The headlines of the leading newspapers on 10 October 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports law enforcement agencies launched a comprehensive operation against alleged corruption networks yesterday, targeting suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and businessman Hangwani Maumela. Police arrived at Sibiya’s home in Johannesburg and seized some of his personal devices, including a laptop and three cellphones. Sibiya told the media that he feared imminent arrest.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Also reports on the raid at Sibiya’s home. The paper writes law enforcement officers also tried to seize the electronic devices of suspended police minister, Senzo Mchunu, and his chief of staff, Cedrick Nkabinde.
Then the paper writes police commissioner, general Fannie Masemola, told the ad hoc committee that Mchunu had not given any reasons for disbanding the police murder task force.
And finally, it is reported that the 19-year-old farm foreman, Adriaan de Wet, has begun testifying as a state witness in the sensational pigpen murder case.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Writes yesterday’s raids unfolded at a politically sensitive moment, with president Cyril Ramaphosa and deputy president Paul Mashatile both out of the country. The paper reports that this has led to speculation about the timing.
# Sowetan:
Leads with: “DAGGERS DRAWN”. The newspaper reports that an all-out war has now broken out between members of the police’s top management and accusations are being thrown back and forth.
# And The Citizen:
Report on the imminent danger at South African airports should there be a bomb attack. An expert, Jimmy Roodt, says that international safety standards are not being met and reports in this regard are being ignored by the authorities.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Has the same reports as Netwerk24 about the action against Sibiya. The paper writes Sibiya says he feels like Joseph who was betrayed by his brothers.
And secondly, the newspaper writes that a woman in her forties fell to her death from the upper level of the Cavendish Shopping Centre in Claremont. The police are investigating the cause and circumstances.
EASTERN CAPE:
# Daily Despatch in East London:
Reports more than 500-million-rand worth of damage was caused during the violent student protests on campus.
And writes that vandals have attacked a service centre that was built at a cost of 79-million-rand.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it is ready to leave the provincial unity government.
And secondly, the paper also reports on Sibiya who says he is being attacked from all sides.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the Namibian prime minister. Elijah Ngurare will be able to exercise unprecedented authority over state-owned enterprises, as they will have to report directly to him.
Then the newspaper writes Tsumeb has a new water treatment plant, but no one to operate it.
And finally, there is news about learners in Windhoek who spoke directly to an astronaut aboard the International Space Station.