Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 10 December 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the Financial Sector Conduct Authority has fined Banxso two-billion-rand for misusing its client funds. The paper writes the regulator has also withdrawn Banxso’s license.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports a well-known athlete from KwaZulu-Natal, 41-year-old Ronald Smith, has died in hospital after being seriously injured in a fall earlier.

Then the website writes about the Proteas’ defeat in their first T20 against India.

And finally, it is reported that the national chairperson of the ANC, Gwede Mantashe, says he will retire from politics in 2027.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes thousands of Gauteng cancer patients are still waiting for treatment, and an appeal has now been made to the national government to intervene.

And secondly, it is reported that seven young men died during the summer season at initiation schools in the Eastern Cape. The authorities and traditional leaders have been urged to intervene.

# Sowetan:

Reports it has come to light that the area in Alexandra township where the bakkie of Marius van der Merwe’s assassins was found is notorious as a dumping ground for vehicles used in crimes and bodies.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the ANC’s secretary-general, Fikile Mbalula, says the party is dying in cities with people who have lost faith in the party.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports the ANC’s position looks precarious, especially in KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. According to Mbalula’s report, the ANC had nearly one-million members in 2022. This has fallen to just over 500-thousand.

And secondly, the paper writes about a Cape cobra that has made itself at home in a standing watch lodge in Oudtshoorn.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herhald in Gqeberha:

Reports the director in the office of the Nelson Mandela Bay speaker is being criticised for his excessive spending on Human Rights Day. Dumisani Mbebe says he was under political pressure to find a sponsor.

And secondly, the paper writes, Robin Clarke, who was convicted of murdering his stepdaughter, wore a “Best Dad Ever” t-shirt in court.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes that 55-year-old traditional leader, Inkosi Zuma, will spend Christmas behind bars. He is facing three separate cases, each relating to charges of murder or conspiracy to commit murder.

And secondly, the paper reports about a toddler who allegedly died due to a lack of drinking water.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports Nama chief, Hendrik Witbooi, has been inducted into Namibia’s Gallery of Leaders. He is described as a visionary statesman and military strategist, and as a spiritual leader for his people.