Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 01 October 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports deputy president Paul Mashatile is in London to campaign for UK investment in South Africa’s renewable energy and mineral processing sectors. He leads a delegation of ministers at the British government’s London Investment Week.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports on fires in Pretoria and Limpopo that destroyed homes and lives. Several fires broke out in Pretoria which destroyed houses and claimed animals.

There is also a report about a couple from Modimolle who was trapped by flames on their farm.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Reports the South African National Defence Force has collapsed with an overspend on the budget of 3.3-billion-rand.

And writes Gauteng premier, Panyaza Lesufi, says the federal chairman of the DA, Helen Zille must come to terms with what happened.

# Sowetan:

Reports the film producer, Ka Ndlovu will appear in court today for undeclared personal income and corporate taxes related to his company.

# And The Citizen:

Writes about the role of small parties such as Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA in influencing governments at the local level.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports the community of Kuruman is upset because two of the four suspects who appeared in court for the murder of 81-year-old Hendrik Venter were released due to lack of evidence.

And secondly, the paper writes the long-distance athlete, Charmaine van der Walt, who died of hyperthermia in the Eastern Cape after she lent her jacket to a fellow runner, is compared to the story of Racheltjie de Beer.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports a mobile phone number that came to light by mistake in the kidnapping video sent to the police by the kidnappers of Alize van der Merwe led to her and another woman’s release.

Then the paper writes the Namibian company, Namib Mills has withdrawn instant porridge from the Eastern Cape market after two children died.

And finally, there is a report about a zookeeper in Nigeria who was mauled by a lion after he did not close the gates of a cage properly.

# And Cape Times:

Also writes about the defence force.

And reports the police are on the trail of the Lusikisiki killers who slaughtered 18 people.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the number of children suffering from malnutrition in the Eastern Cape has apparently doubled over the past few years.

And writes a family from Algoa Park is delighted after receiving news that their toddler, Keanu Glass will be admitted to the Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the water crisis in eThekwini is the result of poor management and man-made.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the Bank of Namibia’s centre for financial intelligence says that non-profit organisations, including religious organisations must comply with the requirements of the law on financial information.

And secondly, the paper writes that the court application against the removal of the Red Line will be heard from January 21 to 31 next year.