Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 02 December 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports deputy minister of Health, Joe Phaahla, who has been implicated in a plot against President Cyril Ramaphosa in media reports, says the allegations are nonsense.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports Solidarity says it is grateful for president Donald Trump’s concern for Afrikaners, but the trade union does not want Afrikaner interests to become a bone of contention between South Africa and the USA.

Then the website writes about the Madlanga Commission, where sordid allegations were made against the suspended head of the Ekurhuleni metro police, Jabulani Mapiyeye—these range from abuse of power to blackmail and rape.

And finally there is news about the record rainfall that fell over the interior in November. Several places recorded more than 300 millimetres.

GAUTENG:

# Sowetan:

Reports about sergeant Matome Rapetsa and constable Maselelo Montja, who were murdered over the weekend and robbed of their service weapons. Both leave young families behind, and the paper writes that their future dreams have been shattered.

# And The Citizen:

Also writes about the alleged plot against Ramaphosa and the ANC’s vehement denial that it exists.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports on Alicia Hunter of Hawston, who has been waiting for two weeks for her missing son, 25-year-old Calebjude Vogel, to be located. His boat is believed to have capsized near the Hawston harbour.

Then the paper writes the pioneering South African cyclist, Gert Fouché, was seriously injured in an accident shortly before the finish line of the Munga race in the Bains Kloof Pass. He is in a critical condition in a hospital in Cape Town.

And finally, there is news about Nic Serfontein of Edenville, who received the prestigious Platinum bull prize from the Agricultural Research Council for his Bonsmara stud.

EASTERN CAPE:

# Daily Despatch in East London:

Reports deputy president Paul Mashatile has warned that South Africa is facing a crisis with 1.1-million people losing their Aids treatment.

And secondly, the paper writes that MK MP and former Prasa CEO Lucky Montana has resigned from Parliament.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Thami Ntuli, says that clients of the controversial Ithala Bank will have access to their funds before Christmas.

And secondly, there is news about the giant Christmas tree being erected in Pietermaritzburg.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports parents at three private schools want to know what will be done about the significant costs that will probably be their sole responsibility next year if the state withdraws its financial support.

And secondly, the paper writes most of Windhoek’s 883-kilometre tarred roads have exceeded their design life.