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Top news in S. African major news outlets

Xinhua, October 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

--ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu has made a shocking proposal that all of the party's top leaders should step down for failing the prosecuted finance minister Pravin Gordhan, as the state looks set to continue with the case against him.

Two highly placed sources said the National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) has assured Hawks head Berning Ntlemeza that it would not back down on the decision to charge Gordhan.(City Press).

--Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has vowed to fight to the bitter end to ensure that the State Capture report is made public.

He was addressing a public meeting in New Brighton in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape on Saturday, ahead of by-elections scheduled for November 9. The party is in a court battle with President Jacob Zuma who has sought to interdict the report on allegations of the Gupta family's political interference. (South African Broadcasting Corporation). Endit