Top news items in major S. African media outlets

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

-- While President Jacob Zuma battles in court to delay the release of the Public Protector's report on alleged state capture before questioning witnesses who gave evidence implicating him, the ANC leadership now seeks a strategy to deal with the report's potential impact on the party.

An interim ANC national working committee report has flagged the need to adopt a "concrete strategy" to handle the Public Protector's investigation into state capture, of which the final report is believed to implicate Zuma. (City Press)

-- Cooperative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen allegedly visited the Indian Gupta family home seven times before his appointment in December last year as finance minister.

The Public Protector's investigators have used cellphone records to track Van Rooyen's whereabouts. (Sunday Times)

-- Tshwane University of Technology Deputy vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Dr Ezekiel Moraka, has called on protesting students not to destroy property and waste their education.

He was speaking at the funeral of Benjamin Phehla, a TUT student who died last week after being hit by a car during protests. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit