The headlines of the leading newspapers on 11 August 2026:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the minister of Electricity and Energy, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, wants to challenge the ruling in the High Court in Pretoria that blocks the construction of new coal-fired power stations. The reason for the decision in 2024 was that the government did not conduct sufficient environmental studies.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports ActionSA has nominated three experienced councillors as mayoral candidates in KwaZulu-Natal. The nominations are in eThekwini, KwaDukuza and Newcastle. The leader of the March and March movement, Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, has now also pledged her support to ActionSA.
And secondly, the website writes that singer Danny K’s wife Lisa Koppel has passed away. The cause of her death is unknown.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Reports the mayoral candidate of the Patriotic Alliance in Cape Town, Cheslyn Daniels, was arrested after an alleged domestic dispute in Belhar. He was arrested with his current wife, Devenay Rayners. Police say it is related to the alleged breach of a court order.
# Sowetan:
Reports two of the victims of the Reiger Park shooting this weekend, Jaydin Magerman and Rolene Lessing, were at a cafe to buy firewood when they were shot dead. The paper writes police are questioning a person of interest and the firearms of the other two victims of the shooting, two members of the police’s Anti-Gang Unit, have been recovered.
# And The Citizen:
Writes an investigation by the paper has prompted Transport minister Barbara Creecy to have a tender from a liquidated company to Civil Aviation investigated.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports the challenge George de Rock of Grassy Park set himself to run 47-kilometres on his 47th birthday ended tragically when he fell on Constantia Nek and succumbed to his injuries.
And secondly, the paper writes a matriculant from Hoërskool Punt in Mossel Bay was stabbed by a teenager after a rugby match against Hoërskool Bredasdorp. The police are investigating a case of attempted murder but the suspect is not a Bredasdorp learner.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports on the disruptive snowfall in the Eastern Cape. The N6 Penhoek Pass between Komani and Maletswayi and the N9 Lootsberg Pass between Middelburg and Robert Sobukwe Town are still closed to traffic. Furthermore, the paper writes the R-415 from Matatiele to the Quagasnek border post with Lesotho is also closed.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Firstly, also writes about the inclement weather in KwaZulu-Natal with snowfalls that have disrupted traffic on the N3 in particular.
And secondly, the paper writes Durban is preparing for the arrival of the All Blacks.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports months after a five-month-old baby girl’s intravenous drip at a district hospital led to edema in her foot, it may have to be amputated because it was never treated.
And secondly, the paper writes since Frieda Muyanga’s 36-year-old son Siegfried disappeared from Ovitoto in the Otjozondjupa region on April 8, she has not been able to rest. She says he was her pillar of support and right hand.