The headlines of the leading newspapers on 06 March 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the two largest unions at Transnet, Satawu, and Untu, have demanded wage increases five times the rate of inflation in light of the problems facing the working class. The newspaper writes this move presents new challenges for the CEO, Michelle Phillips.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the minister of Public Service and Administration, Mzamo Buthelezi, says the government has no problem if whistleblowers are compensated. He participated in an anti-corruption group of the G20.
Then the paper writes the MK Party says that the police’s classification of top secret on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s report on Phala Phala is just a way to cover it up.
And finally, it is reported the police say AfriForum’s list of farm murders also contains only one murder of a farm owner.
GAUTENG:
# The Star & Pretoria News:
Reports the strained relationship between Public Works minister Dean Macpherson and his deputy, Sihle Zikalala, has come under the spotlight again during a parliamentary portfolio committee hearing. While Macpherson sought to highlight progress in key areas under his leadership, Zikalala suggested the opposite – that the department has regressed since Macpherson’s appointment.
# Sowetan:
Reports on the eve of President Cyril Ramaphosa and his executive meeting with Gauteng, there is only one request from the people – please fix our cities.
# And The Citizen:
Writes Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage has submitted a 13-point plan to the minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, to fill the 58-billion-rand deficit. The paper asks whether the minister will follow the advice.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Continues its reporting on the Joshlin Smith case. It emerged yesterday that six-year-old Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith, apparently went to smoke Tik twice before reporting her child missing.
And secondly, Lesley-Anne Jullies from Oudtshoorn is reported to have died after a piece of glass hit her in a bar. There was apparently an argument and someone threw a glass against the wall.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports, after it emerged that the DA had also visited the Trump administration, Eastern Cape Khoi-San activists, said they also wanted to speak to Trump.
And secondly, the paper writes students at Nelson Mandela University, who have been relying on shuttle services for ten years, have been told that only students funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme will be allowed to take a ride from now on.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes hundreds of people are homeless after the latest floods in KwaZulu-Natal.
And reports that the Auditor-General has issued another damning report against the Msunduzi Municipality.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports some of the poorest communities still have no access to drinking water and suffer from extreme hunger.
Then the paper writes NamPower is plunged into a debt crisis of almost one-billion-rand.
And finally, the mayor of Lüderitz is reported to say that the port town is drowning in garbage.