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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, June 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The African National Congress (ANC) refused to back down on Thoko Didiza as its mayoral candidate for Tshwane despite violent protests rocking the city again on Tuesday.

Ministers in the justice, crime prevention and security cluster said they were monitoring "hotspots" including Mamelodi, Hammanskraal and Atteridgeville after 19 buses were torched on Monday and other property destroyed, to determine whether the South African National Defence Force should be deployed. (Business Day)

--Police officers and lawmen from across Gauteng are bracing for another day of civil unrest in Pretoria after reports of widespread violence overnight. (News24)

-- The South African government and labour have agreed to convene a summit to stem the tide of job losses and low economic growth.

This emerged after the meeting of the Presidential Labour Working Group held at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday. (South African Broadcasting Corporation). Endit