Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 17 October 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports SuperSport has condemned SARU for the way in which the organisation held discussions to sell 20-percent of the Boks’ commercial rights to the Ackerley Sports Group. The CEO of SuperSport, Rendani Ramovha says it is unclear why they were not involved in the discussions.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports the former ANC spokesperson, Pule Mabe, stepped aside as a member of the party’s national executive committee after he was accused of fraud and money laundering. This is related to a tender of 27-million-rand that his company Enviro Mobi allegedly illegally received in 2017.

Secondly, the paper writes the comet C/2023 A3 also known as Tsunchinshan-Atlas can still be observed by South Africans until Sunday.

And finally, there is news about Sanral paying out 12.8-million-rand more this year than the previous financial year to motorists who claim for vehicle damage due to potholes.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Also writes about Mabe’s decision to step aside.

And reports on Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s reasons for her resignation from the EFF.

# Sowetan:

Reports the brothers who were extradited by Eswatini to stand trial for the murder of rapper AKA, Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande filed an appeal against their extradition at the eleventh hour.

# And The Citizen:

Writes about the statement of the minister of Sports, Art and Culture, Gayton McKenzie that street names should not be changed to hurt a white minority.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Leads with the dire circumstances at the controversial diamond merchant Louis Liebenberg’s mine in Koingnaas. Employees are allegedly not receiving their salaries. The paper reports Liebenberg allegedly threatened those who spoke to the media.

Next, the paper writes about Free State towns experiencing water problems after the Lesotho-Highland tunnel was closed.

And finally, there is also a report about motorists’ claims for potholes.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports on the body of a murdered Matie first-year student found in Stellenbosch. He was stabbed in the neck with a knife. The police say they are investigating the motive for the murder, but it appears that the deceased’s bicycle was stolen.

Then the paper writes more than a thousand complaints have been lodged against Western Cape teachers in a year. Thirty-four were dismissed and 17 were found not guilty.

And finally, a snake that arrived as an uninvited guest at the prize-giving event of the Meiringspoort Marathon is reported to have disrupted the proceedings.

# And Cape Times:

Also writes Mabe must stand trial on tender fraud charges of 27-million-rand.

And reports on the police’s breakthrough in their investigation into the Lusikisiki massacre.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the Algoa Bus Company has beefed up its security after it emerged that protection fees were being demanded from its employees. Two employees of the company were shot dead in two days.

And secondly, the paper says it could take years to repair damaged canals, cemetery and landfill access roads, a footbridge and wastewater treatment works after the floods.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes there is an investigation into allegations of sexual assault in the engineering department of the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

(Unfortunately, there is no digital version of the newspaper available online this morning.)