Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 29 November 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the Black Business Council has welcomed the High Court’s decision to annul the sale of Dimension Data’s 1.4-billion-rand Bryanston campus. The council says there was a conspiracy to circumvent broad-based Black Economic Empowerment.

# And Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Writes it is openly war between the EFF and the MK Party. The newspaper reports MK wants to swallow smaller parties to strengthen its position.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Leads with the breakthrough reached with the agreement between Solidarity and the minister of Basic Education on the application of the clauses in the Bela Act on language and admission policy. The clauses will not be enforced initially.

And secondly, the paper reports according to analysts, pressure over the legislation will now partly shift from president Cyril Ramaphosa to minister of Education, Siviwe Gwarube.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Reports the battle over street names in Sandton is escalating.

And writes the Department of Basic Education will publish the matric results.

# Sowetan:

Writes about a 1.5-million-rand house that was sold for one-thousand-rand as part of a divorce case. The court ruled that the transaction was illegal.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the ANC has summoned its entire executive committee in KwaZulu-Natal to Luthuli House and the indication is that they are going to be fired due to the ANC’s poor performance in the election.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Also leads with the breakthrough with the Bela Act.

And secondly, the paper writes a pharmacist from Ficksburg was arrested over ammunition found at his house.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Has the same lead on the Bela Act as Beeld and Volksblad.

And secondly, it is reported the High Court in Cape Town has ruled that a liquor company may not market its marula liqueur under the name Afrula because it harms the Amarula brand name.

# And Cape Times:

Also reports that matric results will be published as usual.

And writes extortion syndicates are now also operating at initiation schools

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has obtained approval to serve eviction notices to Airport Valley residents.

And writes a Gqeberha mother, Shayhieda Dollie, has been sentenced to 25 years after murdering her drug-addicted son.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes residents have rejected a planned low-cost housing project in eThekwini and threatened the city with legal action if it were to proceed with construction.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports Swapo scored just above 40-percent in the early parliamentary election results, while its presidential candidate Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is just below the all-important 50-percent mark.

Then the paper writes for the upholding of the human rights of every person living with HIV/AIDS or at risk of the disease, it is essential to eradicate AIDS by 2030.