The headlines of the leading newspapers on 07 April 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the series of regulations on the use of firearms in the private security industry proposed by the minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, amounts to disarming the industry that helps combat crime.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson says he is not deterred by death threats and will continue with the investigation into a suspicious oxygen tender worth millions of rand.
Then the website writes president Cyril Ramaphosa says the business sector cannot dictate to the government on the future of the government of national unity.
And finally it is reported that the emergency services had to tow an ambulance from floodwaters in Bloemfontein after it got stuck.
GAUTENG:
# The Star & Pretoria News:
Writes Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will suspend all tariffs on goods imported from the United States. Zimbabwe’s main trading partners are the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, and China, and its limited exports to the US consist mainly of tobacco and sugar.
# Sowetan:
Reports there is a renewed outbreak of violence by taxi patrols in Mpumalanga. Passengers are being dragged from private transport and forced to use taxis. Complaints lodged with the police were dropped after threats.
# And The Citizen:
Writes experts are of the opinion that the ANC should hold on and keep the DA in the government of national unity despite pressure from its own ranks.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports a South African has died and two more are missing after the earthquake in Myanmar last week. The deceased is Oliver Chivende and the two missing persons are Cowen Reed Titus and Pelontle Gill. They all lived in the same apartment complex.
Secondly, the paper writes electric bicycles will have to be licensed in the future.
And finally, viewers are reported to be upset because SABC2 did not broadcast any Afrikaans news on Saturday night. The broadcaster also did not give any reason.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports according to a report on the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s electricity turnaround strategy, there is a leadership crisis in the city, political interference, and the appointment of unqualified staff that are hindering energy stability.
And secondly, the paper writes the Eastern Cape Education Department’s general ban on alcohol on school premises is a major setback for fundraising projects at schools.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes that a warning has been issued about the outbreak of rabies in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports police in the Erongo region are investigating the murder of six family members in Usakos who were first beaten to death and then set on fire on Saturday. Four of the victims are children.
Then the paper writes two farmers from Outjo came across so-called bush slaughter sites on the road between Outjo and Otavi where cattle thieves slaughter stolen cattle.
And finally, it is reported that a Magistrate in Keetmanshoop is accused of a conflict of interest.