Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 07 February 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Writes the CEO of Vodacom, Shameel Joosub will file an appeal against the court decision that the inventor of Please Call Me, Nkosana Makate must receive a new offer. The newspaper reports that the move will further delay the payment to Makate.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Firstly, reports further on the plight of entry-level doctors who the government says are too expensive to employ. There are currently around 660 qualified doctors who have not been placed by the state. According to some of the doctors, they submitted up to 45 applications for positions in various provinces in the country.

Then the paper writes that president Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address will cost the taxpayer 6.5-million-rand this year.

There is also a report about six learners from the Riebeeckstad High School who died in a bus accident. They were returning from a school camp when the bus overturned near Ventersdorp.

And finally, there is news about 14-year-old cricketer Josh Anderson from Trinity House Rand Park Ridge who scored 357 runs from 162 balls.

The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes like Business Day Vodacom has 30 days to make an offer to Nkosana Makate.

And reports Nigerian soccer fans in South Africa will have to be careful when Bafana Bafana plays the country in the Afcon.

# Sowetan:

Reportedly the controversial tenderpreneur, Edwin Sodi will not be allowed to do any work for the Department of Public Works in future. This follows after several government tenders he received turned into chaos with huge losses.

# And The Citizen:

Writes municipalities stand the chance of losing millions of rand as, in terms of Aarto, they will no longer receive traffic fines directly. The money will first be paid to the Road Traffic Infringement Authority.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Leads with the bus accident in which six learners died. Of the 58 girls who were on the bus, four are in critical condition and another six slightly injured. The Free State authorities say the accident will be thoroughly investigated.

And secondly, it is reported the police are busy with a search of the area in Botshabelo where four bodies were found. It is suspected that the murders were committed by a serial killer.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Firstly, reports on the fire that broke out in the Brandvlei Prison outside Worcester. A total of 394 prisoners were transported to other prisons and none escaped.

And then the paper also writes about the 6.5-million-rand that the State of the Nation Address will cost.

# And Cape Times:

Firstly, also reports on the Please Call Me inventor’s ongoing battle with Vodacom.

And writes about Parliament’s plans to prevent the State of the Nation from being disrupted again.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports three municipal traffic officers from Sundays River who allegedly received bribes for forging learner’s and driver’s licenses appeared in the High Court in Gqeberha.

And secondly, the paper writes a man was shot dead in broad daylight near a primary school in Rosedale, Kariega, while learners, parents, and community members fled for their lives.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes a constitutional expert says King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s application to take over control of the Zulus’ land is not democratic and will probably not succeed.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports Namibian doctors are currently being forced to either no longer perform any hospital procedures or require a significant co-payment from patients.

And secondly, it is reported, Namibia’s fourth president, Nangolo Mbumba says Namibians must pick themselves up and reconnect to the idea of unity.