Top news items in major S. African media outlets

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

-- The chancellors of 14 universities, including retired Constitutional Court Justice Dikgang Moseneke, have added their voice to the fees protests and called for the academic programme to resume as a solution is being sought on the standoff.

The list of chancellors, who are traditionally the ceremonial heads of universities, is dominated by some of the country's foremost luminaries including Supreme Court of Appeal Judge President Lex Mpati (Rhodes University), Judge President Bernard Ngoepe (University of South Africa), former finance minister Trevor Manuel (Cape Peninsula University of Technology) and ANC treasurer Dr Zweli Mkhize (University of KwaZulu-Natal). (Business Day)

-- Convinced that university students are being influenced by "regime change agents", the government has instructed the police to act in an "uncompromising way" to enforce the law if protests continue.

According to feedback given to senior security officials, President Jacob Zuma told ministers in a meeting, held on Thursday, that there was an urgent need to bring the violence under control. (City Press)

-- President Jacob Zuma says young African National Congress (ANC) members could learn a lot from stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Birthday celebrations for the ANC veteran were held the whole of September and will culminate with a gala dinner at the Kyalami Racecourse north of Johannesburg on Saturday evening. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit