Top news items in major S. African media outlets

The following are highlights of South African major media outlets on Monday.

-- South African Communist Party general secretary Blade Nzimande has labelled the politically connected Gupta family as "parasites", and has called for their influence to be defeated.

"Parasites like the Guptas are not alternative to monopoly capital. Instead their parasitic acts can only serve to weaken the capacity of our state and struggle to defeat monopoly capital," Nzimande said at a Red October rally in Sebokeng on Sunday. (News24)

-- The ANC Youth League has seemingly moved mountains to force Parliament to amend the criteria and academic requirements for individuals to serve in the multimillion-rand National Youth Development Agency.

The league wants its deputy president, Dennis Moela, who does not possess a tertiary qualification, to be the next chairperson of the agency. (City Press)

-- The African National Congress will hold its regular National Working Committee meeting Monday morning with the Public Protector's State of Capture report set to feature high in the discussions.

The report details how the wealthy Gupta family allegedly used its proximity with President Jacob Zuma to influence the appointment of some Cabinet ministers as well as heads and boards of some state owned companies. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit