The headlines of the leading newspapers on 11 November 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports Please Call Me inventor Nkosana Makate has to pay several costs after his claim against Vodacom was successful. The paper writes one of the claimants is his litigation funders, who can claim up to 40-percent of the settlement, and this could potentially lead to further court cases.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports a former employee of the Chubby Chick chicken farm in Potchefstroom opened fire on the business’s owners, Jonathan and Deon Fourie, shooting one of the two dead. The 73-year-old shooter was himself wounded during the incident.
Then the website writes author and TV presenter Mynie Steffens died when the helicopter she was flying hit power lines on a farm in Patensie in the Eastern Cape. Steffens was the presenter of Kom ons speel met vuur on VIA.
And finally, there is news about AARTO, which has been postponed until the middle of next year.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Writes Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla has pleaded not guilty to charges of terrorism and incitement to public violence related to riots caused by the arrest of her father, Jacob Zuma. It was argued in court yesterday that she is the victim of persecution.
And secondly, there is a report on the parliamentary ad hoc committee’s intended visit to the prison to question Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala.
# Sowetan:
Reports 19-year-old Jovencio Tembe was yesterday digging through the rubble in the Steve Biko settlement in Etwatwa, Ekurhuleni, where his father, mother, and three siblings burned to death at the weekend.
# And The Citizen:
Writes experts believe South Africa should stop wasting its time with president Donald Trump and instead focus on diplomacy aimed at the era after Trump’s term in office.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Leads with the death of Mynie Steffens and also reports on the postponement of AARTO.
EASTERN CAPE:
# Daily Despatch in East London:
Reports the Xhwili clinic in Bityi near Mthatha is still closed after a female security guard was shot dead there a week ago.
And secondly, the paper writes the Eastern Cape holiday beaches are busy shaking up their feathers for the upcoming holiday season.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes that police in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of a burnt body in a vehicle in Mpophomeni on Sunday morning. The victim has been identified as local resident Mike Pryor of Kwa Heri Farm in the Indezi Valley.
And secondly, it is reported that New Castle is busy with clean-up work after a heavy hailstorm on Sunday.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports human rights lawyer Norman Tjombe says the ongoing magistrates’ strike is putting the country’s justice system at risk.
Then the paper writes the disabled daughter of a former war veteran is homeless after strong winds and heavy rain near Mariental left her house in ruins.
And finally, there is news about doctor Francois Becker of the National Museum of Namibia, who, together with an international team, discovered six new gecko species.