Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 25 June 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the DA’s demands could derail the government of national unity. The party demands, among other things, ministers in international relations, energy and mining as well as a deputy president.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Also leads with the negotiations on the government of national unity. The paper reports the DA’s demands for 11 cabinet posts are currently the biggest obstacle. The ANC says it cannot allow one party to hold the process hostage and the IFP says the negotiations are so to speak concluded.

And secondly, the paper writes about the Johannesburg Zoo that welcomed a baby giraffe.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes the ANC has defended the swearing-in of Zizi Kodwa as a member of Parliament.

And secondly, makes a comparison between South Africa’s cabinet and cabinets in the rest of the world.

# Sowetan:

Reports 47-year-old Pamela Selani was sentenced to three life sentences in the High Court in Pretoria for the murder of two men and her son over a number of years. It came to light in court that more murder cases against her are being investigated in the Eastern Cape.

# And The Citizen:

Writes that although there are reports of differences of opinion in the negotiations on the government of national unity, the parties are convinced that they are close to a breakthrough.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld.

And secondly, the paper writes about a worker from the Bagamoya Wildlife Estate outside Bloemfontein, Mataka Jere, who died in a lion attack.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also leads with a report on the negotiations on the government of national unity.

And secondly, there is news about Janine van der Merwe from Kraaifontein, who is recovering well after her husband, Joepie, donated a kidney to her.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the negotiations over cabinet posts indicate the cracks in the government of national unity.

And reports activist Alan Boesak gives his opinion on the GNU.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay, after discussing options, denied that the national unity government was also being considered at the local level.

And writes that the housing in New Brighton, KwaZakhele, Windvogel, and Kleinskool is in a terrible state. Up to 17 people have to share small rooms to have a roof over their heads.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the power struggle between the DA and ANC could lead to the collapse of the government of national unity.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the trial of the three Zimbabwean citizens who are accused of the murder of a nine-year-old girl who was beaten to death and thrown into a rubbish bin, has started in the High Court in Windhoek.

And writes according to the latest research from the Namibian Institute for Policy Research, it appears that the green hydrogen project is expected to require an unprecedented level of loan guarantees from the Namibian government.