Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 27 July 2026:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the head of the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption, advocate Andrea Johnson, has asked that she resign from her position immediately. This follows several allegations and intrusive questions at the Madlanga Commission.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Also reports on Johnson’s request to be relieved of her position. She also sent her resignation letter to president Cyril Ramaphosa.

And secondly, the website writes that the Border Management Authority has repatriated more than 72-thousand people at all border posts countrywide since June. A total of 354 illegal citizens have also been arrested.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Also writes about Andrea Johnson’s resignation. According to the paper, she says that she has been exposed to unprecedented personal and professional attacks in the past five months. She says most of the attacks stem from investigations against the South African Police Service’s Crime Intelligence Division.

# Sowetan:

Reports on the huge problem of gambling addiction in South Africa. The paper spoke to an addict who says he started gambling when he was 13.

# And The Citizen:

Writes with 28 people murdered every day in South Africa, illegal weapons are the biggest evil. In the past financial year, more than nine-thousand people were shot dead with unlicensed weapons and only 75 with legal weapons.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Firstly, reports on another farm attack in the Boland. This is the fifth similar incident in recent times and this time a couple on the farm Neethlingshof was seriously assaulted and firearms were stolen. According to reports, three attackers were involved.

And secondly, the paper writes about a so-called advertisement that appeared on social media. The advertiser is allegedly a wealthy 58-year-old Free Stater who is looking for a young bride with biblical values.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the AARTO system has not started on a good footing in Nelson Mandela Bay. The traffic officers do not yet have the correct infringement books and they are not connected to the AARTO system.

And secondly, the paper writes the churches in Nelson Mandela Bay are upset about the government’s proposed regulation of churches.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner, lieutenant general Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, has had his responsibilities extended beyond the province’s borders. He will exercise control over the National Organised Crime Strategy in terms of the police’s Reset Agenda.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the ministry of Works and Transport says that no management appointments have yet been made at the new national airline Namib Air.

And secondly, the paper writes a total of 91-percent of Namibia’s child offenders who have ended up in the juvenile justice system in the past decade are boys.