Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 15 January 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the exploration company, Impact Oil and Gas, which is partly owned by the JSE-listed Hosken Consolidated Investments, has agreed with TotalEnergies to retain half of its interest in two Namibian deep sea oil fields.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports while South Africa’s legal team who led the case against Israel was welcomed back like heroes at OR Tambo Airport, experts warn that the action may alienate the country from Western countries and affect trade.

Secondly, the paper writes although the Cheetahs failed to win their match against the French team Pau in Geuzenveld, the Netherlands, it did not stop the support for the team.

And finally, there is a report on the load-shedding outlook for the week.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes president Cyril Ramaphosa said nothing about Phala Phala or the allegations that banks manipulated the rand during the ANC’s birthday celebration over the weekend.

And secondly, the paper publishes a series of safety rules for learners returning to school.

# Sowetan:

Reports it is a new school year with all the same problems due to a continuing lack of infrastructure. The Gauteng government says it will take 15 years and 40-billion-rand to catch up.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “SCHOOLS BREAK PARENTS’ BANK”. The paper writes about the huge cost of sending a child back to school this year.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports the inhumane treatment that Janine Harris received during the birth of her child at the Pelomoni Hospital in Bloemfontein, resulted in the MEC for Health in the Free State, Nompumelelo Gusha being ordered by the High Court to pay five-million-rand in damages.

Then the paper writes more than two-billion-rand will be spent in 2024 on improving the Free State and Northern Cape roads.

And finally, there is also news about the Cheetahs’ game in the Netherlands.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Leads with the sudden death of a South African teacher in Dubai, 23-year-old Cara Hartzenberg from Worcester. She collapsed in her classroom and presumably died of a blood clot.

Then it is reported hundreds of late school applications in the Western Cape have not yet been placed.

And finally, there is news about the warm weather forecast for the Western Cape with thunderstorms in the Eastern Cape.

# And Cape Times:

Writes Cricket SA has named a replacement for the U/19 World Cup captain, David Teeger, following his comments about Israel.

And reports students who have been left out of NSFAS funding are delighted with the fund the government has created to help them.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the so-called wave of violence in Nelson Mandela Bay has claimed the lives of at least six more people since Friday. The victims include a respected church deacon from the Northern Territories, a man who was killed in his home after apparently being mistaken for someone else, and a man who was shot dead in his car at a Humerail shopping centre.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Has the same story as The Star and Pretoria News about Ramaphosa’s silence on important issues.

And reports the Human Rights Commission has requested that all school uniform prices be capped.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports Namibia criticised Germany for deciding to support Israel at the World Court.

And writes the Namibian diplomat, Peter Haufiku, whose ex-wife, Kristofina Amutenya, allegedly killed their two children in Ethiopia almost three years ago, says he fears for his life.