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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, August 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- No more blue lights in the capital city, Tshwane, even for President Jacob Zuma, newly elected mayor Solly Msimanga said on Friday, delivering his inaugural address.

"Even when Zuma comes in, believe me there will no longer be blue lights. We will ensure that this city has a new feel and new look. All those who used to think they are VIP in this city ... no more. The VIPS are residents of this city," Msimanga said. (Business Day)

-- Accident reconstruction experts have been sent by the Road Traffic Management Corporation to investigate a bus crash which resulted in the deaths of 10 soldiers on the R712 near Golden Gate in the Free State on Friday.

Several others were injured when a military bus transporting 40 people overturned on the winding road in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park nature reserve. (News24)

-- Newly elected executive mayor of the City of Pretoria, Solly Msimanga, has committed his administration to clean governance and service delivery.

He has warned council employees that they will be expected to work even harder to improve the capital city. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit