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Top news items of S. African major media outlets

Xinhua, July 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Delays experienced by travellers at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg were caused by a fault in the biometrics capturing system, the Department of Home Affairs said.

Travellers departing from OR Tambo have complained of long delays, with the system causing a number of flights to be delayed. The biometric system was intended to ease the movement of people travelling through the country. (Business Day).

-- Almost 9 million South Africans were victims of cyber crime in the last year, according to a study by internet security company Norton.

More than 18 000 consumers across 18 countries were surveyed on issues of online crime as part of the Norton Cybersecurity Insights Report. (Fin24)

-- South Africans travelling abroad will in future be exempt from a controversial biometric system at the country's international airports says Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba.

Gigaba says Home Affairs has realised that the system has been causing major delays with flights to and from Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem