Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 10 June 2026:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports the second in command of the police’s crime intelligence unit, major general Feroz Khan, allegedly received about 280-million-rand in bribes from Treasury. This is according to an affidavit in the possession of the Madlanga Commission.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Also reports on Khan’s interference in the police’s tender processes. The paper writes that he allegedly did this to benefit his friend Mohammadh Sayed. He is a senior executive at the Carnilinx tobacco company.

And secondly, the website writes president Donald Trump says the peace negotiations in the Middle East are allegedly in a final stage.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes 27-year-old Ntanganedzeni Siphugu from Limpopo briefly appeared in the Tshilwavhusiku Magistrate’s Court on a charge of murdering her two children, aged six and nine, by allegedly poisoning them.

And secondly, it is reported community activists and volunteers in Durban are in talks with Malawian authorities to urgently repatriate around 500 displaced Malawians.

# Sowetan:

Reports soccer spirit is high in Mexico City on the eve of South Africa’s first World Cup match against Mexico. The paper writes the match is a replica of 2010.

# And The Citizen:

Writes domestic disputes are one of the main causes of murders within families. According to the latest crime statistics, 172 people were murdered as a result of a ‘misunderstanding’.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports about the alarming increase in xenophobic protests and violence in the Western Cape. The paper writes police have arrested two men in connection with the murder of two Mozambican citizens in Mossel Bay.

And secondly, it is reported the head of Disaster Management in the Western Cape, Colin Deiner, says a new model for financing disaster management is needed, because municipalities are currently unable to quickly complete urgent repairs.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports Lonwabo Ngoqo has been appointed as the acting city manager of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. His appointment follows the suspension of the previous city manager and is aimed at providing administrative stability.

And secondly, the paper writes a new fight has broken out in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Council. It is about budget allocations to wards.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes that the High Court in Durban has set aside a seven-billion-rand district tender in Pietermaritzburg and stopped the award of the project. The court found irregularities in the tender process and declared the contract invalid.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports the government is considering a directive from president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah to declare a state of emergency for housing and sanitation in Namibia a state of emergency.

Secondly, the paper writes while a cemetery in the Omega 1 settlement is being fenced off at a cost of almost a million-rand, the school is in disrepair.

And finally, there is news about a new radio station for the Kavango regions.