Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 09 December 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Eskom has offered a lifeline to ferrochrome producers and signed a memorandum of understanding with Glencore and Samancor.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports on the breakthrough in the Van der Merwe assassination investigation. The website writes the police have seized the white Chevrolet bakkie used in the murder of Madlanga witness Marius van der Merwe in Alexandra township.

Then the website writes a SAFM announcer, 39-year-old Nonkululeko Mantula, according to the state, is the mastermind behind the recruitment of mercenaries for Russia.

And finally there is news about the Golden Globes, where Paul Thomas Anderson’s One battle after another is the frontrunner with nominations.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Also writes about the preliminary breakthrough in the Marius van der Merwe murder case.

# Sowetan:

Reports on a former lawyer, Imolda Manamela, who appeared in court yesterday after allegedly defrauding prospective home buyers out of millions of rand. There are reportedly about 29 cases against her.

# And The Citizen:

Writes president Cyril Ramaphosa admitted that the MK Party had hurt the ANC, but there were also contributing factors such as corruption and poor service delivery.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also reports on Ramaphosa’s opening speech at the ANC’s National Council meeting in Boksburg. The paper writes Ramaphosa admitted that the ANC is at a crossroads and he seriously addressed corruption and poor service delivery by the party. Ramaphosa said that if the ANC does not adapt now, the party will die.

And secondly, there is news about a groundbreaking operation that was performed to replace a man’s limb.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is still sponsoring events despite a letter from the Treasury warning against such sponsorships.

And secondly, it is reported a woman from Gqeberha who beat a small dog to death with a stick has been sentenced to correctional supervision.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes about a KwaZulu-Natal boy who can smile again after successful facial surgery and reports on a cash injection for the Durban July horse races.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the approved free tertiary education programme starting next year will ensure that only the most financially vulnerable students receive assistance.

And secondly, the paper writes self-drive travellers will be banned from the four-wheel drive section of the Sossusvlei concession area from 15 December.