Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 15 November 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the Court of Appeal has ruled the Valuation Appeal Board of the Ehlanzeni District in Mpumalanga erred by ignoring expert evidence in the long-running valuation dispute with the Nkomazi Local Municipality over Johann Rupert’s Leopard Creek golf course.

# And Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Writes about everything that went wrong at Prasa. The paper reports reckless negligence has cost billions in infrastructure damage.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Reports a group of protesting Mozambicans caused the Lebombo border post at Komatipoort in Mpumalanga to remain closed by yesterday afternoon after it had been opened for a short time earlier.

Then the paper writes the body of an illegal miner was removed yesterday from an unused mine shaft of the Stilfontein mine in the North West. According to unconfirmed reports, there are currently more than four-thousand zama-zamas underground at shaft 11 of the mine.

And finally, there is news about a giant crocodile of 3.57 meters that made its appearance on the hockey field of the Ben Viljoen High School in Groblersdal.

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Writes another 50 children allegedly suffered food poisoning.

And also reports on the miners at the Stilfontein mine.

# Sowetan:

Reports about a nurse who was allegedly convinced by a bogus doctor to invest 206-thousand-rand in a pharmacy that never existed.

# And The Citizen:

Writes more people are currently shot dead in South Africa than die in car accidents. Experts believe that there should be much stricter controls on firearms.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports on the funeral service of 15-year-old Brandon Taylor from the Lettie Fouché School in Bloemfontein who died after an epileptic seizure.

And secondly, the paper reports on the murder trial of Sharon Caroline Fisher-Meyer from Kroonstad. The court heard yesterday how her daughter Tarysha Fisher allegedly strangled her mother with a dressing gown belt.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports businessman from Wellington, Delamarque du Toit shot and killed a hijacker and was himself wounded in a shootout with two men who wanted to hijack his vehicle. The incident happened in the New Rest residential area.

And secondly, the paper also reports on Ben Viljoen High School’s crocodile

# And Cape Times:

Writes citrus farmers are worried about high US import tariffs.

And reports on Bafana Bafana making it to the final of Afcon.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports Nelson Mandela Bay’s acting city manager, Mandla George, must, according to a decision, begin settlement negotiations with the suspended city manager, Noxolo Nqwazi.

And secondly, the paper writes patients at the Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha have to wait up to 24 hours for a bed while an illegal strike continues at the hospital.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Thami Ntuli says his government will intensify the focus on spaza shops and undocumented foreign shop owners amid three more suspected food poisoning deaths.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports with many who see it as a practice run for the upcoming national election, the Electoral Commission described the special voting as a success.

Then it is reported a 54-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the High Court in Windhoek for the rape of his daughter.

And finally, there is news is about Jona Levin, a seasoned chef who has cooked for all the Namibian heads of state.