Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 15 October 2026:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports COSATU will support both the ANC and the SACP in the local government elections. The decision, taken by the trade union federation during its national congress, is aimed at maintaining unity within the federation.

# And the Netwerk24 website:

Reports a mother from Atlantis has been charged with the rape of her ten-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son.

Secondly, the website reports three suspects were shot dead during a transit robbery in Umlazi, Durban.

GAUTENG:

# The Star:

Writes millions of South Africans who rely on social grants will receive their November payments on revised dates—with the elderly potentially receiving their funds as early as October 30th. This follows changes approved by the National Treasury in the lead-up to the upcoming local government elections.

Secondly, it is reported that a 45-year-old former teacher from the Eastern Cape, Lunga Nkrumah Sivuku, has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of fraud, forgery, and publishing forged documents, related to the fraudulent use of educational qualifications.

# Sowetan:

Reports on the murders of four people following an ANC Youth League gathering in Katlehong, on the East Rand. The father of 23-year-old Njabulo Ncongo spoke to the newspaper about his struggle to save his son.

# And The Citizen:

Reports the alleged 18-year-old rape victim of former deputy police commissioner Shadrack Sibiya fears for her life should he be granted bail.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Reports a farmer and two farm workers have died, and 12 others have been taken for medical treatment, after being exposed to a toxic substance while cleaning a fertilizer tank on a farm near Herolds Bay, George.

Secondly, the paper writes about an aardvark that is digging its own potholes in a tarred road.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports a Hawks investigator, Xolani Busakwe, is facing charges of kidnapping, robbery, and extortion in connection with the murder of state prosecutor Tracy Brown.

Secondly, the paper writes authorities are concerned following the discovery of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Addo Elephant Park.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# The Witness in Pietermaritzburg:

Writes convicted road-rage murderer Anthony Ball has died in prison. He was found guilty in 2022 of the murder of Dean Charnley in Kloof and was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment.

And finally, from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

Reports a DNA breakthrough has linked an 18-year-old man to the murders of Ingrid Maasdorp and Roswinds Fabianu in Okahandja last year.

The paper writes mandatory vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease has begun in the Kharas Region.

And lastly, there is news regarding the desert-adapted elephants of northwestern Namibia, which feature as the main subjects in a poignant, award-winning photograph by a top international photographer.