Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 04 July 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the premier of Gauteng, Panyaza Lesufi has taken control of seven of the ten portfolios in the provincial legislature. He excluded the second largest party in the province, the DA. The DA says it refused to take portfolios on ANC terms.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Also reports on the new government in Gauteng and writes that the minority now rules in the province. At the same time, the paper reports on the swearing-in of the national ministers in the government of national unity.

Secondly, it is reported the legal trade in rhino horn can earn about 80-billion-rand for the country in five years.

And lastly, the Springbok athlete Jacques Freitag was trying to straighten out his life when he had a setback and was eventually murdered.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Also writes about the announcement of the provincial Cabinet in Gauteng.

And reports the ministers in the government of national unity have begun to reveal their plans.

# Sowetan:

Reports the ANC has put together a sort of government of provincial unity in Gauteng. The DA, MK, and EFF are out and the IVP, PA, and Rise Mzansi are in.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie is from the outset known as the minister of jokes.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports the Public Protector has ordered an investigation into senior members of the Free State premier’s office regarding the spending during the funeral of the MEC for Education, Tate Makgoe.

And secondly, there is news about the eight-year-old Louis de Jager from Wepener who, like a true cowboy, herds the sheep on his father’s farm on the back of his pony.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports the Western Cape government is investigating after there was no doctor available when the badly injured Gerhard Nel from Porterville had to be treated after a farm attack. Nel died after his arrival at the state hospital.

And secondly, the paper writes about a Clifton plot of just over one-thousand-one-hundred square meters on the market for 175-million-rand.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the ANC left out the DA, EFF, and MK Party in its Gauteng government.

And reports more victims of a dating app have come forward.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the residents of Nelson Mandela Bay say they can hardly afford the new electricity rates.

And secondly, there is news about the Walmer High School winning the 2024 SA Climate Change Champs competition in Cape Town.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes eThekwini wants to renovate its infrastructure to give its gross domestic product a boost of 670-million-rand.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports Erindi says it is unthinkable that the ministry of Mines and Energy will allow an exclusive prospecting license in a private nature and wildlife reserve.

And secondly writes, the government has submitted another Marriage Bill to ban same-sex marriages in Namibia.