Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 12 August 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Tongaat Hulett Limited may delist from the JSE after shareholders rejected a proposed deal where debt would be exchanged for shares. Vision Consortium would have taken over 97.3-percent of the shares.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Devotes its entire front page to South Africa’s achievements at the Olympic Games.

The paper firstly reports on 26-year-old javelin thrower Jo-Ané van Dyk, who is getting married in a month. She won the silver medal in the women’s javelin on Saturday night.

And secondly, there is a report about 18-year-old Bayanda Walaza and how proud his school, where he is writing matric, is of his participation. Together with his teammates, he hung a silver medal around his neck in the 4 X 100-metre relay.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Reports the former secretary general of the ANC, Ace Magashule’s former personal assistant, Moroadi Cholota, is expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court today, after she was successfully extradited by the USA on Thursday last week.

And secondly, the paper writes South Africa’s flag flew high at the Olympic Games.

# And Sowetan:

Reports Bethuel Ngobeni from Mpumalanga only found out the head of an illegal mining syndicate in Gauteng, Zingai Dhliuwayo, had allegedly stolen his name and identity number when the police came knocking at his door.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports farmers in North East Free State are opposed to plans to extract natural gas. The farmers in the Frankfort-Heilbron area are afraid of possible pollution.

Secondly, the paper writes about the new Miss South Africa, Mia le Roux, who was crowned in Pretoria on Saturday evening.

And finally, it is reported security at the Hoërskool Overberg has been stepped up after the murder of 16-year-old Deveney Nel. Her body was found on the school premises.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports the Western Cape has a shortage of one-thousand-five-hundred-55 detectives. This follows after it came to light that the police closed 5.4-million dockets nationwide without the investigation having been completed.

And secondly, also reports on the Olympic Games.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the investigation into the citizenship of the former Miss South Africa finalist, Chidimma Adetshina is still ongoing.

And reports on the occasion of the Olympics, South Africa has six reasons to be proud.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports millions of rands worth of damage was caused, five trucks were gutted and the driver of one is in hospital after protests over service delivery in Nelson Mandela Bay.

And secondly, the paper writes a woman from Nelson Mandela Bay was released on the eve of Women’s Day after a terrifying week during which she was held captive by seven armed men.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Reports the members of the MK Party have made an urgent appeal for an electoral congress so that legal structures can be set up.

# And The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the infighting in the management of the Comrades Marathon continues to intensify.

And also reports on the conclusion of the Olympic Games in Paris.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the Cabinet of Namibia has doubled the compensation for any disability resulting from human-animal conflict to 100-thousand-rand. The new rate will come into effect on 1 September.

And secondly, the paper writes that Karibib achieved an important milestone after 151 houses in the Harambee informal settlement got electricity for the first time.