Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 17 July 2026:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports president Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa must improve the performance of its ports and rail network if it wants to compete in the global manufacturing and export market.

# Mail & Guardian:

Writes the so-called Prime Evil, Eugene de Kock, shared a handwritten list of names on social media this month of the people he refused to kill. He claimed to have drawn the line.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Firstly, reports about the memorial service for Bafana Bafana player Jayden Adams, which was held in Stellenbosch.

And secondly, there is news about Ramaphosa’s court case in Cape Town. His legal team argued that the section 89 committee misunderstood its mandate.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes about the murder of the secretary and election coordinator of the EFF in Tshwane, Monica Dube. Sipho Lucky Mahlangu has already appeared in court in connection with the murder, and the police say they are looking for a second suspect.

# Sowetan:

Reports the minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, says he will produce every receipt for his and his entourage’s visit to the FIFA World Cup. Opposition members question the 31-million-rand that the minister spent.

# And The Citizen:

Writes about the dangerously unhygienic pit toilet system at schools which has now again become a party political issue.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also reports on the arguments of the various parties in Ramaphosa’s impeachment case. The verdict was reserved.

Secondly, the newspaper writes about the ongoing problems with the president’s official jet, Inkwazi. The plane had to return to the airport after 33 minutes in the air.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the ANC in Nelson Mandela Bay wants to get rid of deputy mayor, Gary van Niekerk. The party has tabled a motion of no confidence against Van Niekerk.

And secondly, the paper writes with the commemoration of Nelson Mandela Day tomorrow, most of the memorials erected to him are in a dilapidated condition.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the Madlanga Commission has cast fresh doubt on the Anti-Corruption Investigation Directorate’s investigation into the head of crime intelligence, lieutenant-general Dumisani Khumalo, after the lead investigator, Brian Padayachee, struggled to explain what triggered the investigation or how it began.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the outgoing director-general of Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Commission, Petrus Noa, says the country’s fight against corruption is being weakened by legal loopholes that enable accountable officials and senior civil servants to ignore the commission’s recommendations.

And secondly, the paper writes the Otjiwarongo district’s emergency medical services only have two ambulances that are in working order to serve an area with more than 54-thousand inhabitants.