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Major news items in leading S. African media outlets

Xinhua, March 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights of South Africa's major media outlets on Wednesday.

-- The intensifying spat between Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and the Hawks sent the rand weaker against major currencies on Wednesday morning as credit rating agency Moody's arrives in the country to decide whether SA's sovereign rating will be downgraded to junk. (Business Day)

-- A seemingly idle query on Facebook on the influence of the Gupta family on the government has turned into another nightmare for President Jacob Zuma.

The opposition party DA (Democratic Alliance) member Johann Abrie wondered how many ministers had been offered jobs by the politically-connected Gupta family. (Pretoria News) Endit