Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 28 November 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Tsogo Sun increases its online gambling offering despite looming tax. The paper writes the group is planning about a thousand new games while the Treasury considers an online gambling tax.

# Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Writes president Cyril Ramaphosa had enough of America’s bullying this week and handed out a few slaps himself.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports on the continued testimony of Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala before the parliamentary ad hoc committee. He testified that he had a toxic relationship with former minister Bheki Cele and that the minister put a lot of pressure on him and made demands of him.

Then the website writes convicted murderer, Najwa Petersen will not appear before the parole board again until 26 November 2026. She has apparently not yet shown full remorse for the murder of her husband, the singer Taliep Petersen, in 2006.

And finally, there is news about the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. There is a possibility that the virus has already started to mutate and is not only spread through direct contact.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Introduces the six candidates shortlisted to be appointed as National Director of Public Prosecutions. They will now appear before an advisory panel chaired by the minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, to finalise the selection process.

# Sowetan:

Also reports on Matlala’s testimony. The paper writes he makes sweeping statements while repeatedly claiming to suffer from amnesia.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “CAN YOU REALLY AFFORD IT?” The paper writes about Black Friday today and asks whether consumers can really afford to go on a shopping spree. Absa predicts that South African consumers will spend 4.5-billion-rand today.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports before the Cape Town tariff issue is brought to the fore in the High Court next week, it has emerged that the central government had already notified Cape Town in 2018 that a second tariff could not be levied on homeowners.

Then the paper writes a 12-year-old boy from Ladysmith is fighting for his life after his friend shot him in the head in a freak accident. The children’s names are being withheld because they are minors.

And finally, there is news about a bus driver who suffered a heart attack behind the wheel of an Elwierda bus and ploughed through a traffic light and a wall in Roggebaai. The driver died, but no one else was injured in the incident.

EASTERN CAPE:

# Daily Despatch in East London:

Reports the ANC in Buffalo City has been warned to sort out its internal problems.

And secondly, there is news about the Msikaba Bridge in Lusikisiki

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the MK party’s attempt to unseat the government of provincial unity has been blocked for now. The motion of no confidence in the premier, Thami Ntuli, will now only be tabled in December.

And secondly, the paper also reports on Matlala’s testimony about money playing a major role in his relationship with Cele.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports that the Landless People’s Movement, which won 12 constituencies in 2020, held its breath yesterday when it appeared that Swapo had made significant progress in the south, according to early regional council results.

And secondly, the paper writes a fire that destroyed the case file building at the Rundu Magistrate’s Court started under suspicious circumstances.