Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 12 June 2026:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has applied for nine-billion-rand in financial support to repair storm damage in the province. He says the cost will have a huge impact on the provincial budget.

# Mail & Guardian:

Reports on the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising in 1976. The paper writes Hector Pieterson still dies daily and the youth are not the future, they are the present.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports Bafana Bafana kicked off their World Cup campaign on a disappointing note last night when they lost 0-2 to the hosts at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

And secondly, the website writes the parliamentary leader of ActionSA, Atholl Trollip, reportedly says that the government of national unity deserves an F symbol.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes everything possible went wrong for Bafana Bafana in their clash with Mexico. The match was marred by midfielder Sphephelo Sithole’s costly errors, including a red card that left the team struggling to return.

And secondly, the paper reports border authorities have refused entry to nine Bangladeshi nationals who tried to enter South Africa using forged travel documents and visas at OR Tambo International Airport.

# Sowetan:

Reports that parents who refuse or neglect to vaccinate their children are exposing themselves to civil claims should they infect other children. This is a legal opinion amid a huge decline in vaccinations for diseases such as measles.

# And The Citizen:

Writes about 1.2-billion-rand from investors which was allegedly lost. First there were promises about the money being invested in a crypto project and now the money has apparently been invested in a plastic-to-diesel plant.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Firstly reports, a Free State broker and suspected fraudster, Robert-John Johnson, has been traced in Spain. He is alleged to have fled the country with millions of rand from investors.

Secondly, the newspaper writes that the minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Willie Aucamp, said after a visit to Kirstenbosch in Cape Town that the report on mismanagement at the national botanical garden was exaggerated.

And finally there is also a report on Bafana Bafana’s defeat against Mexico.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the Makana city council and city manager are likely to face a variety of criminal charges related to water supply, environmental pollution, fraud and human rights abuses.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli has urged those protesting against undocumented migration to do so within the bounds of the law. He says the current protests have been largely peaceful.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the government’s controversial decision to appoint Vitol as Namibia’s strategic fuel supplier has opened a window into an extensive corporate network already deeply rooted in the country’s petroleum sector.

Then the paper writes prime minister Elijah Ngurare has suspended civil servants’ bush allowance for the time being.

And finally, there is news about virtual doctor’s appointments.