Top news items of S. African major media outlets

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

-- "Our stance is clear. We hope that Blade (Nzimande) will not waste our time."

That's the line the student representative council (SRC) of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is taking after being "informed that the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, will be making an announcement (on Monday) around the issue of fees and higher education". (Business Day)

-- The country's chief diplomat says it would be very strange if South Africa is not considered a front-runner for one of two proposed permanent seats on a reformed United Nations Security Council.

In a broad-ranging interview after travelling to New York from the Non Aligned Movement Summit in Venezuela, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says her country has never refused to serve when called upon to do so.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit