Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 31 May 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the ANC is facing a historic challenge to its dominance. This is especially the case in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. According to an analyst, the change in the political landscape will be difficult to reverse.

# And Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Writes the ANC is under pressure on many fronts. In KwaZulu-Natal by the MK Party, by a group agitating against the leadership in the Eastern Cape and a loss of support in Gauteng.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Also leads with the unprecedented support for the MK Party in KwaZulu-Natal. The paper reports political experts are of the opinion that Jacob Zuma caused a massacre. There is also news about the ANC falling back nationally and the DA showing growth.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes the ANC chairman Gwede Mantashe has criticised the media for condemning the ANC.

And reports there was allegedly even one vote for the EFF in Orania.

# And Sowetan:

Leads with the Zulu word “ISIPHITHIPHITHI” which means confusion. The paper refers to the ANC’s obvious defeat in KwaZulu-Natal but writes that there are still important constituencies that must be taken into account.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports the ANC in the Free State may drop back to 52-percent. This is a drop of 10 percentage points. It appears the ANC has ceded votes to the DA and MK Party.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports Ramaphosa’s ANC is in checkmate. The paper also writes about KwaZulu-Natal. Furthermore, it is reported that the DA will probably retain the Western Cape or form a government in coalition with the FF Plus.

# And Cape Times:

Writes Zuma’s MK Party is haunting the ANC.

And also reports on Gwede Mantashe’s attack on the media.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports Eastern Cape ANC leader Oscar Mabuyane says he is worried that his party could lose its majority in Parliament due to the rise of the MK Party and declining support in Gauteng

And secondly, it is reported the different political parties in Nelson Mandela Bay differ on the percentage of votes in the city.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes KwaZulu-Natal is preparing itself for a new government by the MK Party.

# And The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Reports the MK Party took the lead in KwaZulu-Natal from the outset.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the Directorate of Forestry in the ministry of the Environment, Forestry and Tourism is cracking down on farms where protected mopani trees are harvested and exported for charcoal and firewood.

And secondly, it is reported a tender for 1.3-billion-rand worth of medicine was set aside because the Procurement Board failed to comply with the constitutional obligation of procedural fairness.