Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 29 July 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the industry regulator of medical schemes has challenged the Pretoria High Court’s decision to lift the provisional curatorship on the South African Post Office’s medical scheme, Medipos. The regulator says the judge erred and should have confirmed the curatorship.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports the Blitzbokke played for more than just themselves on Saturday when they won the bronze medal in the men’s rugby sevens in a packed Stade de France. According to the team, the bronze medal that the team won at the Olympic Games can help more rugby players consider playing rugby sevens in the future.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes South Africa’s intelligence services are under pressure after the discovery of a Libyan training camp in Mpumalanga.

And secondly, reports the ANC is reportedly going to suspend Jacob Zuma this week.

# And Sowetan:

Reports the local community near the suspected Libyan camp in Mpumalanga says the soldiers were troublemakers and fought over girls at local drinking places.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Also reports on the Blitzbokke’s victory.

Then the paper writes there is currently no development in Winburg due to the alleged interference of ANC cadres.

And finally, there is a report about the death of the newspaper’s editor, 56-year-old Dirk Kok who died from pancreatic cancer.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports on 16-year-old Ethan Bakkes from the Worcester Gymnasium and his mother Jacque who died in a car accident on the N1 at the Du Toitskloof Pass. Another learner was injured in the accident.

Then the paper has the same report as Beeld and Volksblad about the Blitzbokke.

And finally, the paper writes although less rain is predicted for the Western Cape, it will still be very cold.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the budget of the Green Scorpions in the Eastern Cape, which investigates environment-related matters, has been drastically cut.

And writes employees of the Nelson Mandela Bay Integrated Public Transport System have not yet received their salaries for July due to a financial problem.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Leads with the ANC’s decision to suspend Zuma.

The paper also writes about two members of the EFF who were shot in KwaZulu-Natal.

# And The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Reports there are concerns about the security measures at the city’s municipal council offices.

And writes experts are worried about an unprecedented drought that could hit South Africa.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports farmers are on their knees due to the scorching drought. Livestock and game deaths continue to increase and there is a serious lack of pasture and a crisis with the import of animal feed.

Secondly, the paper writes the residents of the Havana informal settlement say they have not had water, power, or fully functioning sewage systems since 2016.

And finally, it is reported the former minister of Justice, Sacky Shanghala has claimed that an investigator from the Namibian Anti-Corruption Commission is asking witnesses in the Fishrot case to change their statements.