Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 24 November 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports South Africa has struck a surprise G20 deal after the country showed brave diplomacy to break a global deadlock. The paper writes that a rare G20 consensus has been reached amid global tensions.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports among the world leaders who attended the G20 leaders’ summit there was agreement that the G20 is in danger because of countries like the US’s role in geopolitics. The European countries acknowledged that the centre of gravity of world trade is shifting to include the global south.

Then the website writes a man in his seventies from the North West, Piet van der Merwe, was stabbed to death by farm attackers on a farm outside Ottosdal on Saturday. No one has been arrested.

And finally there is news about South Africa’s first female judge, Leonora van den Heever, who died in her home in Cape Town at the age of 99.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has given the undertaking that the city will continue with renovations after the G20 summit.

And reports the parliamentary ad hoc committee will move to the Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria this week to hear the evidence of Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala.

# Sowetan:

Reports about a teenager who took her own life after telling her father she was sexually assaulted by a man.

# And The Citizen:

Writes world leaders at the G20 summit sent a clear message to president Donald Trump that they will not be dictated to on what to do.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Has the same lead as Netwerk24 about the G20.

And secondly, it is reported Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx became the fourth South African to be crowned World Rugby’s Men’s 15s Player of the Year on Saturday.

EASTERN CAPE:

# Daily Despatch in East London:

Reports a new leadership role is being envisaged for the state prosecutor in Nelson Mandela Bay, Marius Stander.

And secondly, the paper writes the relatives of loved ones buried in the Bethelsdorp cemetery are shocked by the vandalism and deterioration in the cemetery.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes a serious rift is threatening in the family of former president Jacob Zuma. This follows his eldest daughter, Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube, accusing her sister Duduzile Zuma of luring several South Africans – including some of their own siblings – to Russia under false pretences.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says developing countries are not looking for handouts, but fair and equal financing opportunities.

Then the paper writes Namibians’ silent and visible protest against gender-based violence is a plea for it to be declared a national emergency.

And finally, there is news about a mother who stabbed her one-year-old son to death. She was sentenced to 23 years in the High Court in Windhoek.