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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, October 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in South Africa's major media outlets on Monday.

-- University representatives and opposition parties have called for higher education institutions to be reopened as soon as possible after a meeting at the weekend.

"It is vital that universities be reopened as soon as humanly possible, and this is the wish of the vast majority of students," the said in a statement.(News24)

-- Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa has a lot to benefit from its relations with the Cuban government. He was speaking after meeting his Cuban counterpart Vincent Antonio in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg Sunday evening. (South African Broadcasting Corporation)

-- Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has promised that he will never tone down his radicalism, even if it means the party has to make do with "small nyana" election posters.

"If we sell our soul, if we compromise the radical EFF, we can have the biggest posters we want. But we're not going to do that. We will rely on ourselves to finance the EFF, not anyone else," he said.(Business Day) Enditem