Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 06 November 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the rating agency Fitch is sceptical about the Treasury’s ability to meet the medium-term budget. The agency says the government will probably have to spend more than budgeted on the public sector and the rescue of Transnet.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Leads with the protest against the Bela Act that was held yesterday at the Voortrekker Monument. Thousands of people dressed in orange representing more than 40 organisations took part in the demonstration.

And secondly, the singer Juanita du Plessis is reported to have received around 900-thousand-rand from Louis Liebenberg’s controversial diamond scheme.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Reports the Services Seta is caught up in tender corruption.

And it is reported renewed warnings have been issued about the water crisis in Gauteng.

# Sowetan:

Calls on president Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the food poisoning crisis in the country. The paper has a compilation of photos of the 12 children who died of poisoning in a month on its front page.

# And The Citizen:

Writes a study determined that traffic lights that do not work cost the average Johannesburg motorist about 28-thousand-rand per year in lost time and fuel costs.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld about the protest against the Bela law.

And secondly, it is reported that a small Bloemfontein publisher, Crystal Lake Publishers, may be publishing a book by the Nobel Prize winner, Bob Dylan.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports the murder of the gang boss Mark Lifman is presumably related to a security contract at a mine in Mpumalanga which he did not want to cede to another company.

And secondly, the paper writes about the snowfall in the Western and Eastern Cape and the Lootsberg Pass between Graaff Reinet and Middelburg, which had to be temporarily closed.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the US presidential race between Trump and Harris is going head-to-head.

And reports the budget cuts directly affect learner transport at schools.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports negotiations to form Nelson Mandela Bay’s new mayoral committee have hit another setback, with two parties threatening to withdraw if their demands are not met.

And secondly, the paper writes the heavy downpour in Nelson Mandela Bay has led to road closures, widespread power outages, and flooding in low-lying areas.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes there are concerns about water supply and infrastructure in eThekwini.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the Association for Economic Policy Research questions the Namibian unemployment rate from Afrobarometer which stands at 43-percent.

And writes the suspected game thief and hunting guide Brian Roodt was arrested again after his court appearance in Windhoek.