The headlines of the leading newspapers on 01 July 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the former CEOs of Transnet, Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama, have been released on bail after they were arrested yesterday morning on charges of fraud and contravening the Public Finance Management Act. The charges relate to millions of rand that Transnet paid to Trillian Capital Partners for a 30-billion-rand loan to buy one-thousand-64 locomotives.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the DA will lay criminal charges against the minister of Higher Education and Training, Nobuhle Nkabane, today. This is in connection with her alleged deception of the portfolio committee.
Then the website writes the newborn Mogamat Imaad Sharmar, who was stolen from his mother in a shopping mall at the weekend, has been safely returned. According to the website, the baby was found in Table View, and the woman who took him has been arrested.
And finally, it is reported that Lloyd Harris of South Africa has defeated Belgian ZiZou Bergs and advanced to the next round at Wimbledon.
GAUTENG:
# The Star & Pretoria News:
Also writes about the Transnet case. The newspaper reports the prosecution in the case against the former Transnet executives says further investigations are underway and the result will hopefully be made public in full when the case resumes on October 6.
And reports secondly the EFF has said if the DA leaves the government of national unity they will step in immediately.
# Sowetan:
Reports on a grandmother who says she will never forget how five dogs tore apart three-year-old Sibongakonke Hosiyana from Germiston in front of her eyes. The paper writes there have been complaints about the dogs before.
# And The Citizen:
Writes that the government of national unity will not collapse. The parties involved are funded by big business and they cannot afford to withdraw from the GNU.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Also reports on the missing Mogamat Imaad Sharmar, but the early edition of the newspaper does not yet have the news that the baby has been found.
And secondly, the paper writes Stellenbosch University has found that Karoo lamb is tastier than feedlot sheep. The shelf life and nutritional value are also better.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports it has been revealed that the 5.9-million-rand upgrades to a sports complex in Krakeel River include a pavilion with eight rows of benches, a garden hose, and a track that has been painted.
And secondly, the paper writes the man accused of murdering the 12-year-old girl from Nelson Mandela Bay is not only a relative of the deceased, but he is also a minister. He appeared in the Motherwell Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes about a tragedy after a matric farewell.
And secondly, the paper reports the police in Mumbai have arrested a passenger on a flight from Thailand for the third time this month for smuggling live snakes.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports a group of eleven private doctors will report for night shift at Katutura Health Centre in Windhoek and offer their services free of charge to patients.
And secondly, the paper writes, the minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, says Starlink’s application to retain 51-percent ownership is still under review.