Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 15 August 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Writes the Second Presidential Health Summit, which was supposed to take place tomorrow has been postponed because no consensus can be reached on National Health Insurance. The Second Presidential Health Pact will now only be considered on August 22.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports Corruption Watch says there is a clear lack of cooperation between key players in prosecuting state capture suspects. However, the minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Thembi Nkadimeng has strongly denied that her department is obstructing the work of the National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigation Directorate.

And secondly, the paper writes the Australian city of Perth must brace itself for a South African storm this weekend. The Boks take on the Wallabies, Dricus du Plessis defends his title as world champion and a group of South African artists will perform.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes the VBS accused want separate trials.

And it is reported that several spaza shops in Soweto have been closed after residents who are fed up with foreigners are taking the law into their own hands.

# Sowetan:

Reports on the approximately 400 learners from Mpumalanga who cheated during the matric examination. The court found that although the learners are guilty, the Education Department’s disciplinary process was not correct and the learners must now receive their results.

# And The Citizen:

Writes political analysts say Jacob Zuma’s MK party is losing its lustre and it seems that it was actually just a family business.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports 43-year-old Thomas Nel was found not guilty in the High Court in Bloemfontein of the murder of his wife Jackie more than six years ago.

And secondly, the paper writes that the premier of the Free State, Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae handed over 106 houses to the community of Jagersfontein. The houses were built by Jagersfontein Developments after the mine dam wall broke.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports the investigation into the murder of 16-year-old Deveney Nel from Caledon is, according to sources, at a very sensitive stage. Her body was found with stab wounds on the school grounds and it is suspected that the killer may not be an adult or a man.

Then the paper writes products from the online companies Shein, Temu and All Express may contain toxins that are not acceptable in the European Union or South Korea.

The paper also has news about the South Africans in Perth this weekend.

And finally, it has been reported that a charity organisation in New Zealand has unknowingly distributed candy with Tik in it to children.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the World Health Organisation has declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern.

And also reports on the separate hearings for the VBS accused.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports gale-force winds that hit Nelson Mandela Bay in the past 24 hours uprooted trees, destroyed water pipes and power lines, and blew off the roof of at least one house.

And secondly, teachers from the Bonzai School in Sydenham are now considering any possible steps to bring the learners’ behaviour under control.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the government of provincial unity in KwaZulu-Natal is investigating the factors that led to the collapse of service delivery in the province.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports that although the former employees of the liquidated Air Namibia already received their compensation packages in December 2022, the court found that this amount was too small.

And secondly, the paper writes the teacher of Ongwediva who was recently fired, apparently has about 14 corporal punishment cases against him.