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Top news items of S. African major media outlets

Xinhua, October 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- SA's first two privately owned coal-fired power stations, which were given the go-ahead by Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson on Monday, will produce electricity at prices well below what it is expected it will cost Eskom to produce electricity at its new mega-power stations, Medupi and Kusile.(Business Day)

-- South Africa's long-awaited Integrated Resources and Energy Plans - the so-called blueprints for the country's energy needs and generation capacity - will serve before Cabinet on Wednesday, said Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson on Monday. (Fin24)

-- Wits University in Johannesburg said it will remain open on Tuesday, despite ongoing student protests.

The university said over half of all lectures went ahead across its various campuses on Monday, despite the clashes between police and student protesters on its East Campus in Braamfontein.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit