The Sowetan

So there's a story that's concerning some of you.

It's on the front page of the Soweto newspaper.

The Citizen is also running it.

And this is about the Johannesburg Metro Police.

So the Soweto reports that the Johannesburg residents could be left more exposed to crime.

and bylaw violations as the Metro Police Department's fuel crisis threatens to reduce the number of patrol vehicles in the city.

In fact, SAMU has been raising alarm as well, the South African Municipal Workers Union.

accruing over time.

A source told the Soweto he owes SARS for 16 years.

That's a million a year.

That's...

And one of the questions we must ask ourselves, is the KZN question necessarily resolved? That province continues to be a potential flashpoint, especially around election time.

And what is it that persists in KZN specifically that often leads to the kinds of scenes we saw last week, particularly when it comes to instability? What makes that province particularly vulnerable? A person with some thoughts around that is John Hlophe, Business Day columnist, former editor of The Sowetan, who joins us now this morning.

Uh, John, I'm gonna ask you to turn your radio down or wherever you are listening to from because there's feedback.

Uh, thanks.

And each of the newspaper companies, and there were a lot, were trying to get you to buy their newspaper because of the billboard.

And so you'd have the citizen telling you something salacious, usually, the Sowetan saying something on this side.

Then you'd have Bilt and the Star saying, as you drove along there.

And I sometimes feel that media consumption in our country has become a bit like my drive in to the office where I'd pick up the headlines and think, well, that was the news of the day.