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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, October 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Government grants to higher education institutions, including 20 universities and six universities of technology, increased by 144 percent over the last decade from 2006 to 2015, according to information released by Statistics South Africa. (Fin24)

-- President Jacob Zuma will formally ask for a postponement of proceedings of the interdict he is seeking to prevent the Public Protector from releasing a report into state capture.

Zuma's attorney Michael Hulley confirmed on Friday that the application for a postponement was going ahead.(City Press)

-- The South African Police Service on Friday seized over 250 firearms, ammunition and an undisclosed amount of money at a premise in Valhalla Park, Cape Town, acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane said.

Addressing media in Pretoria on Friday evening, Phahlane said crime scene experts were still at the area, and processing the seized items. (African News Agency) Endit