The headlines of the leading newspapers on 02 June 2026:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the long-awaited review of the Motor Industry Plan will be completed by September. The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, expects the changes proposed in the plan to be implemented in the fourth quarter.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the ANC is struggling to find a suitable mayoral candidate for Johannesburg for the local government elections in November. Several heavyweights in the party have apparently already turned down a nomination.
And secondly, the paper writes about 12-year-old Bint Amatullah from Krugersdorp who was shot dead during a hunting accident on a farm near Ficksburg in the Free State.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Writes Rise Mzansi MP, Makashule Gana, has been elected chairperson of Parliament’s Phala Phala impeachment committee. Gana’s nomination was supported by the ANC, DA, Patriotic Alliance and Freedom Front Plus, while the EFF, MK Party, ActionSA, National Coloured Congress, Build One South Africa, ATM and United Traditional Alliance opposed it.
# Sowetan:
Reports the City of Johannesburg says it does not have the funds to act against the illegal occupiers in about 500 buildings in the city. There is no money available to relocate these people.
# And The Citizen:
Writes the Mpumalanga Department of Education paid two-million-rand for the restoration of a guardhouse and allegedly does not want to investigate or take further action because 200-thousand-rand has been recovered.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Firstly reports about a well-known student leader from Stellenbosch University whose body has been found.
Then the paper writes about five-year-old Ernst Groenewald from the Free State whose leg was amputated after a freak accident on their farm near Hertzogville.
And finally there is news about the concerns about soil erosion on Struisbaai beach.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports there is speculation whether Nelson Mandela Bay will still host the annual Iron Man Championship in the future. The future of the city as host is in the balance.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes about the refuse collectors in Pietermaritzburg who are demanding wage increases.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the international oil trader, Vitol, which was appointed by the Namibian government as the country’s sole bulk petroleum supplier for three months, has previously spent billions to clear up investigations into bribery.
And secondly, the paper writes only 53-percent of children in Namibia have birth certificates, with rural communities still experiencing the biggest problems.