Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 04 March 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports Northam Platinum CEO, Paul Dunne says the mining group will temporarily halt or delay some of its development projects to protect its capital. Dunne says that with the drop in prices, the industry is experiencing the worst market conditions in three decades.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Today has a rugby front page that focuses on the victories of the Bulls over the Stormers with 40-22 and the Lions over the Sharks with 40-10.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Firstly, writes about the uproar over the 1.3-million-rand the tax payer had to pay to support the so-called “super fans” at the World Cup in France.

And reports the EFF leader, Julius Malema says Gauteng has collapsed under ANC leadership.

# Sowetan:

Reports Puseletso Zulu from Diepsloot narrowly escaped death when a group of residents attacked him and a friend and falsely accused him of theft. Men posing as crime patrollers ambushed them and claimed the TV they were carrying had been stolen. According to Zulu, it was a gift.

# And The Citizen:

Leads with: “ANC TO CHOP TOP CADRES?” The paper writes the names of Zweli Mkhize and Zizi Kodwa were mentioned after the integrity commission allegedly implicated them in state capture.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Reports the residents of Lourier Park in Bloemfontein are upset after more than a thousand land occupiers started erecting squatters’ huts on land next to the neighbourhood. Although a preliminary court order was granted, the mayor of Mangaung, Gregory Nthatisi said the people could stay there for the time being.

And secondly, the paper writes a parent of one of the learners of the Oranje Girls’ High School is threatening legal action after the appointment of Surita le Roux as netball coach.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports police say they found bloody clothes and other objects in their search for missing seven-year-old Joslin Smith. It is now being forensically tested. Meanwhile, drones are being deployed in the search.

And secondly, there is news of heavy rain and hail forecast for the Cape Winelands and Overberg District.

# And Cape Times:

Also reports on the police search for Joslin and the storm forecast for the Winelands and Overberg.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports the chief executive of the Transnet Port Authority, Pepi Silinga has been temporarily suspended over allegations of mismanagement and corruption.

And secondly, the paper writes construction work on South Africa’s largest private renewable energy plant, the Impofu Wind Farm in Kouga will start this month. The project will produce 330 megawatts and cost about nine-billion-rand.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes the premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Siboniso Duma says the port management project that the ANC introduced is successful and the congestion of trucks in the Durban port has nearly been solved.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports there are more than two-thousand-700 pending police investigations in the Khomas region. Compared to this, nationwide in Namibia, four-thousand-377 cases have not yet been solved.

And secondly, the paper writes an enormous amount is needed for 16-year-old Andro Blaauw from Grootfontein. He suffers from bone cancer and has to undergo a vital operation in Cape Town.