Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 27 September 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the British multinational bank HSBC is the latest foreign banking giant to decide to leave South Africa. HSBC has announced that its customers and banking assets and liabilities will be transferred to FirstRand and Absa.

# And Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Writes about the confusion among prosecutors in state capture cases about the evidence against the Guptas that even made a turn in The Hague and is still leaking.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports the former mayor of Tshwane, Cilliers Brink says the only reason why the ANC, EFF, and ActionSA took over power in the city is to eat.

And secondly, the paper writes the house in Linden in which the writer and poet NP van Wyk Louw died was demolished this week. Permits were allegedly issued for the demolition while the FAK was not informed in advance.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Reports Gauteng is on the brink of financial collapse.

And writes the minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Thembi Simelane still insists she is not complicit in any criminal conduct.

# Sowetan:

Reports the Metropolitan Police Academy in Tshwane is in a terrible state. There are broken doors, no lighting, hot water or cleaning agents. This while the department collects nearly 300-million-rand in fines.

# And The Citizen:

Writes according to experts, the vote against the DA mayor in Tshwane indicates that the national feeling of unity does not extend to the local level.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports according to a report compiled on the bus accident in which six learners from the Riebeeckstad High School died, two wheels of the bus apparently came loose.

And secondly, the paper writes about the couple from Odendaalsrus who, in addition to animal abuse, are now also charged with the rape of a minor family member.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Leads with news that 30-year-old Alize van der Merwe, who was abducted in Port St. Johns last week, was released near Qumbu with another woman after a shootout with the police. No ransom was paid and further details are not known.

And secondly, it is reported that four people were injured when the brakes of a golf cart failed at Pinnacle Point near Mossel Bay.

# And Cape Times:

Writes minister Thembi Simelane has denied that Justice is withholding the Zondo testimony from the NPA.

And it is reported that more fuel price cuts will be introduced in early October.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports a businessman from Johannesburg criticised Gqeberha on social media for the lack of protection for tourists in the city. The man was attacked and robbed on the beachfront.

And secondly, the paper writes the Eastern Cape MEC for Finance is investigating the financial management of the Sundays River Municipality.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the sole survivor of a family of six who was murdered by a relative says the killer can rot in prison as far as he’s concerned.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the latest figures indicate 12-thousand-286 malaria cases and 28 malaria-related deaths. This is in stark contrast to last year when only 287 people were hospitalised and six people died.

And secondly, the paper writes the Namibia Islamic Halaal Association has received accreditation from the Emirates International Accreditation Centre.