The headlines of the leading newspapers on 06 June 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the Health Funders Association has proposed an alternative model for National Health Insurance. The association says it is a faster, more affordable, and less risky route to achieving universal health coverage. The paper writes the association took legal action against the NHI Act earlier this week.
# Mail & Guardian on Fridays:
Leads with: “THE FUNDING FREEZE”. The paper writes about the drastic impact of the suspension of US funding on health.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports a debate requested by the MK Party in the National Assembly on the country’s energy crisis blew up in the party’s face when the ANC reminded the party that the crisis arose when MK leader Jacob Zuma was at the helm.
Then the website writes it has emerged that rumours that the AARTO traffic management system will come into effect on 1 October are fake news. The spokesperson for the Road Traffic Offences Agency, Monde Mkalipi, said the public should be wary of fake news.
And finally, there is news about Gauteng’s new number plates. However, this will only be available in a year.
GAUTENG:
# The Star & Pretoria News:
Leads with: “DID MARCUS JOOSTE REALLY DIE? NATION SPECULATES”. The paper writes it has been more than a year since the mysterious death of former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste. Yet questions surrounding the circumstances of his death remain unanswered, raising concerns about the authorities’ lack of transparency.
# Sowetan:
Reports a service provider in the security industry that was supposed to provide training to about six-thousand-500 officers has disappeared. According to the paper, about 100-million-rand was wasted on the project.
# And The Citizen:
Writes the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease and the stopping of chicken imports from Brazil could lead to a crisis in the South African meat industry. Soaring prices will hit the poorest people hardest.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports the cabinet of the government of national unity has already spent 200-million-rand taxpayers’ money on travel expenses. The minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie says there is a misconception that such visits are holidays. He says important work is being done.
Then the paper writes about 74-year-old Louis Massyn from George who plans to complete his first Comrades Marathon on Sunday.
And finally, there is news about the scanning of the 275-million-year-old fossil known as Pamela at Spies Radiology in Bloemfontein.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports the entire community of Kariega has been shaken after it was revealed that Goodyear SA has decided to close its plant, with a possible loss of 907 jobs.
And secondly, the paper writes a second attempt to approve the 2025/2026 budget for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality was unsuccessful due to delays in the integrated development plan.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes about the worrying outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease that experts say will affect the entire beef industry.
And secondly, it is reported that everything is ready for the Comrades Marathon.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the minister of Works and Transport has declared war on the illegal occupation of government apartments.
Then the paper writes Swakopmund’s municipal rest camp, the famous A-frame houses, has fallen into such disrepair that it now poses a structural and operational risk.
And finally, it is reported that an eight-month-old baby boy with a rare brain condition has finally received the operation he had been waiting for in a state hospital for months, thanks to the intervention of a benefactor.