The headlines of the leading newspapers on 06 May 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports Eskom has taken over the electricity distribution at several local government councils in three provinces to secure its income. The paper writes unions, however, see the move as an attempt to weaken local government.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, told G20 delegates that there is no genocide in South Africa.
Then the website writes the flooding in the Lower Orange River region has now reached the same levels as in 2011. Several agricultural fields and holiday resorts along the river are under water.
And finally, there is news about 27-year-old Brandon Pretorius who is fighting for his life in hospital after being assaulted outside the Malboer Club in Boksburg.
GAUTENG:
# The Star & Pretoria News:
Writes there are allegedly discussions within the ANC to position billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe as a future president of South Africa. The paper reports this has not been officially confirmed but certain members apparently want to nominate Motsepe at the 2027 elective conference.
# Sowetan:
Reports the Gauteng Education Department’s plan to build a primary school in Diepsloot has come to nothing and 285 learners are now sitting at home.
# And The Citizen:
Writes president Donald Trump’s plans to tax foreign content in American films could have serious consequences for the South African industry as certain major Hollywood films are filmed locally and provide jobs for hundreds of technicians.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Firstly, reports about the DA’s challenge to the Employment Equity Amendment Act in the High Court in Pretoria. The chairperson of the party’s federal council, Helen Zille, says the act entrenches racial quotas and is unconstitutional.
And secondly, the paper reports that Cape Town mayoral committee member for Safety and Security, JP Smith, will sue the police after his office was raided in January.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports the learners and staff of a well-known school in Gqeberha are in mourning after a mother and daughter were shot dead in their home. The daughter was a promising netball player at the school.
And secondly, the paper writes a rusted transmission tower is once again the cause of widespread power outages in Nelson Mandela Bay.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes there are schools in KwaZulu-Natal where mathematics is not presented at all.
And also reports on the DA’s court battle against the Employment Equity Act.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports Namibian small businesses involved in imports through the Ariamsvlei border post are allegedly suffering delays due to clearance processes by the Namibian Revenue Agency.
And secondly, the paper writes the country mourns the death of a singing missionary couple, Eddie and Linda van der Merwe, who were killed in a car accident.