The headlines of the leading newspapers on 13 July 2026:
NATIONAL:
# Business Day:
Reports the South African Reserve Bank is currently developing new frameworks to regulate cryptocurrency use. The newspaper writes that the bank is focusing on integrating digital assets into domestic and cross-border payments.
# And the Netwerk24 website:
Reports the minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, says president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a five-point plan for dealing with immigration and related law violations. She says everyone in the country must be here legally.
And secondly, the website writes that a woman was shot and killed in her car in Durban North yesterday afternoon in a suspected assassination attempt while her minor child was also in the vehicle.
GAUTENG:
# The Star:
Writes the acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, has defended the more than 600-million-rand spent on the police operation during the protests on June 30. He says the deployment was necessary to prevent a repeat of previous violent unrest and the funding came from the existing police budget.
# Sowetan:
Reports more than 53-thousand foreigners have been repatriated or deported since June. The government says it will continue with mass deportations and no other country will dictate to it how it should apply its immigration laws.
# And The Citizen:
Writes about the extremely dire conditions at the Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mbombela. There is a shortage of doctors, nursing staff, equipment, beds and linen and there has been no hot water for four years.
WESTERN CAPE:
# Die Burger:
Reports about the sudden death of the 25 year old Bafana Bafana midfielder Jayden Adams, whose body was found on Saturday. Tributes are pouring in from all over, but his family and especially his girlfriend have been hit the hardest.
And secondly, there is news about the latest shooting incident in the Western Cape. Two people were shot dead and seven injured in a shooting in Malmesbury.
EASTERN CAPE:
# The Herald in Gqeberha:
Reports although thousands of tourists visited the annual Knysna Oyster Festival, very few of them stayed overnight at hotels or guesthouses in the town.
And secondly, the paper writes there is hardly a single traffic light in Nelson Mandela Bay that works.
KWAZULU-NATAL:
# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:
Writes that the mayor of the uMngeni Local Municipality, Chris Pappas, says his administration will continue to deliver honest, transparent and responsible government. He has been nominated for a second term as the DA mayoral candidate.
And secondly, there is a report about the huge shortage of cardiologists in KwaZulu-Natal.
And finally from NAMIBIA:
# Republikein in Windhoek:
Reports that one of Namibia’s largest pharmaceutical wholesalers could gain an unfair advantage over its competitors if the French healthcare company CFAO Healthcare is allowed to take over Nampharm without guarantees.
Then the paper writes the minister of Health, doctor Esperance Luvindao, confirmed that the department paid settlements of approximately 1.3-million-rand in six lawsuits last year.
And finally, it is reported according to a report on the Namibian government’s Affirmative Employment Program, it risks being “a costly programmatic and management failure”.