Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 13 November 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports president Cyril Ramaphosa has moved quickly to replace Dion George with Willie Aucamp as minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports Ramaphosa says the US will have to decide whether boycott politics will work when he does not attend the G20 summit.

Then the website writes that Anton and Rensche Bougas, the parents of Anthonie from the Kleuterzone Group, are back in South Africa and will appear before the liquidators next week.

And finally, there is also news about the cabinet reshuffle.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Reports on the minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana announcing that there was an increase in the taxes collected.

And secondly, the paper asks whether Thabo Mbeki or Kgalema Motlanthe could make a comeback as president of the ANC.

# Sowetan:

Reports a teacher from Boksburg High School who was previously dismissed for alleged sexual assault has returned to the school without the school governing body being informed. Parents and learners protested outside the school yesterday.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the City of Johannesburg is losing its accounts war. The city is losing numerous court cases over valuation and accounts, but refuses to make information public.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Leads with the Bougas couple who are back in the country.

And secondly, reports the reason why South Africa’s former US ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool, can no longer be the chairperson of the ANC’s task force in the Western Cape is an international contract that will take up his time.

EASTERN CAPE:

# Daily Despatch in East London:

Reports AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo is home after serving four years in prison for kidnapping, assault, arson, defeating the ends of justice and culpable homicide. The AbaThembu royal family confirmed that he was released from the East London Correctional Centre on Sunday night.

And secondly, the paper writes most Eastern Cape metros have been hit with financial mismanagement.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the South African Medical Association has called for a more inclusive and strategic approach to tackling KwaZulu-Natal’s healthcare challenges. This follows the National Treasury’s allocation of 1.3-billion-rand.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports a political analyst says that if new parties or associations do not deliver results, voters will stay away from the ballot box or vote for the parties they know.

And secondly, the paper writes a widow is suing the minister of Health, the Namibia Institute of Pathology and a South African laboratory for damages over the alleged negligent handling of her late husband’s post-mortem examination and laboratory reports.