The Mercury - 2020-07-31

• Claims of traffic officers taking bribes as Covid-19 causes long delays at border
• Contracts for kickbacks claims at KZN premier’s office
• Arsonists destroy R6m KZN Covid-19 facility
• Intra-provincial travel regulation­s eased
• IMF loan: benefits and pitfalls for SA
• No easy start for Chiefs and Sundowns
• Stefanutti succumbs to Eskom failures
• Rugby – the old order changeth
• ‘Coronapren­eurship’ can’t go on – we shouldn’t need crippling loans
• A-G needs to audit Nersa pricing yearly
• Restrictio­ns shoot economy in the foot
• R1bn spent on probes, not a single arrest
• Makhura speaks on PPE tender saga
• Farewell, Durban art doyenne
• Service provider caught dumping water loses contract
• Salary increase could cause a dispute
• Call for probe into possible sabotage in Maritzburg landfill fire
• MUNICIPALI­TY TO DISCONNECT NON-PAYERS ‘AT ALL COSTS’
• Weddings, travel complaints keep consumer ombudsman busy
• Minister is playing ‘smoke and mirrors’
• MEDIA SHOULD BE VOICE OF REASON, NOT PARANOIA
• Turkey and Egypt in a new scramble for Africa
• Sisulu’s stance against graft will be tested
• Restart of soccer is a needed tonic
• Perseveran­ce joins race to Mars
• Slums could house one of the highest population immunity levels worldwide
• Local entreprene­ur gets a shoo-in the sneaker industry
• What we love ordering from food delivery apps in lockdown
• Loan: benefits and potential pitfalls for SA
• SAPS presses on with probe in Sygnia CEO Wierzycka’s extortion case
• Steinhoff’s six months’ loss deepens to double and hits more than €1.5 billion
• ANGLOGOLD CHIEF MAKES ABRUPT RESIGNATIO­N
• AB INBEV CHEERED BY HIKE IN GLOBAL SALES OF BEER
• The world needs scientists of the calibre of the NSTF-South32 Awardees
• Shaping a global future with a positive impact
• Wits’ research impacts for good and tackles COVID-19 challenges
• V-shaped recovery not likely for Sappi this year
• EMERGING MARKETS
• FRANK STEWART BRIDGE
• Basketball set for restart
• Kok is ready for a new challenge at the Sharks
• Hamilton in top gear for more home glory
• Carr driven to inspire youth to play for Springboks
• Snoek have been small but fun to catch
• Safa-PSL relations ‘impacted’
• Stormers split over their Super future
• Barty to skip US Open over virus fears
• Something about Broad just doesn’t sit right
• Pitso and Ernst on personal crusades in title race
• Perfectly legitimate and legal to meet Swiss attorney general, says Infantino
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