Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 08 May 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Writes Amazon.co.za has officially launched in South Africa. This is considered a decisive moment for the country’s e-commerce sector and means the entry of this trade giant into a retail market of 1.3-trillion-rand.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Is the first of the three sister newspapers of Media24 to devote their front pages to the building disaster in George. The paper reports in detail about the rescue effort, the possible causes of the disaster, and the investigation that will now follow. There are also numerous photos of the rescue efforts and family members waiting anxiously.

Secondly, the paper has a snippet about FlySafair’s 10-rand flight ticket on its tenth birthday.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes former president Jacob Zuma will remain as president of the MK Party.

And reports it is an African law that children look after their parents.

# Sowetan:

Reports the mother of one of the four teenagers from the Fanggi Secondary School in Ivory Park who committed suicide, Maria Lubisi says she suspects her daughter was pregnant.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “WHY YOUTH ARE GATVOL”. The paper writes the way the government deals with corruption, youth unemployment and poor service delivery are according to a survey of 18- to 24-year-olds, signs that the country is moving in the wrong direction.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld about the collapse of the building in George.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also devotes its entire front page to the building disaster. The paper reports some of the survivors who are trapped under the rubble still had contact with their families via mobile phones.

# And Cape Times:

Writes it’s a race against time to save the trapped workers in George.

And reports president Cyril Ramaphosa also condemned the DA’s flag-burning advertisement.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Leads with: “GEORGE’S DARKEST HOUR”. The paper spoke to eyewitnesses and writes about the effects of the disaster on the entire community.

And secondly it reports the people who removed the posters with the face of mayor Gary van Niekerk can be fined up to three-thousand-rand.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the newspaper investigated the living conditions of the eThekwini community and reports that thousands of people live in terrible conditions.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the carcass of a large white rhinoceros bull was discovered on a farm in the Gobabis district. The farm has previously also lost white rhinos to poachers.

And secondly, the paper writes the mother of 19-year-old Elias Namwandi, who is charged with the murder of Christof Fredericks, says she handed him over to the police herself.