The headlines of the leading newspapers on 07 October 2026:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the government has welcomed the preliminary findings of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights regarding migration in South Africa. The paper writes the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Migration stated the commission acknowledged the country’s legal framework for the protection of human rights, including those of refugees and asylum seekers.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports politicians across the political spectrum criticised the government during a special parliamentary debate on gender-based violence and femicide for its inability to curb this scourge.
Secondly, the website reports the police task team investigating political killings in Gauteng has arrested a second suspect in connection with the murder of the EFF secretary in Tshwane, Monica Dube.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Writes a 39-year-old Zimbabwean man and three women, aged between 23 and 29, were arrested after police raided a suspected multi-million rand drug laboratory on a smallholding in Skeerpoort, near Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West. The paper reports police spokesperson colonel Adéle Myburgh said Brits Crime Intelligence and the Hartbeespoort Dam K9 unit are conducting further investigations.
# Sowetan:
Reports a Johannesburg informal trader, Sibusiso Ngcobo, intervened and stopped Siyabonga Msimanga when he attacked his ex-girlfriend, Boitumelo Mazibuko, with a knife. Ngcobo says he could not stand by and watch the woman being murdered.
# And The Citizen:
Writes the family of 49-year-old Ntombifuthi Nxumalo—whose naked body was found in an East Rand cemetery last month—says the accused who appeared in court yesterday, Victor Matome Rampedi, has more rights than their murdered daughter.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports on officials who are allegedly receiving SASSA grants unlawfully.
The paper writes high fuel prices are having a direct impact on school transport.
And finally, there is news about three suspects arrested for targeting vehicles at Table Mountain; the three reportedly used the Uber service to carry out their plan.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports the minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean McPherson, paid an oversight visit to the police barracks in Nelson Mandela Bay. The facility is filthy and dilapidated, and the minister demanded an urgent action plan.
Secondly, the paper writes South Africa is one of seven countries that have shown interest in hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics. The other countries are India, Qatar, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, and South Korea.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has issued a stern warning to those intent on destabilising the monarchy through fake news and videos circulated on social media.
And finally, from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the City of Windhoek’s available cash reserves grew from 268-million-rand in June 2023 to 1.1-billion-rand in June of this year.
The paper also writes the former mayor of Windhoek, Agnes Kafula, is embroiled in a High Court property dispute with a family member who occupies the property in question.
And lastly, there is news about a group of international veterinarians who have come to dehorn Namibian rhinos.