Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 20 November 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the CEO of Coronation Fund Managers, Anton Pillay says there is a need for the consolidation of fund managers as high costs and dwindling available funds undermine the competitiveness of smaller fund managers.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports a lawyer from the Society for the Protection of Our Constitution, Yasmin Omar says the situation at the Stilfontein Mine could turn out to be worse than the Marikana massacre. The society opposes state action in the High Court in Pretoria.

Secondly, the paper writes about the terrible conditions at the Johannesburg Art Gallery

And finally, there is valuable news about the recoding of power meters.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Writes the state claims the Stilfontein miners are not trapped in the mine, they are hiding there.

And secondly, it is reported the community is requested that vat-en-sit-relationships that amount to informal cohabitation should be recognised before the law.

# Sowetan:

Reports the people of Soweto are frustrated to switch to the new system for power meters, and sleep in front of the Eskom office at night to avoid the long queues.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the Teddy Bear Foundation says only four-percent of sexual assault cases against children have been prosecuted in the past five years.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports Kleinjan le Grange and Rudi Gericke were each sentenced to three and a half years in prison for assault and property damage at the Ficksburg golf club in 2022.

And secondly, the paper writes the three-year-old boy from Winburg, whose body was found in a black bag, might have been deliberately drowned.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports on 14-year-old Grantham Jahmiel van Reenen of Ravensmead who was shot dead in front of his father on his way to school in gang crossfire. Two more learners were wounded.

And secondly, there is news about SA Rugby’s agreement with the American Ackerley Sports Group. The minister of Sport, Art and Culture, Gayton McKenzie says he is convinced the parties will be able to reach an agreement.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the security at Cape schools was stepped up after Van Reenen was shot dead yesterday.

And reports there are concerns about food whose shelf life has expired ending up in landfills.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality wants to close one of its darkest chapters. After six years, it is recommended that no further action is needed on the city’s failed 21-million-rand sewage cleaning project.

And secondly, the paper writes snake season has arrived in the Bay and numerous poisonous snakes have already been removed from residential areas.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes at the summit on construction mafias, the evil was identified as South Africa’s number one enemy. The help of the police’s Organised Crime Unit was called in.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republican in Windhoek:

Reports Namibia’s new green hydrogen industry requires huge investments over the next six years to 2030 and will offer incredible returns.

Then the paper writes three armed suspected poachers were shot dead on Saturday during a skirmish with members of the anti-poaching unit in the Etosha National Park.

And finally, there is news about a community activist in Okahandja who is running a campaign to curb severe malnutrition among children.