Top news items of South African major media outlets

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

-- All land restitution claims made after December 1998 have been put on hold by the Constitutional Court, after the court found that Parliament did not properly consult the public before deciding to reopen the window for claims.

The Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Act - which reopened the window for claims - was rushed through Parliament in 2014 ahead of national and provincial elections. (Business Day)

-- The struggle for power within the uppermost echelon of the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal could plunge the party into a "civil war", an analyst said on Thursday.

"The province is volatile and politically fragile. The province has the potential to have an internal ANC civil war," political analyst Professor Susan Booysen said. (News24)

-- Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande says a debate is needed to determine whether free education is feasible or not.

Nzimande was speaking in the Nehawu Battle of Ideas debate at the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit