Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 28 October 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports South Africa’s most valuable banking group, FirstRand, suffered a serious blow after a British court found that it had illegally paid commissions to car dealers without customers’ knowledge. FirstRand has already had to spend more than 300-million-rand on legal costs.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports 12-year-old Amoné Herbst from Bedfordview, who was in a head-on collision in a vehicle with her family between Machadodorp and Mbombela in Mpumalanga, still does not know her entire family is dead. Her parents and three sisters died in the accident.

And secondly, the paper writes about the Wonderboom Air Show in the north of Pretoria this past weekend.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Writes there is discord in the MK Party about the new leadership structure.

And reports an appeal has been made for more funding for housing victims of gender violence.

# Sowetan:

Reports the Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison launched a search a week ago for a taxi patrol car that is said to be terrorising motorists on the N4 Highway. There is still no progress.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the British government denied entry to Mandla Mandela over his views on Hamas and Hezbollah. Mandela says the British government supports apartheid Israel and the genocide in Gaza.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports on National Health Insurance threatening to topple the government of national unity. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the business community has been asked for input and until this has not happened, the way forward is unclear.

And then the paper writes about Willie Niemann of Boshof. He is a buffalo farmer with an offensive license plate. [Warning: DIKTRIL FS]

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also leads with the National Health Insurance dichotomy.

Then it is reported more rain is forecast for today for parts of the Western and Eastern Cape.

And finally, there is a report about a giant oak tree that crushed two vehicles in Dorp Street in Stellenbosch.

# And Cape Times:

Also writes about the struggle in the MK Party over the leadership.

And it is reported that a man fended off the attack by a seal. The help of the National Sea Rescue Institute was called in to deal with the problem.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports emergency medical services staff in Nelson Mandela Bay are understaffed and are overworked, resulting in longer waiting times for residents who require assistance.

 And secondly, the paper writes if the disaster management team of the Bay Municipality had heeded the recommendations of ward councillors, the serious consequences of flooding in various areas across the city could have been avoided.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the Department of Basic Education has expressed concern about increasing cases of food poisoning among learners, which affects children’s well-being.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports residents who made their vehicles available for the registration campaign of the Electoral Commission of Namibia earlier this year, complain that months later they have still not received all their promised money.

And secondly, the paper writes that the Namibian police are still waiting for an official request from South Africa to take action against the lay preacher who is missing with his daughter.