Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 08 January 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Naspers and its international partner Prosus’ share price fell by almost 10-percent yesterday after it emerged that these technology companies’ investment, Tencent, is under pressure because it has been added to an American blacklist.

# And Netwerk24 website:

Writes parts of the North West received up to 180 millimetres of rain. There are widespread power outages and flooding.

Then it is reported ActionSA and the minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, are butting heads over his use of blue-light escort vehicles.

And finally there is news about the murder of 87-year-old Elsie Mutsi from Bultfontein in the Free State. She was presumably murdered for her Sassa money.

GAUTENG:

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Writes the head of the Hawks, general Godfrey Lebeya, says they have done everything in their power to investigate the Phala Phala issue. The full dossier has been handed over to the head of public prosecutions, advocate Shamilla Batohi, but there has been no action yet.

# Sowetan:

Reports on the chaotic effect of the heavy rainfall on rural communities. Some people were cut off and in at least one case a 26-year-old woman drowned and the mother is pleading with the police to locate her body.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the Air Licensing Board will meet next week to decide on the future of FlySafair after it was revealed earlier that the airline had breached foreign ownership regulations.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports the bodyguards of deputy president Paul Mashatile are in trouble again after they allegedly pushed a man with a child in his arms around in Khayelitsha. The parliamentary portfolio committee on Police will investigate.

Then there is news about the sudden death of 21-year-old Adrian Paulse from Vredenburg.

And finally, the paper writes about a driverless smart taxi in Los Angeles that drove in circles with its passenger.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports as two more suspects appear in court for the murder of constable Callan Andrews, religious and community leaders from Gelvandale will hold a memorial service for the police officer.

And secondly, it writes Walmer residents complain that a plumbing business has become too big to stay in the suburb. They say the expansion of operations and large vehicles blocking the roads are a nuisance

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes about the negative impact of the closure of ArcelorMittal’s plant in Ladysmith.

And reports that there are concerns about the survival of the Royal AM soccer club as they are experiencing financial difficulties.

And finally, from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the ministry of Education, Arts and Culture says schools may not insist that parents pay for building work or security services.

Secondly, the paper writes residents of Oshakati’s Ehenye and Ekuku informal settlements are seeking permanent solutions for their homes that are flooded with each rainy season.

And finally, it is reported that the cabinet has instructed that a joint declaration on reparations for the genocide of the Nama and Ovaherero people must be signed before March 2025.