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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, October 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The Economic Freedom Fighters is set to open a criminal case against the Gupta family and their company directors after "suspicious" transactions were revealed in a court application by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

EFF spokesperson Fana Mokoena said on Sunday their case was based on prima facie evidence in Gordhan's affidavit, part of his application to the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. (News24)

-- Backlash against the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) decision to charge Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is growing.

On Sunday, former Constitutional Court judge Zak Yacoob, the South African Communist Party and the Active Citizens Movement, a new group of former anti-apartheid activists, were among the latest to speak out. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit