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The Mercury, 16 Oct 2026

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ArticleANC wins Con­Court battle to rein­state can­did­ates in six muni­cip­al­it­ies

THE ANC has won its Con­sti­tu­tional Court bid to rein­state can­did­ates in six muni­cip­al­it­ies ahead of the Novem­ber 4 local gov­ern­ment elec­tions, with the rul­ing com­ing as the Elect­oral Com­mis­sion of South Africa (IEC) has already...

ANC wins Con­Court battle to rein­state can­did­ates in six muni­cip­al­it­ies

ArticleKZN beats pro­vin­cial invest­ment tar­get by R30bn

KWAZULU-NATAL has secured R124.576 bil­lion in invest­ment pledges, beat­ing its 2026 tar­get by nearly R30 bil­lion, as the province repor­ted a 52.9% rise in auto­mot­ive exports to R43.2 bil­lion last year. The com­mit­ments were announced...

KZN beats pro­vin­cial invest­ment tar­get by R30bn

ArticleCETA faces scru­tiny over R29m in failed projects

NEARLY R29 mil­lion was paid for skills-devel­op­ment projects that failed to deliver their inten­ded bene­fits, while the Con­struc­tion Edu­ca­tion and Train­ing Author­ity (CETA) has accu­mu­lated R1 bil­lion in irreg­u­lar, fruit­less and waste­ful...

CETA faces scru­tiny over R29m in failed projects

ArticleMuni­cipal debt has doubled des­pite govt inter­ven­tions, says Eskom

MUNICIPALITIES owe Eskom just over R122bn in unpaid debt, and the power util­ity says the National Treas­ury's debt relief pro­gramme has not worked as only nine of the 71 indebted muni­cip­al­it­ies are com­ply­ing with the pay­ment plan. Eskom's...

Muni­cipal debt has doubled des­pite govt inter­ven­tions, says Eskom

ArticleNavi Pil­lay’s Nobel win exposes the polit­ics of peace prizes

JUDGE Navi Pil­lay has become a star overnight. Not that she wasn't a dis­tin­guished per­son prior to this. But she didn't get much media atten­tion as she worked away from the lime­light, in the courtrooms of the world, engrossed in her legal and...

Navi Pil­lay’s Nobel win exposes the polit­ics of peace prizes