Top news items in major S. African media outlets

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

-- Moody's has trimmed its forecast of SA's economic growth rate to 0.2 percent this year and 1.1 percent next year, setting the stage for an intense period of interactions with investors and ratings agencies in coming weeks, as government and business step up efforts to avert a downgrade of SA's credit rating.

Moody's this week put the five "most sensitive" state-owned entities on review for a downgrade, and cut its forecast for SA's economic growth rate to 0.2 percent, but made it clear that measures to reform labour markets and state-owned enterprises could stabilise SA's ratings outlook. (Business Day)

-- Over the years, threats facing civil aviation security have changed dramatically. As a result, the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) is calling on all role-players to collaborate in order to be a step ahead of those behind terror attacks.

The head of the SACAA, Ms Poppy Khoza addresses the challenges faced by the organization in maintaining the safety of air passengers during the inaugural annual aviation security event currently underway at Kempton Park, Johannesburg. (Traveller24)

-- The Oscar Pistorius case goes back to the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Friday, as the National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) remains in the news.

The NPA will file papers seeking leave to appeal the former paralympian's six-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit