Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 02 April 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Writes that the SABC intends to survive on its own, without government help, over the next five years. The broadcaster’s chairman, Khathutshelo Ramukumba told Parliament that although the SABC is insolvent, it can generate the roughly two-billion-rand needed annually.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Leads with a report on renewed water problems in Johannesburg. Residents of Randburg will be without water today while Johannesburg Water carries out repairs to the Honeydew reservoir.

Then there is a report about the songwriter and singer Jannie du Toit’s guest house in Melville which is 25 years old.

And finally, there is news about a former music teacher, 82-year-old Erika Theron, formerly of Bloemfontein, who died after choking on steak.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes, former president Jacob Zuma of the MK Party walks around with a target on his back.

And reports, thousands of accused cannot afford bail.

# Sowetan:

Reports on the police breakthrough with the arrest of 15 University of Fort Hare employees nationwide. Some of them allegedly falsified qualifications and one apparently even built a house at university expense.

# And The Citizen:

Writes, more than a thousand residents of Boksburg on the East Rand protested yesterday and threatened to boycott municipal rates if their water and power supply is not restored.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Leads with the death of Erika Theron. She died in a George hospital after choking on a piece of steak. Her son, Kowie tried to apply Heimlich’s manoeuvre.

Then it is reported, a 17-year-old matric student from the Gold Fields High School in Welkom, Kobus van Zyl, died in an accident on a farm in the Kathu district in the Northern Cape.

And finally, the paper writes about the balance fund levy that pushes the petrol price above 25-rand per litre.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Firstly reports on the death of nine-year-old Marly-Anne Boks, who was run over by a tractor on a farm near Aurora in the Swartland.

Then the paper writes about the blind 12-year-old Spaniel, Bella from Pretoria, who received a human eye implant and can see again.

And finally, there is news about the Cape Town mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis’s April Fool’s joke that Suikerbos Hill will be bulldozed.

# And Cape Times:

Writes, another so-called “death ship” with animals on board docked in South Africa.

And reports, community leaders say Eskom’s tariff increases are a war against the poor.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports, the murder of well-known Motherwell businessman Philasande Jakavula sent shockwaves across Nelson Mandela Bay. His killing was one of six during a weekend of bloodshed.

And secondly, the paper writes, a proposal to reduce the number of departments in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality was received with mixed feelings by the coalition partners in the council.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes, alleged corruption at the Brettenwood Coastal Estate on the North Coast has been exposed.

And reports a call has been made for bodyguards to be appointed for municipal managers.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports, good rainfall over the weekend have raised hopes for a rise in Namibia’s dam levels.

And secondly, the paper writes, an additional 512 classrooms will be built at existing schools in the 14 regions of Namibia.