The headlines of the leading newspapers on 12 November 2025:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports Stats SA has adjusted its unemployment figures and says that approximately four-million people in South Africa work in the informal economy.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the outgoing director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batohi, told the parliamentary ad hoc committee that she is aware of a prosecutor who is allegedly involved in syndicates. Batohi says the investigation is currently sensitive and she will not reveal the person’s name.
Then the website writes that president Javier Milei of Argentina has also reportedly decided to boycott the G20 summit in South Africa. This follows a meeting with president Donald Trump.
And finally, it is reported that the director of Chubby Chick in Potchefstroom who was shot dead was Jonathan Fourie while his brother Deon was seriously wounded. The shooting is allegedly related to a property transaction.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Reports brothers Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande, accused of murdering AKA and Tebello Motsoane, arrived in South Africa from Eswatini yesterday. The Department of Justice says all logistics are in place and the brothers will face charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
And secondly, the paper asks whether it amounts to defamation to reveal a person’s Aids status.
# Sowetan:
Reports Ekurhuleni metro police chief, brigadier Julius Mkhwanazi, was finally suspended after it emerged at the Madlanga Commission that he had been protected by the metro management for years against alleged serious charges.
# And The Citizen:
Also writes about metro police officers being protected. The paper reports there are approximately 300 metro police officers who have committed serious offences but are being protected by the management from prosecution.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports Maties alumni have accused the Stellenbosch University convocation management of deliberately promoting Afrikaans. However, the chairman of the convocation, professor Theo de Jager, said that the management is in contact with numerous organisations.
And secondly, the paper writes the Huguenot Tunnel will henceforth be closed on certain weeknights for repairs after a bus caught fire in the tunnel in October.
EASTERN CAPE:
# Daily Despatch in East London:
Reports the residents of Buffalo City’s fight with the metro over electricity tariffs is still far from over.
And writes rural communities in the Eastern Cape have to drink river water that is shared with livestock after the taps have dried up.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes the EFF leader Julius Malema says Shamila Batohi must immediately vacate her position after she refused to provide the name of a prosecutor to the parliamentary ad hoc committee.
And secondly, the paper also reports on the return of Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande to South Africa.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports victims of gender based violence say Namibia is on the verge of a moral emergency. According to them, GBV in the country has long reached epidemic proportions.
And secondly, the paper writes that the residents of Hentiesbaai claim that the prepaid electricity meters that have been installed are making them pay more.