Top news items in major S. African media outlets

The following are news highlights in major South African media outlets on Monday.

-- Voter address verification debacle of Electoral Commission of South Africa (ICE) has shone a spotlight on the country's urban-rural divide.This is apparent in papers filed to the Constitutional Court by IEC chief electoral officer Mosotho Moepya.

The electoral authority is due to certify the voters roll this week, after Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Des van Rooyen proclaimed the local government elections. (Business Day)

-- The police docket containing the case against Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan was formally transferred this week to the crime intelligence unit.

City Press has obtained the records of case number 427/05/2015, which was opened last May by SA Revenue Service (SARS) commissioner Tom ­Moyane against his predecessor, Ivan Pillay, SARS high-risk investigations unit head Johann van Loggerenberg, other former SARS officials, and Gordhan. (City Press)

-- Child Protection Week started on Sunday with government and civil society planning to spend the next seven days paying attention to some of the difficult issues faced by South Africa's young people.

The Gauteng government is focusing on drug rehabilitation for youth in the province battling with addiction. (News 24) Enditem