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Top news items in S. African major media outlets

Xinhua, June 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are highlights of South African major media outlets on Monday:

-- Uncooperative municipal councils are impeding efforts to prevent mayors' misuse of public resources.

In the 2014-15 general report on the audit outcomes of local government, the auditor-general Kimi Makwetu found that some mayors were shielded from scrutiny by councils unwilling to allow municipal public accounts committees (Mpacs) to scrutinize their use of public resources.(Business Day).

-- The SA Communist Party has criticized the African National Congress (ANC) for not further pursuing investigations into allegations of state capture.

The SACP's central committee met in Johannesburg over the weekend and issued a statement on Sunday. (News24).

--Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has set up a task team to investigate the rise in the number of political killings.

In a statement, Nhleko expresses serious concerns over the number of murders linked to politics.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit