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Top news items of South African major media outlets

Xinhua, October 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are highlights of South African major news outlets on Thursday.

-- It's not easy to be a target and simultaneously serve the country, but you have a main focus and that's to draw up a credible budget and make sure we put South Africa's best foot forward.

This was the response from Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Thursday when he was asked if the fraud charges brought against him by the National Prosecuting Agency (NPA) affected his preparations for the budget.(Fin24)

-- Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema on Wednesday said the party is reluctant to support the government's decision to pull out from the International Criminal Court (ICC) because the country is witnessing "signs of a government that wants to commit genocide." (News24)

-- South Africa's two biggest political parties have welcomed Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's announcement of an increase in funding for higher education.

Gordhan announced in his medium-term policy statement on Wednesday that an additional 9 billion rand (about 647 million U.S. dollars) will be added to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, rising its funding by over 18 percent a year.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit