Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 10 January 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the Competition Tribunal has dismissed the interim application for the reinstatement of the bank accounts of Iqbal Survé’s investment group Sekunjalo Investment Holdings. This dispute has been going on for several years.

# The Netwerk24 website:

Writes a 36-year-old farmer from Musina, Natie Vos, is still in hospital after he, his wife Jean-mari, and their three children were attacked on their farm. The police are looking for five suspects.

Then it is reported that an earthquake at the Blyvoor Gold Mine in Carletonville injured 20 miners and claimed the life of one.

And finally the website writes four boreholes will be dug in Hamilton in Bloemfontein to help with the water shortage in the city.

# And the Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Reports both the ANC and MK Party have their own problems. The ANC is fighting to please its old and new allies. And the MK Party’s lack of money and infighting threaten its position in KwaZulu-Natal.

GAUTENG:

# The Star & Pretoria News:

Reveals that members of the MK Party are working within the ANC to effect a power shift towards former president Jacob Zuma.

And secondly, the paper writes Sekunjalo intends to continue its fight against Nedbank.

# Sowetan:

Has spoken to the relatives of the victims of the horrific accident on the N3. A total of 18 people died in the accident and only an 18-month-old baby survived.

# And The Citizen:

Reports the comment by the minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi that the approximately 500 young unemployed doctors should consider the private sector or go abroad, has been described by experts as shocking.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports the minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie says he would support a sports boycott against Afghanistan as a result of the country’s Taliban government’s decision to ban women’s sport and disband the country’s women’s cricket team.

Then the paper writes that Capetonians are stuck in traffic for about 94 hours a year.

And finally, there is news about 18-year-old Bronwin van Willing from Delft High School on the Cape Flats who was allegedly shot dead in gang crossfire.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports dozens of children marched through Soweto-on-Sea and Zwide to highlight the scourge of gender-based violence in their community.

And secondly, there is news about a cattle ranch that went wrong, leaving one owner bankrupt and the other in jail.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes that the mother of the baby who survived the N3 accident has been traced.

And reports that the so-called air rage incident involving Nobuntu Mkhize of the SABC will be investigated by the Human Rights Commission.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports that more than 120 welfare organisations must contact the Directorate of Social Services within 30 days or risk deregistration.

Then the paper writes Shell has announced that it is writing off about 400-million-rand worth of value related to its discovery of offshore oil on PEL39.

And finally, it is reported the murder accused Wentzel Maasdorp has been described as a vagrant without a stable home or job and prone to violence. He is charged with the murder of his girlfriend.