The headlines of the leading newspapers on 27 November 2024:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke says the number of clean audits for national and provincial government departments has increased by 50-percent.
GAUTENG:
# Beeld:
Reports Waterkloof High School in Pretoria says its community is still standing firm behind it amid the controversy over the school principal, Louis Perold.
Then the paper writes about a blue crane couple that was moved from Roodeplaat to the Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary two years ago having their first baby.
And finally, it is reported Germany is building bomb shelters out of fear of a possible attack from Russia.
# The Star & Pretoria News:
Writes EFF leader Julius Malema says President Cyril Ramaphosa must accept responsibility for the Phala Phala issue.
And reports the NPA says it has a strong case against former SAA Technical chairman Yakhe Kwinana.
# Sowetan:
Reports the mother of two-year-old Kutlwano Shalaba has appeared in court after allegedly selling her son. She had earlier claimed that the child had been kidnapped.
# And The Citizen:
Writes the government is very vulnerable to falling prey to hackers.
FREE STATE:
# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:
Reports about the smelly sludge water flowing from the taps of residents in Parys.
Secondly, the paper writes a Bloemfontein man must pay six-million-rand after assaulting the driver of Cobra Towing Service in a bar.
And finally, it is reported that the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is a reality.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports the minister of Correctional Services, dr. Pieter Groenewald has ordered an investigation into the approximately 35-million-rand that officials have spent on travel and accommodation over the past five years.
Then the paper writes tickets for the gala dinner celebrating the MK Party’s first anniversary can cost up to two-million-rand per person.
And finally there is news about the world’s oldest man, the 112-year-old Briton, John Tinniswood, who has passed away.
# And Cape Times:
Writes the Phala Phala issue is now in the hands of the Constitutional Court.
And secondly also reports on the two-year-old who was apparently sold.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports factional fighting over a housing project has fuelled tension in the Walmer township. There are allegations of sabotage and intimidation.
And secondly the paper writes the Eastern Cape government wants to pump more money into the entertainment industry by building film studios in the province.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# Daily News in Durban:
Reports the Revenue Service assisted by the police conducted a raid on the property of a well-known KwaZulu-Natal businesswoman, Shauwn Mkhize, also known as MaMkhize.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Today is election day in Namibia and the country’s president Nangolo Mbumba has urged Namibians to uphold democratic traditions.
And secondly, the paper writes the chairperson of the board of the Namibia National Farmers’ Union, Vetuundja Kazap, has encouraged farmers and farm workers to participate in the national elections.