The headlines of the leading newspapers on 06 November 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the crime intelligence chief, lieutenant general Dumisani Khumalo testified before the Madlanga Commission that half of the provinces do not have a crime intelligence chief. He says the tension between himself and the deputy national commissioner for crime detection, lieutenant general Shadrack Sibiya, is possibly the reason for this.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the murderer of Marike de Klerk has denied that he killed her for political reasons. Luyanda Mboniswa said in a TV interview that he wanted to replace the things stolen from his house in Khayelitsha and De Klerk surprised him.
Then the website writes that four ANC members in the Western Cape have resigned from the ANC to join the DA. They are the Western Cape secretary, Neville Delport, the regional executive member, Jason Donn and ward councillors Daniel Baadjies of Bonnievale and Paul Strauss of the Cederberg municipality. The DA says this indicates the further disintegration of the ANC.
And finally, it is reported president Donald Trump says South Africa should not be part of the G20.
GAUTENG:
# Sowetan:
Reports a mother from Soweto, Phumla Gudubela says her child died nine days after birth after she fell on her head during childbirth. Gudubela says the nursing staff at the clinic instructed her to get up and walk when the baby fell.
# And The Citizen:
Writes if Harith Partners succeeds in acquiring the controlling stake in FlySafair, the state will own 76-percent of local aviation. The paper writes this could result in political interference.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Leads with the Western Cape ANC members who defected to the DA.
And secondly, the paper writes the Western Cape veterinary services are investigating the possibility of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Gouda area.
EASTERN CAPE:
# Daily Despatch in East London:
Reports the president of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa, Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena, has denied that he has called for a two-year moratorium on initiation schools in the Eastern Cape to address ongoing challenges.
And secondly, the paper reports the highest incidence of gender-based violence in the Eastern Cape occurs in East London.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes more than a billion-rand in investment pledges have been set aside for infrastructure development projects for the Msunduzi Municipality. If the pledges made at the recent KwaZulu-Natal Investment Conference are realised, the landscape of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands will undergo a major transformation with two-thousand jobs being created.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports boarding school learners in northern Namibia survive on a meagre 22-rand per student per day for meals and related needs. The standing committee has requested the ministry to urgently investigate.
Then the paper writes a human rights lawyer says it is shocking that young people who were born in freedom can do such a thing. He referred to the so-called Blackface incident involving two learners.
And finally there is news about Senior Park in Windhoek where the leaking roofs have now been repaired.