The headlines of the leading newspapers from 17 November 2021:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Writes with the coalition talks at a deadlock, the possibility of unstable metro councils becomes stronger. The ANC only has a majority in some municipalities to elect a mayor.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports both the DA and EFF’s coalition talks with the ANC have collapsed. The Patriotic Alliance mostly succeeded in their talks with the ANC. The DA will however still be able to succeed in some metros with the help of smaller parties.

And secondly, the paper reports on the ongoing municipal strike in Middelburg, Mpumalanga which has resulted in serious disruptions in service delivery. The strike was apparently directed against the municipal manager, adv. Bheki Khenisa.

# Pretoria News:

Writes Nehawu intends to sue the ANC over the non-payment of salaries.

# The Star:

Reports Cricket SA’s chief executive, Pholetsi Moseki believes South Africa, along with Zimbabwe and Namibia, will deliver a beautiful African World Cup after the ICC announced the hosts for the 2027 ODI World Cup.

# Sowetan:

Writes the security giant G4S has apparently run a fake black empowerment scheme that pretended black workers were benefiting. The company now has to pay 20-million-rand to its workers.

# And The Citizen:

Reports the police union, Popcru is of the opinion the police officer who shot Len Cloete at a guest house in Muldersdrift over the weekend, acted correctly as the lives of the police officials were in danger.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Leads with the court case in which Marthinus van der Linde van Koppies in the Free State is on trial in the Supreme Court in Gqeberha for the murder of his wife, Maritsa. He allegedly stabbed her repeatedly with a knife after he suspected she was having an affair.

And then the paper reports on the mourning period the Presidency announced for former president FW de Klerk. Flags will be hung half-staff and an official memorial service is planned.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports like Beeld about the stalemate in the talks on coalitions between the EFF and DA and the ANC.

And then the paper writes the ANC has elected a convicted rapist as mayor in the Kannaland Municipal Council with a convicted fraudster as his deputy.

# Cape Times:

Writes the City of Cape Town was ordered to pay municipal workers their wage increase and also reports Nehawu is taking the ANC to court over unpaid salaries.

The paper also reports the EFF has shut its doors to any further coalition negotiations with the ANC.

# And Cape Argus:

Also reports about the EFF and the ANC’s talks and writes the police’s former Western Cape detective chief, Jeremy Veary, has apparently now exhausted all his options.

The paper also writes about a survey that indicates people are increasingly living in fear.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports today is D-day for a decision on who will in future control the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro.

# Daily Dispatch in East London:

Writes the High Court in Pretoria has granted the Financial Mail and amaBhungane access to the tax records of former president Jacob Zuma.

The paper also reports about the appointment of a new head for Amatola Water.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Leads with the headline: “PHOENIX WAS LIKE A MOVIE”. The paper reports witnesses at the Human Rights Commission’s investigation told of the violence that erupted during the riots in July.

# And Daily News in Durban:

Writes soldiers from South Africa deployed in Mozambique became ill from the rotten rations they were given to eat.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports some of the Pfizer vaccines in stock’s expiration date is imminent and if the rate at which Namibians get vaccinated does not accelerate, it will have to be destroyed.

Secondly, it is reported an auction will be held where plots and other properties on the Omeya estate will come under the hammer.