Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 30 April 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Writes the spokesman for the Presidency, Vincent Magwenya says the rejection of a bid by BHP of Australia to merge with the mining giant Anglo American is not an indication that South African investors are hostile.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Leads with the life sentence for 24-year-old Rochelle Botha and her ex-fiancé, 37-year-old Stefan van Niekerk, for the murder of Botha’s daughter, two-year-old Chevonne Rusch.

And secondly, the paper writes about the F1 racing driver, Valtteri Bottas and his girlfriend, the Olympic cyclist Tiffany Cromwell, who participated in a cycle race in the Swartberg. Cromwell won the women’s division.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes magistrates are considering to strike over salary increases.

And further reports on the program of the Jazz Festival in Cape Town.

# Sowetan:

Reports on a Sassa office in Mpumalanga that was allegedly bewitched by a witch doctor. Needles were placed on the chairs and traditional medicine was scattered.

# And The Citizen:

Writes with exactly one month before South Africa goes to the polls, the picture for the ANC looks bleak with two out of three voters believing the country is on the wrong path. The paper writes most analysts agree with the opinion polls about the ANC’s support falling below 50-percent.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports on 71-year-old Augusta du Plessis and her dog Jessie, who narrowly escaped death when her car collided with a train.

And secondly, the paper writes about a former employee of the newspaper, Petro Jordaan, who excelled at Bloem Show with her bottled products.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Firstly, writes about the British athlete and filmmaker, James Norbury, who was trapped in a fire on Table Mountain for two hours.

Then there is a report on little Hunter André who was born to Handré and Marise Pollard.

And finally, there is a story about Galena the cat from Utah who was accidentally sent to another state in an Amazon package.

# And Cape Times:

Also writes about Norbury praising the rescue teams that brought him down from Table Mountain.

And reports about the economic injection that the Jazz Festival offers for the Cape.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the Nelson Mandela Bay GOOD councillor, Lawrence Troon has been ordered to pay 130-thousand-rand for defamation against the EFF councillor, Khanya Ngqisha.

And secondly, the paper writes the Eastern Cape can look forward to an investment of 100-million-rand in the marijuana industry.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the residents of eThekwini say they no longer want to listen to long speeches, they are looking for an action plan to fix the city.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the murderer, Ernst Lichtenstrasser was sentenced to 66 years imprisonment for the murder of two directors of the Namibian Institute for Mining and Technology.

And secondly, the paper writes the Namibian Industrial Development Agency’s projects are collapsing due to vandalism and theft.