Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 04 December 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports transport giant Traxtion has invested a record 3.4-billion-rand in Prasa’s locomotive fleet. The investment is the first phase in the company’s broader 5.8-billion-rand investment programme.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports firstly, on the testimony of the suspended acting head of the Ekurhuleni metro police, Julius Mkhwanazi, before the Madlanga Commission. The paper writes he admitted that he should not have signed memoranda of understanding with alleged criminal Vusimuzi Cat Matlala.

Then the website writes the members of the portfolio committee on Land Reform and Rural Development were upset because the minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, did not show up for a committee meeting.

And finally, there is news about the Proteas who drew the ODI series against India to one-all.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes metro councils spend 3.32-billion-rand on water tankers.

Reports Parliament has voted against a proposal to scrap the 30-percent pass rate.

And finally, there is news about the impact of the US cutting aid to South Africa.

# Sowetan:

Also, reports Mkhwanazi admitted in evidence before the Madlanga Commission that he appointed Cat Matlala to provide security services without vetting him.

# And The Citizen:

Writes more than two-thousand learners at Sizwe Secondary School in Germiston were sent home and their exams cancelled after stormwater and sewage flooded their classrooms. According to the paper, the government has not yet commented.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports on the controversial Bela Act. The paper writes although former model C schools are the first to have the act implemented, the South African Teachers’ Union said it should not be seen as a total crackdown.

And secondly, the paper writes the Maak-‘n-Las prankster, Nico Nel, has begun his six-year suspended sentence after failing to repay one of his victims’ stolen money.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports water supply in Nelson Mandela Bay is under pressure, and residents will be reliant on pumped water for the foreseeable future. Level 4 water restrictions have been imposed in Knysna.

And secondly, the paper writes a former Gqeberha resident and advertising tycoon, Mike Abel, recently received the Financial Mail Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the industry’s highest honours.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the deadline for the installation of new number plates in KwaZulu-Natal expired on November 30. Motorists have been warned that the old number plates are now illegal, and the metro police will continue to fine people.

And secondly, the paper also reports on the 30-percent pass rate.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports outgoing regional and local government leaders’ powers to make decisions expired on November 25, and any decisions made after that are invalid.

Then the paper writes the Swakopmund municipality will repair the broken promenade along the sea south of the jetty.

And finally, it is reported the upgrading of roads and sewage works in Otjiwarongo’s DRC informal settlement has begun.