Morning Newspaper Report
The headlines of the leading newspapers on 23 November 2023:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports according to a new report from the World Bank, crime costs the South African economy around 700-billion-rand per year. If businesses invest the amount they spend on security in productive enterprises, the country’s growth potential can increase by about one percentage point.
GAUTENG:
# Beeld:
Reports the Freedom Front Plus has released a report of more than 500 pages on the dire state of and abuses in South Africa’s healthcare system. The party will ask the Human Rights Commission to investigate.
And secondly, the paper writes about the six-month-old Misha Odendaal, who suffered after alleged poor treatment in the Kwa Mhlanga Hospital in Mpumalanga. Misha is now convalescing at the Steve Biko Hospital in Pretoria.
# Sowetan:
Reports the Competition Commission says it agreed on the British bank, Standard Chartered’s payment of 42-million-rand as the bank agreed to assist the commission in its investigation into other parties involved in rand manipulation.
# And The Citizen:
Writes the Special Investigation Unit has established that 3.7-billion-rand was allegedly looted from South African Airways under the control of Dudu Myeni as CEO.
FREE STATE:
# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:
Reports the murder case against 43-year-old Thomas Nel has been withdrawn for the time being after the state has not been able to produce a forensic report on his late wife, 40-year-old Jackie Nel, after six years.
And secondly, the paper writes about the mayor of Kopanong, Xolani Tseletsele, who was suspended after a video made the rounds in which he threatened a resident of Jagersfontein in front of his children.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports on the 47-year-old disabled Johannes Bam from Lutzville on the West Coast who was mauled by three pit bulls. The dogs attacked Bam in his yard. He died on the scene.
Then the paper writes about a former captain of the Hawks, Esmerald Baily, who was found guilty in the Belville Commercial Court of, among other things, possession of drugs and obstruction of justice.
And finally, there is news about an art print that was bought 20 years ago at a charity shop and will now be sold for more than 470-thousand-rand because it has been determined that it is an original work by Henry Moore.
# And Cape Times:
Writes Julius Malema and the EFF MPs who have been found guilty of misconduct by a parliamentary committee will not be allowed to attend next year’s State of the Nation address.
And secondly, it is reported the haphazard prosecution of state capture cases may harm the National Prosecuting Authority.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports with an increase in crime on the beaches of Gqeberha where law enforcers have their hands full, it has now come to light that carjackings have also drastically increased in the city.
And secondly, there is news about municipal swimming pools. With water restrictions still in force, only six municipal swimming pools will be opened in Nelson Mandela Bay this summer.
# And Dispatch in East London:
Writes A 32-year-old man appeared in court for the murder of three grade 11 learners from Mdantsane. According to reports, the accused allegedly targeted the wrong house when he was looking for a man with whom he was involved in a quarrel.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# Daily News in Durban:
Writes an investigation is being carried out into the security at schools after the district inspector of uMlazi was attacked while he was supervising during the matric exam at the Mzwamandla High School.
# And Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Reports the Inkatha Freedom Party is reaching out to the Zulu monarch Misuzulu kaZwelithini,
and writes about the poor conditions of roads that cause traffic jams at schools.
And finally, from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the former Minister of Justice of Kenya, Martha Wangari Karua, says most Africans decide to remain silent for fear of retaliation. She says the judiciary is used as a weapon in most African countries.
And secondly, the paper writes the National Emergency Fund for Disaster Relief in Namibia cannot declare payments into the fund of more than 260-million-rand, because there is no documentation.