Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 10 March 2026:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Sasol exceeds 100-billion-rand market capitalisation as oil prices soar. The paper writes investors expect higher profit margins for the group as the Brent oil price rises

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Leads with the testimony of businessman Sulliman Carrim before the Madlanga Commission. It has come to light that business transactions worth millions of rand were conducted between Carrim, Morgan Maumela, and Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. There is also talk that Maumela is being implicated in the Tembisa Hospital scam. The commission alleged that Carrim continued to do business with Matlala even though he was aware of the police tender fraud.

Then the website writes the Iranian Supreme Authority has chosen the son of the deceased Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba, to take over the reins as Iran’s supreme leader.

And finally, there is news about the strengthening of ties between South Africa and Brazil.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Reports like Netwerk24 about the testimony of businessman Sulliman Carrim before the Madlanga Commission.

# Sowetan:

Reports the minister of Health, Aaron Motshoaledi, has intervened with court action to ensure that a young patient receives a liver transplant and blood transfusion. This follows his parents’ refusal on religious grounds.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “WILL WE RUN OUT OF FUEL”. The newspaper writes there is concern in government circles about South Africa’s fuel reserves

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports about the fuel price crisis the country is facing as well as other negative effects that the Middle East crisis may have on South Africa. According to experts, diesel could rise to seven-rand per litre in April. The Reserve Bank is also reconsidering any reduction in the repo rate.

And secondly, the paper writes 57-year-old Mike Wilson from Constantia is the participant who died during the Cape Town Cycle Tour on Sunday.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports on a local councillor charged with assaulting the mother of his child.

And secondly, the paper writes a man has been sentenced for neglect and abuse at a piggery in Gqeberha.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Also writes about the oil crisis the world is in.

And reports it is impossible for teachers to retire early. KwaZulu-Natal teachers’ unions have called on the provincial Education Department to review rejected applications for early retirement, warning that budget constraints are unfairly blocking long-serving staff.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the Swapo congress in 2027, which will elect the top leadership of the ruling party, is seen as a defining moment for the country’s future. Experts warn against factionalism.

And secondly, the paper writes the new management committee of the state medical aid must turn around the beleaguered Psemas in the run-up to Vision April 2026 and Namibia’s introduction of its Universal Health Coverage.