Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 27 February 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Sasol’s CEO, Fleetwood Grobler says they are working on measures to strengthen the company’s cash flow after its half-year profits fell by 34-percent.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Leads with important information about the May 29 election that all voters should take note of. The IEC has released information about important dates and the composition of the ballots.

And secondly, there is a report on Eskom’s plans to involve the private sector in the transmission network to provide for the 66-thousand megawatts that the sector will produce.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes about the SABC’s plans to get rid of ghost workers.

And reports on former president Jacob Zuma who apparently wants to change strange foreign legislation in South Africa.

# Sowetan:

Reports the head of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police, Isaac Mapiyeye says he cannot explain how his second in command, Julius Mkhwanazi was still promoted after the Independent Police Investigation Directorate recommended that action be taken against him.

# And The Citizen:

Writes the Gauteng government can according to the National Treasury still prosecute motorists who do not pay e-toll. However, Outa says they will follow up on each of these cases.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Leads with the private sector’s contribution to Eskom’s power grid.

Then it is reported a senior Volksblad journalist, Alet van der Walt, died in her home in Hennenman after a short battle with cancer.

And finally, the paper writes about the stellar performance of the Bloemfontein cyclist, Maddie le Roux, while her mother Corné is in critical condition in a hospital with breast cancer.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports on two rugby players, 28-year-old Joswin de Wee and 32-year-old Henlo Weber, who died in a head-on collision near the Boschenmeer Estate.

Then the paper writes about 18-year-old Nicole Manuel from Eersterivier who had to watch helplessly as her three-year-old daughter Faith burned to death after unknown men apparently threw a petrol bomb into the Wendy House where they lived.

And finally, there is news about a train in India that travelled 70 kilometres without a driver at the wheel.

# And Cape Times:

Writes the IEC has announced 350 political parties are registered to participate in the elections.

And also reports on the government’s plans to involve the private sector in Eskom’s distribution network.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports Nelson Mandela Bay’s deputy mayor, Babalwa Lobishe wants a VIP Protection Unit to be established to protect councillors.

And write teachers at the Cedarberg Primary School in Booysen Park, have no control over the learners. They join gangs, threaten teachers and classmates, bring weapons to school and openly sell marijuana on school grounds.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes about the strict security measures with king Misuzulu ka Zwelithini’s speech in the Provincial Legislature.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Devotes its entire front page to the funeral of the late president Hage Geingob and writes thousands of Namibians gathered to pay their last respects to Geingob.