Morning Newspaper Report

The headlines of the leading newspapers on 04 April 2024:

NATIONAL:

# Business Day:

Reports, the speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has resigned, but says this move does not indicate an admission of guilt on the corruption charges against her.

GAUTENG:

# Beeld:

Also leads with Mapisa-Nqakula’s resignation. The paper reports, political experts believe that the move will bring great relief to the ANC before the election.

Then the paper writes about a female cheetah, born in Australia, which has been resettled in the North West.

And finally, there is news about the Curro School which apologised for a photo in which a black learner is presented as a cashier while a white learner is a customer.

# The Star and Pretoria News:

Also reports on the speaker’s resignation.

And secondly, Johannesburg has been named one of the top-five crime capitals in the world.

# Sowetan:

Reports, questions are being asked about the police who shot dead 393 suspects in the past financial year. Are the police just doing their job or are they getting trigger-happy?

# And The Citizen:

Writes, the government’s financial problems have a direct effect on non-profit charitable organisations, as they receive less and less support from the government.

FREE STATE:

# Volksblad in Bloemfontein:

Has the same lead as Beeld about the speaker’s resignation.

And secondly, the residents of Loeriesfontein and Brandvlei in the Northern Cape are reported to be living in fear after three young women were murdered in the past three months.

WESTERN CAPE:

# Die Burger:

Has the same lead as the other two sister papers of Media24.

And secondly, the paper writes the Swartberg Pass in the Klein-Karoo has been reopened after a truck with 36 tons of cheese broke down in the pass.

# And Cape Times:

Writes, Mapisa-Nqakula says she will speak to the media at the appropriate time, but not now.

And reports on a police officer who was accused of rape and has now been refused bail.

EASTERN CAPE:

# The Herald in Gqeberha:

Reports, there is concern over the dam levels in Nelson Mandela Bay which, despite rain, fell to 69.93-percent within a month.

And secondly, the paper writes thousands of learners in Nelson Mandela Bay are sitting at home again after the Department of Transport apparently again forgot to pay transport contractors.

KWAZULU-NATAL:

# Daily News in Durban:

Writes about the police who shot dead nine suspects in a shootout in Mariannhill.

And finally from NAMIBIA:

# Republikein in Windhoek:

The Namibian mobile phone giant, MTC may suffer a monthly loss of 8.1-million-rand due to the suspension of 16.7-percent of its users’ services.

And secondly, the paper writes, water restrictions will be applied in Gobabis from Monday between nine in the evening and four in the morning, until the dam levels rise.