The headlines of the leading newspapers on 04 September 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the Western Cape government has filed an application with the Constitutional Court to have the National Health Insurance Act declared unconstitutional. The provincial government says Parliament has failed to fulfil its constitutional obligation to facilitate public involvement in the legislative process.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the Stellenbosch municipality will launch a formal investigation into alleged racist remarks by its HR manager Alexander Kannemeyer who allegedly said white people should be worked out.
Then the website reports the Indian government has seized several properties belonging to the Gupta brothers, including over the state capture charges against them in South Africa,
And finally there is news about the national government intervening to put things right in Lichtenburg.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Reports there were at least three separate accidents in Gauteng this week, resulting in the loss of fourteen lives. Yesterday, five people died in a taxi accident after it overturned on the N1 North highway in Midrand.
And secondly, the paper writes Gauteng will establish its first political murders task force within the next four weeks to investigate politically motivated murders in the province dating back to 2010.
# Sowetan:
Reports on the cash-in-transit robbery in Boksburg on Monday in which two members of the public were killed. Closed-circuit television footage that has now come to light that shows one of the suspects hiding his weapon in a dog kennel by the roadside before speaking to the police.
# And The Citizen:
Writes Gerrie Nel of AfriForum has compiled a so-called hate dossier against Julius Malema with the aim of taking it abroad to set sanctions against him.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports president Cyril Ramaphosa has been widely criticised for his apparent support for the Zimbabwean land grabs. Several experts have described his statements as tone-deaf, which the West could see as mocking them.
And writes the residents of the Namakwa District Municipality were frightened by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.07. It occurred shortly after 11 PM on Tuesday.
EASTERN CAPE:
# Daily Despatch in East London:
Reports key oversight meetings in the Buffalo City metro have been cancelled due to impending strikes.
And writes the accused in the Lusikisiki massacre case are challenging the testimony of a former accomplice.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Reports on the court case of the national deputy commissioner of police, Shadrack Sibiya, against the national police commissioner, Fannie Masemola, over his being placed on special leave following allegations by the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
And secondly, the paper writes about special child protection that has been placed on ChatGPT.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the minister of Health has admitted that outsourcing hospital laundry services to private companies costs too much.
And writes the Pan-African telecommunications operator the Paratus Group, has launched the first private mobile network in Namibia with 4G/LTE and 5G technologies.