The headlines of the leading newspapers on 03 July 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports Gauteng judge president Dunstan Mlambo says he will propose the national application of compulsory mediation for civil cases before trial. Mlambo has been questioned by the Judicial Service Commission as a possible deputy chief justice.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Firstly, reports on the murder of George and Wilna Koster, who were shot dead in the parking lot of the Platinum Square shopping mall in Rustenburg on June 14. Two suspects appeared in the local Magistrate’s Court, and their bail application is ongoing.
Then the website writes the leader of the FF Plus, Corné Mulder, who has just returned from the USA, says that the ANC can no longer exercise sole control over South Africa’s foreign and economic policy in the government of national unity.
And finally, it is reported that South African Lloyd Harris was eliminated by Russian Andrey Rublev at Wimbledon.
GAUTENG:
# The Star & Pretoria News:
Writes Mulder says he must inform president Cyril Ramaphosa that the Trump administration has demanded that American businesses be exempted from all Black Economic Empowerment as a prerequisite for normalising bilateral relations with South Africa. The paper reports there are more than 600 American companies in South Africa.
And secondly, it is reported that there are internal battles in the MK Party that are sowing division among party members. This follows a group of MK members asking party president Jacob Zuma for the removal of the party’s parliamentary chief whip, Colleen Makhubele.
# Sowetan:
Report officials investigating fraud and corruption in government are being targeted by criminal elements. The head of corporate and forensic audits in Ekurhuleni, Mpho Mafole, is the third senior official to be murdered.
# And The Citizen:
Writes all that remains of Khutsong’s dreams of a green sports field with additional facilities is today just a dusty piece of vacant land with 3.2-million-rand that has disappeared.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports on Jessica du Preez of Wellington, who died of a heart attack on the eve of her husband Isaac’s funeral. The family is heartbroken because they now have to lay another loved one to rest.
And secondly, the paper writes the Western Cape should prepare for more heavy rainfall that will hit the province today.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports Nelson Mandela Bay’s waste management and refuse disposal systems are on the verge of collapse, with a deteriorating fleet, serious staff shortages, and landfill sites that are almost full.
And secondly, the paper writes scientists have confirmed that a parasitic worm discovered in the Eastern and Southern Cape could potentially be used for cancer treatment.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Also writes the problems in former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party are increasing due to internal factional fighting.
And reports there is a possibility of a thousand new job opportunities in Pietermaritzburg
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the education ministry says 375 Unam students have been moved to the Concordia College residence in the run-up to the Region Five Youth Games.
And secondly, the paper writes the government and police must pay 50-thousand-rand in damages to a taxi driver after police officers seriously assaulted him.