Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 11 December 2025:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports former president Jacob Zuma and the MK party have failed for the third time to overturn president Cyril Ramaphosa’s decisions regarding the suspended minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, and the Madlanga Commission.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports the Independent Police Investigation Directorate has largely finished its investigation into the murder of Emmanuel Mbense, about which murdered whistleblower Marius van der Mewer testified before the Madlanga Commission.

Then the website writes that a suspect has been arrested for the murder of Karin van Aardt, who ended up in an unsafe area on the way from Cape Town International Airport.

And finally, it is reported that champion swimmer Chad le Clos will swim the Midmar Mile for charity.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes about the family of a murdered man from Brakpan who has now called in the Private Prosecution Unit of AfriForum to assist with the investigation. Emmanuel Mbense, who was testified about before the Madlanga Commission, was allegedly tortured and murdered in 2022.

# Sowetan:

Reports it has come to light in court that the leader of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, Mike Sandlana, was apparently born on 29 February 1969. The date does not exist because it was not a leap year.

# And The Citizen:

Like Netwerk24, also writes about the IPID investigation, but asks whether the delay in the investigation did not lead to Van der Merwe’s death.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports about an Air Force major who was dismissed in 2018 for serious hate speech, and was reinstated less than a year later. An investigation found major Vincent Mohlala guilty after a social media post he made after the murder of Professor Cobus Naudé. He was reinstated in 2019.

Then the paper also writes about the murder of Karin van Aardt.

And finally, there is news about a man from Zimbabwe who was arrested in Mpumalanga with 582 passports and 20-thousand-rand cash in his possession,

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the Kou-Kama council voted out the speaker of the ANC coalition, Dudley Maasdorp, in a motion of no confidence after he pointed a firearm at a member of the public.

And secondly, the paper writes six pensioners from Nelson Mandela Bay received welcome relief after their municipal accounts were suspended for six months.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes about the ANC’s efforts to win back its support in KwaZulu-Natal and reports on the Diwali festival that was placed on the UNESCO list.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports NamWater and Swakop Uranium are to develop the new Erongo Sunam desalination plant worth about three-billion-rand in the Erongo region.

Then the paper writes electronics and clothing, mainly imported from China by Namibian traders, dominated the declared goods at Hosea Kutako International Airport this year.

And finally, it is reported that the National Heritage Council of Namibia is proposing that a further 10-kilometre radius around the Brandberg be converted into a conservation area.