The headlines of the leading newspapers on 14 July 2026:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the CEO of the Public Investment Corporation, Patrick Dlamini, has been provisionally suspended after receiving information from a whistleblower.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports president Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africans must refocus on the fight against poverty, inequality and injustice on Mandela Day.
And secondly, the website writes a South African man was arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok after 17.5 kilograms of heroin were found in his luggage.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Writes the spokesperson for the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education, Muzi Mahlambi, and his wife, the Umlazi District Director, Metu, have issued a joint statement apologising for a controversial video on social media. The recording is of a domestic dispute during which Metu makes serious allegations against the education spokesperson.
# Sowetan:
Reports on the numerous interruptions to which the Madlanga Commission is being subjected by witnesses who give valid reasons why they cannot appear. In the latest case, the head of the Investigative Directorate against Corruption, advocate Andrea Johnson, did not turn up yesterday and simply submitted a medical certificate. Judge Mbuyiseli Madlanga referred to it as a “useless sick note”. She is the ninth witness to have delayed the commission’s proceedings in this way.
# And The Citizen:
Writes South Africa’s Firearms Registration System is collapsing. The renewal of firearms licences has fallen by 74-percent and the registration process is dysfunctional.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports as Sowetan on the interruptions in the proceedings of the Madlanga Commission.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports Nelson Mandela Bay Metro is losing hundreds of hours due to continuous medical leave by employees.
And secondly, it is reported the Bafana captain, Ronwen Williams, received a hero’s welcome in Gelvandale.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes a smouldering fire at the Pietermaritzburg landfill site is causing air pollution in residential areas.
And secondly, it is reported the reversal of businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s plea bargain has caught the state by surprise. Matlala rejected the 12-year sentence in the agreement.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports The Road Fund Administration has warned Namibians to prepare for gradual increases in road user rates as demand for road infrastructure grows.
And secondly, the paper writes the minister of Urban and Rural Development, Sankwasa James Sankwasa, has warned local authorities that failing to submit updated and audited financial statements, they will not receive budget allocations from the government.