The AM Check-in | Your Top 3 Reads Today
Sowetan’s choice of the top three reads you should not miss today
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China opens tariff-free trade door to SA
Beijing offers tariff relief as exporters eye gains beyond commodities
Top law firms in court bid to fight ‘unconstitutional’ BEE legal code
High court to hear the case for the entire week
Davide Ancelotti: My game in my words
Brazil assistant manager Davide Ancelotti sits down with BBC Sport’s tactics expert Umir Irfan to discuss his coaching philosophy, inspirations and ideals.
Tshwane and Ekhuruleni residents will determine vote on service delivery, or lack thereof
Areas suffer vandalism of traffic lights, cable theft, unemployment and corruption
News24 | 22 000 Pick n Pay workers face shake-up of benefits and weekend pay
Pick n Pay has launched a Section 189 process to overhaul conditions for 22 000 store workers.
What happened to Everton’s £40m signing Dibling?
The curious case of Tyler Dibling – BBC Sport chief football writers asks what has happened to Everton’s £40m youngster and what does the future hold?
What life is like in the town with the UK’s worst mobile signal
Tenby is a “dead zone” for mobile signal, a business owner said, with the issue driving away customers.
Pistons and Cavaliers advance in NBA play-offs
Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers will face one another in a best-of-seven series in the Eastern Conference semi-finals of the NBA play-offs.
‘Premflix’ and tourist fans – future of football predictions
Former broadcasting executive Neil Duncanson and author Alex Fynn, who made remarkably accurate predictions about football’s future in 1994, discuss what the game will look like in 10 years’ time.
What an empty car park tells us about the UK’s debt problem
The BBC has been speaking to people living in one of England’s poorest communities.
News24 | Sasha Stevenson | Big week for NHI in court
From 5 to 7 May, the Constitutional Court will hear two of the multiple challenges to the National Health Insurance Act. Sasha Stevenson considers what will be at stake in these first, potentially landmark, cases involving the process that led to the act.
South Africa’s Nic Vani bows out of ‘BGT’ after semi-final performance judges won’t forget
The South African singer gave it everything in Saturday’s ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ semi-final. The votes didn’t go his way, but what a journey it was
Flu season | Get vaccinated as soon as possible to beat the flu virus
The fact that both the flu and RSV seasons are starting at the same time means clinicians could potentially see a high burden of patients with respiratory illness in medical facilities in the coming weeks, warns NICD spokesperson Vuyo Sabani
Samsung family pays off record $8bn inheritance tax bill
The bill is tied to the estate left by the firm’s late chairman Lee Kun-hee, who died in October 2020.
Hantavirus alert: Should South Africans be worried now?
Hantavirus concerns may rise after a cruise ship passenger is treated in Johannesburg. Learn how it spreads, its symptoms, and local risk.
Ignoring illegal immigrant crisis could lead to SA’s demise − education MEC
Gade says migrants are flooding social services at the expense of locals
Antisemitism ‘allowed to come into the open’ says Bondi victim’s daughter
Sheina Gutnick was the first person to give evidence at the royal commission investigating the attack.
What to consider before making repeat two-pot withdrawals
More and more cash-strapped workers are turning to retirement savings for quick financial relief while others even resign for speedy access to their savings.
News24 | Trump ally Rudy Giuliani admitted to hospital in ‘critical’ condition
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalised and is in “critical but stable condition”, his spokesperson said
Minister says urgent action needed to stop rise in child abuse, exploitation
Tolashe raised concern over increasing reports of child abuse and exploitation, citing national data showing a worrying upward trend.