Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 30 January 2026:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports president Cyril Ramaphosa has instructed a task force to further investigate and prosecute 14 police officers implicated in the preliminary report of the Madlanga Commission. The paper writes, however, that there are questions about the exclusion of the suspended minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu.

# Mail & Guardian on Fridays:

Writes the EFF has been faced with the choice of evaluating Julius Malema’s leadership of the party.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports the former financial head of administrative services in the police’s crime intelligence unit, Tiyani Hlungwani, testified before the parliamentary ad hoc committee that the then commissioner of police, Kehla Sithole, forced him to allocate money from the secret fund for the ANC’s electoral conference in 2017.

Then the website writes 41-year-old Paolos Patrick Lekhooane was extradited by Lesotho to South Africa to stand trial for the murder of his girlfriend.

And finally, there is news about Showmax, which, according to the new owners of MultiChoice, the French company Canal+, is not at all successful. Major changes will be made here to save costs.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Reports on the taxi accident on the R-102 in Lotus Park in Isipingo near Durban, in which 11 people died, and eight more were injured. The paper writes the accident was between a minibus taxi and a truck, and several passengers were trapped in the wreckage.

# Sowetan:

Leads with: “MADLANGA STINGS”. The paper also writes about the task team formed to further investigate 14 police officers after the Madlanga Commission found in its preliminary report that there was prima facie evidence against them.

# And The Citizen:

Continues its investigation into areas where the Gauteng government is wasting taxpayers’ money. The newspaper writes about a clinic that is empty while Gauteng is renting a new clinic nearby for eight-thousand-rand per month. There is also news of a licensing office being renovated at a cost of 200-million-rand.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Also leads with the task force set up to investigate the prosecution of 14 police officers implicated in the Madlanga report. The paper writes the president is not prepared to wait for the final report before acting.

And secondly, the paper writes several passengers on the Seven Seas Voyager that left Cape Town harbour on 13 January for a 14-day cruise contracted a stomach virus and were seriously ill for most of the voyage.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Writes the next mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay will probably have to be appointed from a DA/ANC coalition, according to experts.

And secondly, it is reported the metro has requested that children do not play in the water from burst pipes.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Firstly, also reports on the taxi accident near Durban in which 11 people, including a child died.

And secondly, the paper writes the Msunduzi Metro had to answer numerous questions about its finances during its appearance before Scopa.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports that the Namibian ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture says temporary classrooms at schools are again needed as rising learner numbers overwhelm the school infrastructure.

And secondly, the paper writes Namibia risks losing control of critical industries if state-owned enterprises and local investors do not act decisively.