Top news items of S. African major media outlets

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

-- Two major investors in infrastructure projects in Africa - Harith General Partners and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) - are merging assets in five countries into a joint venture that is set to become a major power player on the continent.

The new vehicle, which plans to seek a stock exchange listing in three to five years, will initially hold exposure to projects with a total capital value of about 3.3 billion U.S. dollars. This represents 1,575MW of capacity in operation and under construction, reaching about 30-million people in western and eastern Africa and in SA. (Business Day).

-- Photos on social media purporting to show police officers taking part in looting in Tshwane have been misconstrued, the justice, crime prevention and security cluster (JCPS) said on Wednesday.

"It is quite disturbing that pictures were posted on social media that sought to portray law enforcement officers as part of the looters," it said in a statement.(News24)

-- The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation has accused the government of failing to act timeously to prevent an escalation in township violence in Pretoria.

At least two people are reported to have died in widespread looting, said to have been sparked by Thoko Didiza's appointment as the African National Congress's (ANC) mayoral candidate. (South African Broadcasting Corporation). Endit