Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 04 June 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the ANC says there have not yet been any substantial coalition negotiations with the political parties they met. However, the party’s first round of coalition talks with the DA, IVP, EFF, Patriotic Alliance and the National Freedom Party have already begun.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Also leads with the expected negotiations between different parties about a future South African order. The paper writes all eyes are on the ANC’s NEC meeting which takes place today.

And secondly, there is a report about the freezing weather and the first snow of the season that has reached the interior. Towns in the Southern Free State also experienced heavy winter rains.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Reports the Phala Phala fiasco will not disappear overnight.

And secondly, the paper writes the former leader of the MK party, Jabulani Khumalo was attacked by party members in front of the Electoral Court.

# Sowetan:

Reports the Zulu king, Misuzulu ka Zwelithini called on the police to act against anyone who wants to cause trouble after the election.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “2024: THIS IS NO CODESA”. The paper writes former DA leader Tony Leon says the political playing field has changed profoundly since 1994.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld about the coalition talks and also reports on the first snowfall of the season.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also reports on the progress with coalition talks.

And secondly, writes about 22-year-old Shannon Diedericks from Vredenburg who was shot just after he left the church where he was baptised on Sunday. He is currently out of danger in the hospital.

# And Cape Times:

Writes about the good news that awaits consumers at petrol pumps this month.

And also reports about the MK Party members who wanted to attack their former leader.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports political parties in the Eastern Cape are scrambling to field the best candidates in the National Assembly and the Bisho legislature.

And secondly, the paper writes officials are calculating the extent of the storm damage in Nelson Mandela Bay, but residents have been warned that the rainy weather is not over.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes analysts say any attempts to keep the MK Party out of government in KwaZulu-Natal will be a disaster.

And secondly, reports on the storm damage in the province.

# And The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Also reports on the storm damage in the vicinity of Tongaat.

And writes the ANC’s discussions in the province are at a sensitive stage.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the former CEO of the Road Contractors Company’s conviction for fraud and corruption related to two private companies involved in the B1 City development in Windhoek.

And secondly, the paper writes about the residents of Elisemheim who are upset about the sewage smell in the area. It is thought to be caused by the dumping of untreated, raw sewage by the municipality’s Ujams water treatment plant.