Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 17 June 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the South African Revenue Service and other law enforcement agencies are focusing on the illegal fuel industry that embezzles almost four-billion-rand from the fiscus annually. The service says it has made progress by cracking down on the black market fuel industry over the past four months.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports several political parties and organisations focused on the nearly 8.7-million young people in the country who are unemployed during Youth Day yesterday. The ANC says too many youths are being excluded from the mainstream economy.

Then the website writes the Free State and Northern Cape can expect more icy weather from tomorrow.

And finally, there is a report about the Rustenburg couple, Wilma and George Koster, who were shot to death in broad daylight in the parking lot of the Platinum Square Shopping Centre. There was apparently an argument over a parking space.

GAUTENG:

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Writes president Donald Trump said at the G7 Summit that Iran urgently needs to hold talks with Israel before it is too late. The paper also reports the conflict could have a direct impact on South Africa with fuel prices skyrocketing.

# Sowetan:

Reports there has been a sharp increase in kidnappings in Jabulani, Soweto. The paper writes this is related to robberies where criminals kidnap people to obtain further financial information.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “YOUTH: IT IS AN EMERGENCY”. The paper writes youth leaders say we should stop focusing on the youth of 1976 – they did their part. Today’s youth are qualified but unemployed.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Firstly, reports about 24-year-old Devon Goliath and 16-year-old Me-Jaygon Barends who were killed on the N1 near Laingsburg. They were part of a group of young people who were having a romantic photo shoot when they were run over.

And secondly, the paper writes rain, strong winds, and cold weather are forecast for the Eastern and Western Cape for the rest of the week.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports there are doubts whether the ANC’s regional conference in Nelson Mandela Bay will go ahead this weekend as factional fighting in the party increasingly leads to violence.

And secondly, the paper writes the South African Social Security Agency has discovered widespread corruption in its Eastern Cape office. There are thousands of missing files, fictitious children, and fake pensioners.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes about a local Pitbull owner who was allegedly attacked by his own dogs.

And reports about an illegal school in Northdale that was exposed.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports that Namibian Mines minister, Natangwe Ithete says the three companies that lost their rights as authorised buyers of rough diamonds did not meet minimum purchasing requirements.

And secondly, the paper writes the ministry of the Environment, Forestry, and Tourism expects the renovation of the Etosha National Park fence to take another five years. This follows the revelation that some 388 head of livestock have been captured around the park in the past five years.