Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 04 December 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports a collapse in the agricultural sector led to South Africa’s economy shrinking by 0.3-percent in the third quarter. Economists were under the impression that the GDP would expand over the period and had hoped that full-year growth would reach 1-percent or more.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Firstly reports about the attack on professor Tess van der Merwe and her children in her home in Pretoria. She was shot four times in the arm but decided to immediately resume her practice as an endocrinologist and obesity specialist.

Secondly, the paper writes that experts are of the opinion that president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to move the minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Thembi Simelane to Human Settlements will not relieve the pressure on him.

And finally, there is news about the final farewell to Breyten Breytenbach in Paris, France. His red shoes and a white flower were the only items placed on his coffin.

# Sowetan:

Reports Soweto residents have taken to the streets against Eskom’s proposed tariff increase. The community says no one will be able to afford a 36-percent increase.

# And The Citizen:

Reports 25 staff members of the Department of Basic Education have criminal records. Some of them are still in contact with learners in classrooms.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same stories on its front page as Beeld.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Leads with the transfer of Simelane and also writes about Breyten’s farewell.

And finally, it is reported the parole of the two men who attacked, raped and left Allison Botha for dead 30 years ago will be reconsidered.

# And Cape Argus:

Writes a Cape Town lawyer who molested street children and paid money for sexual favours has been sentenced in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports of the almost 200 murders reported in the northern parts of Gqeberha this year, the majority are still unsolved with no justice for the victims.

And secondly, the paper writes the residents of St Francis are questioning the provincial government’s decision to spend 218-million-rand on the Humansdorp/Hankey route, while the Humansdorp/St Francis route is in need of repairs.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes that the KwaZulu-Natal government and the long-distance taxi industry in the province’s dispute over the issuing of permits is escalating with bad consequences for the economy.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Writes reports indicate that Swapo has lost about ten seats in this year’s National Election.

And secondly, it is reported that six members of the Popular Democratic Movement who were illegally removed from the party’s parliamentary list in 2019 are demanding the full payment they would have received if they had not been removed from that list.