Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 29 February 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Business Leadership SA CEO, Busisiwe Mavuso says she is delighted with the appointment of Michelle Phillips as CEO of Transnet. She says the business community fully supports her appointment.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Leads with the closure of Police Headquarters in Pretoria after the working conditions there became unsafe and unbearable. The building has no water, the air conditioning does not work and staff members complain about lice and cockroaches.

And secondly, it is reported Loftus Versfeld is spic-n-span for the titanic battle between the Bulls and the Stormers on Saturday.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Writes human trafficking is becoming a huge problem in South Africa.

And reports the arrest of suspects in the AKA and Tibz murder case was welcomed.

# And Sowetan:

Also reports on the murders of the artists AKA and Tibz. The paper asks the question: “WHO ORDERED IT?”

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports 38-year-old Armand Opperman appeared in the High Court in Bloemfontein in connection with the murder of the 62-year-old former livestock farmer from Rouxville, Lance Arthur Da Silva.

And secondly, the paper writes about the death of the famous Friesian horse breeder from Ventersburg, the 70-year-old Jan du Preez.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Leads with the tragic death of 12-year-old Zane Fouten who died in a wendy house fire in Lavender Hill in Cape Town.

And the paper spoke to the next of kin of the rugby players Joslin de Wee and Henlo Weber who died in a car accident.

# And Cape Times:

Writes there is another shock waiting for motorists with the expected fuel price increases next week.

And reports the minister of Public Enterprises and Parliament are at odds over the South African Airlines deal.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports a well-known church leader from Nelson Mandela Bay appeared in court after allegedly locking and raping a young woman in a bedroom at his home.

And secondly, the paper writes the residents of Humerail say they are fed up with the late-night noise coming from a nearby restaurant.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Calls on the public to support a local resident who has suffered severe burns to receive plastic surgery.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports, the Namibian minister of Finance, Lipumbu Shimmi has tabled a budget of almost 97-billion-rand. This provides for millions of rand in tax exemption, a five-percent increase for civil servants, and the write-off of the tax arrears of state-owned enterprises.