Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 18 October 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports president Cyril Ramaphosa says the government is committed to supporting the car industry. This industry contributed 5.3-percent to the GDP in 2023 and was responsible for almost 15-percent of South Africa’s exports at 270.8-billion-rand.

# And Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Writes the DA is not the biggest threat to the government of national unity. Internal ANC battles are much more dangerous.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports the Matie student Jesse Mitchell was only 19 years old for three hours before he was robbed and stabbed to death on his birthday, early in the morning in Stellenbosch on his way back to his apartment. The police arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the murder.

And secondly, the paper writes the National Zoo in Pretoria is currently renovating its infrastructure. The zoo is 125 years old this year and has more than four-thousand-200 animals – from rainforest tarantulas to tigers and lions.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Writes the EFF is losing more members daily.

And reports while Johannesburg has a shortage of health inspectors, the looting of spaza shops belonging to foreigners continues.

# Sowetan:

Reports the investigating officer in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case, brigadier Bongani Gininda, testified that DNA evidence, eyewitness statements, and mobile phone and network tower evidence were among the factors that convinced him there were intruders in the Vosloorus house on the night Meyiwa was killed.

# And The Citizen:

Writes around 21.4-billion-rand has already been withdrawn from pension funds with the help of the two-pot system. It is mainly used to pay school fees and pay off debts.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports a third senior manager of the Mangaung Metro has been murdered. The latest victim is the technical manager of Water and Sanitation, Luzuko Ntlabezo who was shot dead in his car near his work. The suspect sped away in a white Nissan NP200 bakkie, but the police have not yet arrested anyone.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Has the same lead as Beeld about the murder of 19-year-old Jesse Mitchell from Stellenbosch.

And secondly, it is reported the minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie says international rugby rules prevent him from interfering in the controversial transaction between SARU and the Ackerley Sports Group. He says he can make a plea.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the police are looking for more suspects in the Lusikisiki massacre.

And reports the Protea women are on the eve of a historic victory in the T20 World Championship.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports extortion syndicates are now even targeting children. Some learners from KwaNobuhle are forced to pay protection money on the road they use to walk to school.

And secondly, the paper writes the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is cracking down on landowners who violate zoning bylaws. Fines amount to 35-thousand-rand per offence.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes a recent operation to clean up the city centre of eThekwini was labelled as futile.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports thousands of residents of Rundu have been left without a reliable water supply due to the current water crisis that has been looming for a long time.

And secondly writes, a 54-year-old man was found guilty yesterday in the High Court in Windhoek of the rape of his daughter and incest.