Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 17 January 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports TymeBank has issued a challenge to the five big banks and says it aims to be among the top three in the next three years. The bank attributed its success mainly to strategic relationships with, among others, Pick ‘n Pay, Boxer, and the Zionist Church.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports it came to light in court that the husband of the late rev. Liezel de Jager confessed to the police about her murder. Werner de Jager apparently pleaded for forgiveness during his arrest.

Then the paper writes about the many new faces who are going to school for the first time this year.

And finally there is news about the tropical cyclone Belal that hit the island of Mauritius. Although damage was done, everything is now back to normal.

# Sowetan:

Reports on an incident during which members of the Tshwane Metro Police are believed to have harshly handled a man who had a heart attack, after which another official allegedly ran over the man with a vehicle.

# And The Citizen:

Writes about the possibility that former president Jacob Zuma’s jail sentence could prevent him from taking part in the election again.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Also leads with De Jager’s confession.

Then the paper writes about the education crisis in the Free State with 40-percent of the province’s grade 10 learners failing to pass in 2023.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Has the same lead as Beeld and Volksblad.

And secondly, it is reported 26-year-old JT Potgieter from Kraaifontein collapsed on a local rugby field and succumbed to a heart attack. He also had a heart attack two years ago.

# And Cape Times:

Firstly writes, everything is in place for the 2024 school year starting today.

And reports president Cyril Ramaphosa does not have a contribution to make at the World Economic Forum.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports Nelson Mandela Bay’s supply chain director, Cynthia Ngxesha has returned to work after a 30-month suspension. The Local Bargaining Council called her suspension a waste of taxpayers’ money.

And secondly, the paper writes a group of residents of Gqeberha risked their lives to save people from the sea at Sardinia Bay.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Reports the Independent Electoral Commission has ruled that Zuma cannot take part in this year’s elections as he has been sentenced to more than 12 months in jail.

# And The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the garbage is piling up in Pietermaritzburg’s streets because the garbage removal service’s trucks are out of order.

And reports the newspaper will publish the matric results on Friday.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports land tax for the financial years 2017 to 2023 must be paid before 31 March this year.

And writes the man who allegedly stole two-million-rand from a bank in the north of Namibia, Nico Hijendepi Redebe, presumably fled to Angola.