Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 01 November 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports small and medium-sized enterprises recovered well after the end of load-shedding and made a major contribution to corporate income tax collections. However, this does not reflect the pressure on households and businesses to keep the lights on through fuel levies and VAT on imports and customs duties.

# And Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Leads with: “THE GREAT SPAZA MYSTERY”. The paper writes there are questions about food poisoning and numerous shops that have been closed.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports, the controversial diamond dealer, Louis Liebenberg, and his wife, Dezzi will remain behind bars for the time being until their bail application is heard on 15 November. The Department of Correctional Services also rejected Liebenberg’s claims that minister Pieter Groenewald instructed that he be assaulted in prison.

And secondly, the paper writes about the death of the producer of Sewende Laan, Danie Odendaal.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Writes 191 police officers have been involved in cases of gender violence.

And reports the local ownership of spaza shops is being restored.

# Sowetan:

Reports the mother of the victim in the car accident of the football player, Shaune Mogaila is still in critical condition in the hospital and does not know that her child is dead.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the Department of Basic Education has warned parents to watch what their children eat and protect them from poisoning.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld about Liebenberg.

And secondly, there is a report about the drowning of the two-year-old Sakhumzi Mothibi in a water hole in Freedom Square, Bloemfontein.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports the storm that erupted around the rector of Stellenbosch University, professor Wim de Villiers over the controversial Wilgenhof report is spreading. There are even calls for his immediate resignation.

And secondly, the paper writes about the puff adder that landed on a bride’s path to the pulpit during a wedding in Wellington.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the budget poses a serious threat to quality education.

And reports Jacob Zuma will appeal his suspension from the ANC.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the new mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Babalwa Lobishe faces major challenges to win the support of the residents.

And secondly, the paper writes that government doctors in Nelson Mandela Bay have drawn up a petition with demands and warned that none of them will be available for overtime if things do not change.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes residents of Durban rebelled against the huge increases introduced by Eskom.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the community of the Mariental district lives under difficult conditions after the Hardapdam’s taps for irrigation were turned off.

And secondly, the paper writes that the father of nine-year-old Hendrina Mupolo, who was run over by a farmer Johan Meyer in 2022 because she was picking beans on the farmer’s land, has reached a confidential settlement agreement with Meyer.