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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, October 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are highlights of South African major news outlets on Tuesday:

-- President Jacob Zuma will be in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to answer questions this afternoon.

At the same time, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande is expected to deliver a statement in the National Assembly on the crisis in higher education funding.(Eyewitness News).

-- Police are investigating after four cars were torched in the early hours of Tuesday on University of Cape Town's lower campus.

The university confirmed the cars, parked in Chapel Road behind the Baxter residence, were set alight at about 2 a.m.(Cape Times).

-- The United Nations (UN) Secretary General has called on South Africa to reconsider its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court before the decision takes effect in one year's time.

The organization clarified that South Africa remains the only country to formally submit an instrument of withdrawal from the Rome Statute that created the Court. (South African Broadcasting Corporation). Enditem