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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, October 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has spent her last night in office consulting her lawyers after two parties tried to gag her much-anticipated report into allegations of "state capture".

President Jacob Zuma and Local Government Minister Des Van Rooyen have applied to the courts to interdict the release of the report. (News24)

-- Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has been summoned to appear in court for allegedly calling on people to illegally occupy vacant land around the country. (Cape Times)

-- Police are out in full force at Wits University on Friday morning, with more than five Nyalas parked in front of the Great Hall.

This came after protesting students vandalized buildings on Thursday night. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem