The headlines of the leading newspapers on 22 October 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the gas industry says the Integrated Resource Plan provides direction, but lacks a practical framework to be implemented. The industry is also concerned about the availability of gas supplies in the country.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the suspended minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, answered the questions of the parliamentary ad hoc committee yesterday and reiterated that he acted within his powers when he dissolved the police task force investigating political murders. He said the Constitution makes provision for this.
Then the website writes that president Donald Trump’s refugee plan for Afrikaners now makes provision for seven thousand people. The plan is to process six thousand refugees before the end of the year.
And finally, it is reported that the organisers of the Cape Town Marathon are considering moving the race to May each year, when the wind does not play such a big role.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Writes EFF leader Julius Malema yesterday questioned Mchunu about why he accepted an affidavit from attempted murder accused and tenderpreneur Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala while he was in C-Max prison. Malema said there were allegations about Matlala, but Mchunu still asked for an affidavit from him while he was an unethical man sitting in prison.
# Sowetan:
Reports more than one-thousand-five hundred teachers have resigned in the past three years due to health reasons. The Gauteng Department of Education says 60 teachers have resigned for mental health reasons, mainly related to violence in classrooms.
# And The Citizen:
Writes a private hospital in Gauteng had to close its doors after the Road Accident Fund failed to pay 300-million-rand. The co-owner says it is not just about money, it is about saving lives.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Firstly, reports about a bullying video that has come to light at Milnerton High School, where a group of matric learners are allegedly assaulting a grade 10 learner with hockey sticks. In the video, the victim is still trying to negotiate with his bullies, but they continue anyway. The police are investigating a case of assault causing serious bodily harm.
And secondly, the paper writes about another video that has made headlines. It is of a male lion escaping from a trailer near Lichtenburg on its way from the Free State to the North West. The lion arrived safely at its destination after the incident, but the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs, Conservation and Tourism of the North West is still investigating.
EASTERN CAPE:
# Daily Despatch in East London:
Reports the service delivery crisis in the Kumkani Mhlontlo Local Municipality has now deteriorated further after the manager resigned.
And secondly, the paper writes members of Parliament who did an inspection visit to Fort Hare University say that urgent intervention is needed so that the institution does not come to a standstill.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Firstly, writes the municipality has published the list of hijacked buildings in the city.
And secondly, the paper also reports on the lion that escaped from a trailer near Lichtenburg.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports the Namibian ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture is expected to receive more than 800-million-rand for registration and tuition fees for the first quarter of next year for approved subsidised free tertiary education.
Then the paper writes about another major collision, this time between a van and a truck, that claimed nine lives, and pushes Namibia’s road deaths for the year to 414.
And finally, there is news about the film preservation project that wants to preserve films that have focused on nation-building, among other things, since independence.