Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 05 November 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the chairperson of the Public Service Pension Fund, Dondo Mogajane has announced his immediate resignation from all his professional roles and board positions. The paper writes this follows allegations in an affidavit by the former chairman of the VBS Mutual Bank, Tshifhiwa Matodzi that Mogajane accepted a bribe of one-million-rand.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports the Gauteng Department of Education has found that the principal, deputy principal, human resources and financial manager, two teachers and the site manager of the Pretoria High School for Girls must be investigated for alleged misconduct. This is related to an alleged culture of racism at the school.

And secondly, the paper writes that a bearded prince William of Britain arrived in the country yesterday for Earthshot Week in Cape Town.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Writes there are calls for a state of emergency about the deaths due to poisoned food.

And writes about Rachel Kolisi speaking for the first time about her and Siya’s divorce.

# Sowetan:

Reports on sergeant Nnditsheni Vele who was arrested after shooting and killing his nanny.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the report of the Gauteng Department of Education on racism at the Pretoria High School for Girls is contrary to the report of former president Thabo Mbeki and the matter is far from settled.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports on AfriForum and Solidarity’s mass protest today against the Bela Law. Five thousand people are expected with the leaders of the DA and FF+ also participating.

And secondly, the paper writes singer Brendan Peyper now denies that he broke up the marriage of rugby player Stephan Janse van Rensburg and his wife Danelle. Peyper apparently did share intimate WhatsApp messages with her.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Today has further reports on the assassination of alleged gang leader Mark Lifman. The paper writes a former task force member of the police is possibly one of the shooters. There is also information that the killers pursued Lifman for days and that he was shot five times.

Secondly, the paper writes the mother of the murdered Jerobejin van Wyk says she will never forgive his murderer Daniel Smit. Triesa van Wyk testified before Smit was sentenced to life.

And finally, there is news about 14 people who died when lightning struck a church in Uganda.

# And Cape Times:

Also reports on the Lifman assassination and Daniel Smit’s sentence.

And writes today is D-Day for the Americans who have to choose between Trump and Harris.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the newspaper spoke to eyewitnesses of the Lifman assassination. They say the murder was apparently well-planned.

And secondly, the paper writes the biokineticist of Gqeberha, Riana Pretorius spoke for the first time in the city’s Regional Court about her kidnappers.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the provincial unity government in KwaZulu-Natal is under pressure with a looming rift between the IFP and ANC.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports a mother of a 30-year-old man with mental problems approached the court after he was allegedly strangled by a fellow patient.

And secondly, the paper writes favourable rain conditions and cooler weather is predicted for the Northeast, East, and central highlands.