Top news items in major S. African media outlets

The following are highlights of South African major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- The South African Civil Aviation Authority defended on Monday its shock grounding of all SA Express flights at the weekend, saying there had been a systemic "deficiency".

But the airline, the first in SA to have its entire fleet grounded, claimed the suspension was about paperwork and, by Sunday, it had resumed flights. (Business Day)

-- "Run, President Jacob Zuma and your ANC national executive committee members, run. Run, corruption, run." This was the stern warning issued by Zwelinzima Vavi at the May Day rally organized by labour federation Cosatu's splinter unions.

Vavi, the former Cosatu general secretary, and leaders of other union federations in the country announced that plans to form a new federation to rival Cosatu were underway and that it would be launched before the end of this year.(Mail & Guardian)

-- A CAPE Town resident's racist Facebook post about Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula's "ban" on three sporting codes hosting international tournaments has landed him in hot water.

Matthew Theunissen's early morning post on Facebook was screen-grabbed and quickly went viral on Twitter. (The Star) Endit