Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 11 February 2026:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the investment company Harith bought FlySafair after withdrawing from a deal to buy a majority stake in South African Airways two years ago.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan testified before the parliamentary ad hoc committee that the police commissioner in KwaZulu-Natal, lieutenant general Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, the national police commissioner, general Fannie Masemola, and the crime intelligence chief, lieutenant general Dumisani Khumalo, all belong behind bars. He said he had conducted his own investigations that indicated that the three should be prosecuted.

Secondly, the website writes the Gauteng government has established a war room at the disaster management centre in Midrand to deal with the water crisis.

And finally, there is news about 82-year-old Malcolm Breaves of Rondevlei near Wilderness, who was sentenced to five-thousand-rand or 12 months in prison after shooting a vervet monkey in the eye with an air rifle.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Also writes about O’Sullivan’s testimony before the parliamentary ad hoc committee.

And reports that five suspects have appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court for allegedly recruiting South Africans to fight in the Russian/Ukrainian war.

# Sowetan:

Leads with: “DRY BELOVED CITY OF DARKNESS.” The paper reports on the impact of Johannesburg’s water and power crisis on the residents and businesses in South Africa’s economic heartland.

# And The Citizen:

Writes today is Day Zero for many Johannesburg residents in terms of water supply. The organization WaterCAN has called on Johannesburg to have the city’s water crisis declared a national disaster.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports on SANParks’ new arrangement that visitors to the Table Mountain National Park must first complete an indemnity form. The tourism industry says the form only indemnifies the park and does little for the safety of tourists. The process will also disrupt tourism.

And secondly, the paper writes the water flow from the Theewaterskloof Dam to Cape Town has been partially restored after a fault with a control valve forced the water treatment plants to shut down.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports Eastern Cape communities have a month to object to new place names being proposed.

And secondly, the paper writes although help is pouring in for the SPCA in Kariega, there has been no progress with the eviction order against the association.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Also writes about O’Sullivan’s testimony. He strongly denied before the parliamentary ad hoc committee that he is a foreign agent.

And secondly, it is reported that it has been more than a week and nothing has been done to resolve the air conditioning problems at Grey’s Hospital.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports Namibia could undermine investor confidence and delay billions of rand in oil and gas investments if proposed amendments to the Petroleum Act are not immediately adopted and implemented.

And secondly, the paper writes working-class residents find it almost impossible to find affordable land and decent housing in Swakopmund.