The headlines of the leading newspapers on 28 August 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports billionaire Jannie Mouton has put 7.2-billion-rand on the table to buy Curro. Mouton, through the Jannie Mouton Foundation, offered 13-rand per share for South Africa’s largest private school network operator and proposed to convert it into a public benefit organisation.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the legal representative of Zakhele Dube, who is charged with culpable homicide after a car accident in which two people died, complained in the Circuit Court in Malelane that his client is being referred to as a murderer.
Then the paper writes no date has yet been set for the start of the Madlanga Commission on police interference.
And finally, there is news about the death of the curator of the Stellenbosch University botanical garden. Die Burger reports in full on this.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Gives a full explanation of the hate speech finding against Julius Malema.
And reports Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has reacted sharply to the DA’s statement that it is doing nothing to combat crime.
# Sowetan:
Reports the Legal Practice Council has struck off advocate Arnold Mkhabela from the roll two years after it was found that he had embezzled clients’ payments from the Road Accident Fund. The Association of Black Lawyers is concerned about 739 similar cases in the past six years.
# And The Citizen:
Writes the minister of Home Affairs, Leon Schreiber, has already sent back 51-thousand illegal immigrants with the introduction of advanced technology. The successful screening of illegal immigrants at border posts has also increased by 251-percent.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports about the death of the curator of the Stellenbosch University botanical garden, doctor Donovan Kirkwood. He fell into a crevasse at Jonkershoek. He was searching for plant species with a team.
And secondly, the paper writes there are concerns about the roadworks on Vanrhyns Pass during the wildflower season.
EASTERN CAPE:
# Daily Despatch in East London:
Reports the community is upset after the power at local police stations were cut off for non-payment of the bill.
And secondly, the paper writes it has come to light in the provincial council that no drug operations have been carried out in East London in the past five years.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes the police are looking for seven suspects who escaped in Dundee when they were transported from the Magistrate’s Court.
And reports the ANC wants the government of provincial unity to work in KwaZulu-Natal.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Firstly, reports about the dire conditions at the state hospital in Katima Mulilo. The paper writes that there are two storerooms without locks, mosquito infestations, a broken operating table and operating lights that do not work.
And secondly, the paper writes Agribank is demanding 20-million-rand or his farm from the former board chairman.