The Mercury - 2015-03-03

• Fears for missing yachtsmen
• Kelly loses ride after ‘poking lover in eye’
• Top Gear Festival canned as city ‘has no money’
• Great news for Sharks
• Gates world’s richest, Zuckerberg in top 20
• Wetland Park gets R250m upgrade
• Graeme Smith writes for us
• Commonweal­th Games bid goes ahead despite odds
• SA youngsters all set to sail the seas for a good cause
• Councils weakened by lack of stability
• ANC regional leaders in limbo
• Mall boss blames engineer for risk
• Shuttlewor­th case in Concourt today
• Zuma’s nephew ‘in bid to delay workers’ dues’
• Fire tears across Cape Peninsula
• Appointmen­t of new SIU head gets mixed reaction
• ‘Keep big cats as pets to boost their population­s’
• Celebratio­n as first Medupi unit delivers power to the national grid
• Major offensive to reclaim Tikrit
• Polio vaccine arrests
• Australia declares Mosul off-limits to deter foreign fighters
• All-electric satellites blasted into orbit
• Revolution­ising business in Africa
• Driving a green revolution one small step at a time
• A long time at sea
• TMO rulings cost Sharks dearly
• Politicisi­ng religion is tearing faiths apart
• Buy Local – it’s a good deal
• Murder in Russia
• Needless death
• You&the zodiac
• Honouring dance heroes
• Larry’s like a fish out of water
• Facing frailties the wild way
• DSTV HIGHLIGHTS
• Start-up of Medupi’s unit welcomed with caution
• Export market is new vehicle market’s star performer
• Factories take strain on Eskom blackouts
• Nasdaq hits 5 000 points after 15 years
• NO CURVE BALL
• De Beers invests further in its Venetia mine to extend production beyond 2040
• Petrochemi­cal hub is solution to SA’s low oil price issues
• Visagie’s new game plan for the continent
• US trucker nabbed using ‘James Bond’ device to avoid toll
• GPI set on becoming investment firm
• Reduced consumer spending knocks JD Group
• Fairvest stays bullish in spite of soft growth
• Transnet seals financing deals
• Ascension enters merger talks after disappoint­ing its investors
• Euro declines against stronger dollar
• Meikles sues bank for $50m
• Division’s fourth-quarter loss to deepen
• GSK, Novartis complete $20bn asset swap deals
• Focus falls on weak economy
• BSA sales on the up
• That winning feeling...
• Bad to worse for relegated DHS Rhythm
• Mitchell defends Midlands Open title at stormy Mooi River
• Dlamini in pole at Ladies Open
• AmaZulu’s challenge
• Title race demons haunt Chiefs, hope for Usuthu
• Jose’s untouchabl­es and the top-four scrap
• Steyn set to join ODI 100 club
• Proteas taking it step by step

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