULU-NATAL police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, yesterday dismissed a suggestion that the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) was a political initiative and that the decision to disband it was a lawful political decision.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
The world is obsessed with Israel
AS A follower of the Israel-Hamas war since day one, and having listened to multiple debates around this extremely polarising topic, I am now confident to say that I have been supporting the right side.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
SA's growth to improve slightly, but job creation remains a challenge
World Bank says SA GDP growth is projected to accelerate from 0.5% in 2024 to 0.9% in 2025
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
Cosatu urges retrenchment as last resort
DECENT WORK Cosatu urges retrenchment as last resort KILL: DAY Create decent jobs!
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
Planning your day can make a difference
ELEMENTS ofa successful day (we can all hope to have): You have planned uninterrupted time to be alone. (It’s time to think, plan, and dream.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
From Johannesburg to Tshwane: Proof that revival is possible
BECOMING mayor of Johannesburg in 2016 meant confronting a depth of rot and neglect that no soul could have been prepared for, a decay that had driven the city of gold into severe distress.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
Rollo The Viking plunders the spoils
NATHAN KOTZEN and apprentice Dezahn Louw pulled off a memorable double at Hollywoodbets Greyville yesterday.
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October 08, 2025
The Mercury
The Madlanga Commission tests South Africa's ability to rebuild investor confidence
THE Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into alleged corruption within South Africa’s police service is more than an investigation into misconduct. It is a moment of reckoning for the country’s democratic values and a test of whether transparency can restore trust in institutions that have long struggled with credibility.
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