Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 17 July 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports taxpayers received a combined 10-billion-rand in refunds from the SA Revenue Service in the tax season until the end of February. The service says it increasingly uses third-party data that eliminates unnecessary refunds.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports the suspected killers of the high jump world champion, Jacques Freitag, were arrested at a guest house in Sabie, Mpumalanga. The Gauteng police spokesperson Brenda Muridili confirmed that a man and a woman will appear in the Magistrate’s Court in Pretoria soon.

And secondly, the paper writes that this coming weekend André-Hugo Venter can join the father-and-son pairs who both played for the Springboks together with his father, ex-Bok André Venter.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes AfriForum has the EFF in its sights over the looting of VBS Bank.

And reports the minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie defended Die Stem in the national anthem.

# Sowetan:

Reports on the crime prevention plan of the minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu. He wants to spend 71-billion-rand on detective services, reduce murder cases by four-thousand and rape by six-thousand-200.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the government of national unity has elicited a positive attitude from many quarters and the country has a bright future for the first time in a long time.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld about the suspects arrested in the Freitag murder case.

And secondly, the paper also writes about André Hugo Venter’s Bok debut.

And finally, there is a report about the Bloemfontein electricity supplier, Centlec, which collapsed due to mismanagement.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Firstly, also reports on Jacques Freitag.

And secondly, the paper has news about the Karoo Lusern Slaghuis outside Oudtshoorn, which has been named the best butchery in the country.

# And Cape Times:

Also reports on McKenzie’s support for Die Stem in the national anthem.

And writes some of the ANC’s alliance partners are of the opinion that the party has sold out its goals.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Gary van Niekerk’s days may be numbered with a multi-party investigative committee looking into his removal as a councilor or suspension from the council.

And secondly, the paper writes a petite and frail woman from Bedford was allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the chairman of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal, Siboniso Duma says everything is going smoothly with the government of provincial unity.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports closed circuit television footage apparently shows two murder suspects allegedly dragging the body of nine-year-old Akundaishe Natalie Chipomho in a green rubbish bin to a nearby municipal garbage bin.

Then the paper writes a farmer in the Okahandja district has been the victim of rhino poachers for the third time after he discovered the carcass of a white rhino bull on his farm.

And finally, it is reported the Namibian Electoral Commission says that it still needs about 60-million-rand to ensure voter registration and the national election runs smoothly.