Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 25 July 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Writes the minister of Trade, Industry, and Competition, Parks Tau says South Africa is negotiating through diplomatic channels to maintain its status as a beneficiary of the African Growth and Opportunities Act. He says early and long-term reauthorisation of the US legislation will provide policy certainty for investors.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Leads with the High Court in Pretoria’s decision to declare parts of the National Health Insurance Act unconstitutional. Among other things, the court ruled that it is illegal for the government to restrict where doctors may practice.

And secondly, there is a report on the court appearance of the suspended midwife and nurse, Yolande Maritz Fouchee. She appeared on 10 charges and the case was adjourned for the finalisation of the indictment.

# Sowetan:

Reports there are numerous holes in the state’s case against the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case. It relates to cellphone data and the alleged killers’ links to Meyiwa’s girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the US is concerned about so-called terrorist funds in South Africa.

And reports on Parliament’s oversight role over the Presidency.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld about the National Health Insurance Act.

And secondly, the paper writes the convicted rapist and murderer, Thabo Bester, approached the High Court in Bloemfontein about his arrest in Tanzania and a fair trial.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also leads with the court decision on NHI.

And secondly, there is news about 63-year-old Mariaan Janse van Rensburg, whose mobile home in Kays Caravan Park in Strand was destroyed by a fire. She lost all her belongings and some of her pets also burned to death.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the by-elections to be held on August 14 in two important wards in Nelson Mandela Bay will be decisive.

And writes suspects who robbed a pawnshop in Gqeberha, ran into Colonel Kanna Swanepoel and his team.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Reports on the effects of the lithium mining industry on rural residents in KwaZulu-Natal.

# And The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the minister of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs, Velinkosi Hlabisa says there is no reason to retain dysfunctional municipalities that do not accept accountability.

And reports that South Africa’s teams are ready for the Olympics.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports faced with a devastating drought and debt of almost two-billion-rand that needs to be collected, Namwater still has ambitious plans for the future.

And secondly, the paper writes the High Court has postponed judgment in the case about the Ukwangali Traditional Authority and the communal land on which the Kavango Cattle Ranch operates until August 2.