Top news items in major S. African media outlets

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

-- The Treasury said on Saturday it was bringing public finances under control despite recent "adverse political development" after Moody's affirmed the country's investment-grade credit rating but kept its negative outlook.

In a statement, the Treasury said President Jacob Zuma's government would "continue to demonstrate its commitment to translate plans into concrete actions that will ensure South Africa remains an investment-grade country." (Business Day)

-- Inequality, which remains prevalent, especially among black South Africans, was the invisible hand in the vicious crimes committed in households, particularly against women, said Statistician-General Pali Lehohla.

"The way we see crime in South Africa says a lot about our inequalities. The issue of inequality is especially high among blacks and we see that the crimes committed are closely related to this. The faces of crime victims are single women in homes of three or four people," he explained. (City Press) Endit