The headlines of the leading newspapers on 28 July 2026:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the National Director of Public Prosecutions has provisionally withdrawn the criminal charges against the head of Criminal Intelligence, Dumisani Khumalo and his co-accused. It was testified before the Madlanga Commission that key evidence in the case may have been fabricated.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the Electoral Commission has warned political parties not only to canvass votes, but also to prepare themselves to form coalitions after the elections.
And secondly, the website writes the court application of doctor Wouter Basson against his disciplinary hearing before the Health Professions Council has failed.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Also writes about the case against Khumalo, which has been provisionally withdrawn.
And secondly, reports about Banyana Banyana who suffered a shocking 2-1 defeat against Tanzania at the WAFCON.
# Sowetan:
Leads with: “SHAMEFUL” and has a giant photo of former IDAC head, Andrea Johnson, on the front page. The paper reports the Investigative Directorate Against Corruption has suffered a further setback with the Khumalo case being withdrawn.
# And The Citizen:
Writes a former event planner at the Water Research Commission has been quietly reappointed after she bought 50-thousand-rand worth of liquor for a work function and was investigated by the Public Protector.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports that experts are of the opinion that Andrea Johnson’s resignation does not remove her from the crossfire. If she has committed any criminal offence, she will still be prosecuted.
And secondly, the paper writes the head of the Paarl High School Gymnasium, Paul Viljoen, says that disciplinary action will be taken against learners who used crude language in a video in which they badmouth their rivals, the Paarl Boys’ High School.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports a Gqeberha accountant, Kirsten Diener, has been arrested by the Hawks for allegedly defrauding her former employer of more than three-million-rand. According to the newspaper, she has previously had run-ins with the law.
And secondly, the paper writes a DA member of the Eastern Cape Legislature, Retief Odendaal, has handed letters to the Presidency and the Police ministry requesting national intervention in municipal crime.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes the historic police station in Jabu Ndlovu Street in Pietermaritzburg is to be renovated.
And secondly, it is reported king Misuzulu kaZwelithini has reappointed inkosi Malusi Zondi and prince Afrika Zulu as advisors. The paper writes the restructuring of the royal household is apparently continuing.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports 39-year-old Rachel Frans of Havana in Windhoek allegedly took a photo of her killer moments before he shot her. Her boyfriend, 41-year-old Ben Urikhob, appeared in court yesterday.
And secondly, the paper writes a man who police suspect may be connected to the alleged rape of nine women in Rundu since December, has been denied bail.