Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 14 November 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the G20 summit in Johannesburg will continue without major world leaders. Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump of the US will not be there, but Chinese premier Li Qiang and other leaders will attend.

# Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Writes Pope Leo the 14th has given his blessing to the G20 summit and says South Africa’s leadership of the G20 is a moment of conscience for the world. The paper reports the boycott by Trump apparently has no effect on the summit.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports a group of 153 Palestinian refugees have arrived in South Africa after being refused entry earlier because their documents were not in order.

And secondly, the website writes South Africa has plans to bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the country in 2036 or 2040.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes the fire service in Emfuleni poses a danger to residents rather than fulfilling the role of a rescue service.

And secondly, it is reported that there are renewed calls for better child protection in South Africa.

# Sowetan:

Leads with the headline: “UNDER SIEGE” and has a montage of 12 facial photos of women who have been attacked and assaulted in Soweto in the past month. The paper writes the scourge of gender violence continues.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “GET READY FOR CHAOS”. The paper writes with the many routes that are closed for the G20 summit, residents of Johannesburg will have a hard time this weekend. There is a possibility that flights will also be delayed.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports Zurenah Smit, who is on trial for the murder of her husband, Stefan, has had her application for Judge Derek Wille to recuse himself from the case in the High Court in Cape Town dismissed.

And secondly, the paper also writes about South Africa’s Olympic plans.

EASTERN CAPE:

# Daily Despatch in East London:

Reports a major cyber attack on the Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements has exposed the weaknesses in the department’s cybersecurity systems. The attacker, Nightspire, attacked the system at 10:49 on 9 November, but the department only realised what was going on almost two hours later.

And secondly, the paper writes about an airport being planned in Komani [Queenstown].

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the police in KwaZulu-Natal have discovered evidence that an employee of the South African Police Service manipulated the criminal records system to benefit James Stuart Scharnick. He is allegedly linked to the suspended deputy national police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya.

And secondly, the paper also reports on South Africa’s plans to host the Olympic Games.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports of the 18-million-rand allocated to the Kalimbaza rice project, 8-million-rand was allegedly spent on consultants.

Then the paper writes valves on the main line that are being closed to capture and sell water are believed to be among the reasons behind Groot Aub’s water crisis.

And finally, there is news about Johanna Swartbooi, who is currently representing Namibia at the Miss Universe competition in Thailand.