Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 03 July 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the federal chairman of the DA, Helen Zille, announced her party and the ANC could not reach an agreement on the composition of a Gauteng government. The ANC is prepared to cede only three MEC positions to the DA.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Firstly reports on the murder of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag. His body was found with gunshot wounds near the Zandfontein Cemetery in Pretoria West. The paper writes his death is allegedly related to an assassination gone wrong.

Secondly, the paper writes Loftus Versfeld will always remain special for the Springbok coach, Rassie Erasmus, as he scored his first try there in 1997 in his second Test for South Africa.

And finally, it is reported numerous customers of Standard Bank, including the Comrades winner Gerda Steyn, have allegedly lost money in suspicious transactions on their bank accounts.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Also writes about the Gauteng government negotiations that have reached an impasse.

And reports the EFF has called for virtual parliament sessions to be scrapped.

# Sowetan:

Reports the special tariff charged on prepaid power in Johannesburg has been approved by the ANC coalition and consumers have been invited to participate in the process.

# And The Citizen:

Outlines the benefits for a minister in the Cabinet of national unity.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld about Jacques Freitag and also writes about the problems with Standard Bank’s accounts.

And secondly, the paper continues reporting on the Free State Arts Festival in Bloemfontein.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Has the same lead as Beeld and Volksblad.

And secondly, the paper reports that the UN has demanded that the South African engineers, Frik Potgieter and Peter Huxam who are detained in Equatorial Guinea, be released immediately.

# And Cape Times:

Also writes about the leadership crisis in Gauteng.

And reports on the challenges facing the PAC’s Mzwanele Nyhontso with his appointment as minister of Land Reform and Rural Development in the Cabinet of national unity.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports a former member of the Flying Squad in Gqeberha, 49-year-old Peter Fouche, died while fighting for the Ukrainian army.

And writes that the EP Rugby Union received a bailout of six-million-rand from the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Leads with: “ZUMA WIELDS THE AX”. The paper writes former president Jacob Zuma has restructured the management of the MK Party. Experts warn this can lead to a lack of stability.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the ministry of Health and Social Affairs denies allegations of medical negligence in a court claim in which a woman claims her left hip was dislocated and her pelvis broken during the birth of her child in 2019.

Then the paper writes the Cat Protection Association of Namibia had to remove an elderly resident’s cat from the Seniorpark Retirement Home after residents were informed they were not allowed to keep any pets.

And finally, there is news about the De Wet Shaft in Tsumeb, which is currently undergoing extensive renovation.