Top news items in major S. African media outlets

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

-- Banker Capitec has been hauled to court for alleged abuse of short-term credit facilities it offered to customers.

The complainant, Summit Financial Partners, has claimed in papers filed in the Stellenbosch magistrate's court that the bank's practices amounted to reckless lending and brought in "unjustified profits".(Business Day).

-- South Africa's tourism industry is on the mend after its poor performance in 2015, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom told Parliament on Tuesday.

More than one million tourists arrived in South Africa in January, a 15 percent increase from the same month last year. In February, 18 percent more international visitors arrived than the previous year.(City Press).

-- Suspended police commissioner Riah Phiyega felt her first blow at the Claassen Board of Inquiry on Tuesday when it ruled that witnesses not previously included in the Farlam commission could be called to testify.

President Jacob Zuma set up the board of inquiry in September last year following the Farlam Commission of Inquiry report, released in June, that accused Phiyega of misconduct.(Mail & Guardian). Endit