The Mercury - 2022-04-29

• EThekwini’s overtime going into overdrive
• Experts expect diesel price hike in May
• WAITING FOR EID
• A time of falsetto speech-making
• Reasons behind eThekwini infrastruc­ture problems
• Award Nobel Peace Prize posthumous­ly
• Freedom Day: hard to find anything worth applauding
• Ingonyama Trust should help rebuild
• Up to 40% of planet’s land degraded: UN
• Without water, we are doomed
• Do the right thing – you know what it is
• A-G oversight on relief funds welcomed
• No more driving licence extensions, Mbalula warns
• ‘Widen net on monitoring state spending’
• Property valuation objections deadline extended
• Women killed in shooting
• Lawyer gets 15 years in prison for fraud
• GOOGLE HAS NEW WAYS TO REMOVE PERSONAL INFORMATIO­N FROM SEARCH RESULTS
• Defence lawyer in Senzo Meyiwa case arrested in court
• Court grants mom’s dying wish for child
• Border Management Agency ‘will be operationa­l next year’
• Advocate’s wife a suspect in murder plot
• Parliament wants extension on independen­t candidates law
• ANC policy conference set for July
• Farmer says he was ‘shooting at hippos’
• IOL.CO.ZA EDITOR’S CHOICE
• Relief efforts continue for flood-hit KZN
• Department sticks to its guns over R350 relief grant changes
• Search-and-Rescue teams tell of toll
• Umgeni Water await report on infrastruc­ture damage
• Chinese GDP Q1 growth exceeds expectatio­ns
• Degradatio­n of health and safety a crisis
• CHEERS TO MAMELODI SUNDOWNS!
• Now is the time to create a developmen­tal state
• Schools close early during India’s worst electricit­y shortage in years
• Andrew no longer a freeman of city of York
• ON THIS DAY APRIL 29
• Chinese megacity in Covid battle
• Covid jab for children under 5 on the cards
• Britain delays full post-Brexit controls
• Deepfake tech and AI a worry for Europol
• Marine reptile fossils found in Swiss Alps
• Turkey woos Saudi
• Regional capital ‘to use rouble’
• Nationwide strike cripples Sri Lanka
• ‘Old’ Amarok shows ‘new’ ’un it’s still up for any challenge
• THE ENVIRONMEN­TAL IMPACT OF FOOD WASTAGE
• Crews went on ‘90-day sex fast’ to battle porn addiction
• FRIDAY APR 29
• Amber Heard was ‘filling space dating Elon Musk’
• New ‘on demand’ contracept­ive pill showing promise
• Jamie Oliver’s wife talks about miscarriag­es
• DOUBLE CROSSWORD
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
• CODE CRACKER
• THE QUICKIE
• FRANK STEWART BRIDGE
• WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN
• MARK RUBERY CHESS
• Yesterday’s solutions:
• Yesterday’s solutions: Across:
• Yesterday’s solutions:
• Yesterday’s solutions:
• YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION:
• Clicks retail sales rise as it grows its market share
• SA economy is at risk, as it is on the cusp of a fifth Covid-19 wave
• IMF warns of new severe economic shock to sub-Saharan Africa region
• DIS-CHEM PREDICTS AN EXPECTED LEAP IN ITS ANNUAL EARNINGS OF ABOUT 30%
• NET1 GETS COMPETITIO­N TRIBUNAL’S GREEN LIGHT TO ACQUIRE OVOBIX AND LUXANIO
• In this weekend’s edition: 1. 2.
• Karooooo has met forecasts made at its Nasdaq listing in the first year
• Develop your d igital knowledge and skill set with Wits Business School
• PPI in March soars to highest level since 2013 on rising food and energy costs
• Real average wage in South Africa fell below the R15000 mark in March 2022
• Not sure where to start with medical aid cover? Medshield has the solution
• Medical aids – the deferred increase debate
• Glencore lowers production guidance, but earnings up
• GOLD SLIPS TO 10-WEEK LOWS
• Ncikazi: Pirates didn’t have spaces in the wide channels
• Lightning-quick Malik tipped for India after igniting IPL
• Klopp hails ‘world-class’ Sadio Mane
• I knew I had the speed advantage, says victorious Bok
• Structure and colour lines help to draw the fish in
• Hamilton fight-back must take root in Miami
• White backs Moodie to shine at fullback
• Five-star Sundowns in a class of their own
• Chiefs gave Arrows hope, says Zwane
• Connacht worried about Sharks’ back-three
• Masawandaw­a in their own league
• SPORT ON TV TODAY
• This is a real privilege, says new England captain Stokes

The Mercury - 2022-04-28

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