The headlines of the leading newspapers on 01 September 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports today is the first day for employers in various sectors across the country to report under the government’s new employment equity regulations despite pending legal proceedings. The National Employers’ Association and the business organisation, Sakeliga, lost an urgent legal case against the regulations in the High Court in Pretoria last week.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the problems in the police have now also extended to disputes in the top structure. President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken a stand with the Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, on the return of 122 dossiers to the police task force against political murders in KwaZulu-Natal. They say this will prejudice the commission of inquiry.
Secondly, the website writes the fire that broke out on the Magaliesberg has been brought under control and no longer threatens homes.
And finally, there is news about 30 parachutists who set several records and built aerial formations outside Delmas over the weekend.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Writes the National Land Transport Amendment Act, which comes into effect in just a week, seeks to formally regulate e-taxis, promote equity in the transport sector, strengthen commuter safety and combat violent collisions in the taxi industry.
# And Sowetan:
Reports organisations that help abandoned babies will file a court application against the Gauteng government for wanting to close the centres. About three-thousand-five-hundred babies are abandoned nationwide every year.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Leads like Netwerk24 with the problems in the police that are spreading to management. The EFF and MK Party have accused Cachalia of political interference.
And secondly, it is reported that Cape vehicle drivers are increasingly being arrested for traffic offences. It seems that Capetonians are simply behaving badly on the roads.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Nelson Mandela Bay:
Reports Ford in Struandale is busy planning retrenchments.
And writes that it has come to light that information leaked from insiders supports the wave of kidnappings in the Eastern Cape.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Reports residents have taken matters into their own hands and chased away land occupiers in their area.
And secondly, there is news about the Sharks’ 33-31 victory against the Boland Cavaliers.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports in what can be described as an extremely dark few days for Namibia’s men and women in uniform, 15 members died in a crash and one at the hands of a suspect.
And secondly, the newspaper writes that the ministry of Urban and Rural Development questions why churches reject polygamy but allow people of the same sex to marry.