The headlines of the leading newspapers from 14 February 2022:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Writes although the International Monetary Fund believes economic reform could lead to three-percent growth, it is not going to materialise due to the negative impact of state-owned enterprises on the economy.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports the City of Johannesburg intends to negotiate before summarily cutting off the power of those in arrears. Tshwane acted more drastically last week.

Then there is a report about the Rolling Stones who will celebrate their 60th year in the industry in July.

And lastly, the paper writes about Professor Riaan Rheeder from Potchefstroom who was attacked by dogs when he went jogging. He was bitten in the face.

# Pretoria News:

Writes president Cyril Ramaphosa conceded the government has failed in job creation. Cosatu and the SACP have criticised Ramaphosa over his announcement about job creation by the private sector.

# Sowetan:

Reports three ANC members were wounded when members of their own party allegedly opened fire at a meeting to elect leaders. The incident took place in Driekoppies outside Malalane in Mpumalanga yesterday.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “NOOSE TIGHTENS ON FOREIGN WORKERS”. The paper writes vigilante groups want to remove foreigners from jobs and the Department of Labour is enforcing the 40-percent restriction on foreign workers. The Huawei group has been fined 1.5-million-rand because 90-percent of its workforce is foreign.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports the minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Blade Nzimande has announced the Auditor-General has found that five-billion-rand is missing from the National Skills Fund. Nzimande has hired a forensic firm to investigate.

Then the paper writes a businessman and farmer from Welkom, Hannes Steyn drowned in the sea at Tergniet near Mossel Bay when a tidal wave capsized his boat. His wife Maryna swam to safety.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also leads with the National Skills Fund fiasco and writes about the drowning of Hannes Steyn.

Then the paper reports the rumour is circulating – Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible 8, which he is currently filming in South Africa, is about the renewal of his driver’s licence in South Africa.

# Cape Times:

Writes the MyCiTi N2 express bus service will resume on 19 February. The first buses will depart from Kapteinsklip in Mitchells Plain and Kuyasa in Khayelitsha to the Civic Centre in Cape Town.

# And Cape Argus:

Reports there is widespread unhappiness about sex education in schools, and secondly, the paper also writes about MyCiTi.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Writes police are investigating a case of attempted murder after a former ANC councilor from Nelson Mandela Bay, Mazwi Mini, was shot at his home in KwaNobuhle.

And secondly, there is a report on two people who died in a motor vehicle accident on Old Cape Road near the St. Albans Correctional Institution yesterday morning.

# Daily Dispatch in East London:

Reports the Congress of Traditional Leaders wants to sue the Eastern Cape government and the council of the Buffalo City Metro has been criticised for its handling of the firefighting crisis in the city.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes Msunduzi’s forests are in a dire state and an important source of income for the city is being lost.

# And Daily News in Durban:

Reports no progress is being made with the replacement of pit toilets in KwaZulu-Natal. This follows after Amnesty International indicated that all pit toilets should be removed by 2023.

And finally, from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Writes the parties are ready to take the issue of same-sex marriages to Namibia’s High Court to decide on legal equal rights for Namibians and their non-Namibian spouses.

And secondly, the paper reports pastor John Hess brought a message of comfort to the family and friends of the three young men who drowned in the Oanob Dam in Rehoboth.