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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, July 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Seven alleged ATM bombers aged between 33 and 47 have been arrested following a botched business burglary that left a police constable dead, anti-crime unit Hawks spokesperson Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said on Sunday.

Constable Baliki Mogapi, 33, was killed after he and his partner responded to an ATM alarm coming from Eenheid Steet in Haterbeesfontien on Friday morning. (News24)

-- President Jacob Zuma launched a scathing attack on opposition parties as he began the final push for votes ahead of next Wednesday's elections.

Zuma told residents of Ga-Seleka village in Lephalale, Limpopo that voting for a opposition party is a wasted vote as they only help the politicians to get parliamentary seats. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit