Top news items in major S. African media outlets

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

-- A Donald Trump presidency could see an extra 15 percent import tariff slapped onto South African goods landing in the US, an economist said.

This would break a 100-year agreement on a 20 percent tariff, raising it to 35 percent and making South African goods seem too expensive, said University of the Witwatersrand lecturer Tinashe Chuchu of the School of Economic and Business Sciences. (News24)

-- Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has been accused of attempting to dilute the autonomy of a research unit that was set up to independently evaluate schools.

The National Education Evaluation and Development Unit was formed by Motshekga, after she became minister in 2009, to analyse the state of schools, particularly the status of teaching and learning. (City Press)

-- Former President Thabo Mbeki has told South African business leaders in the country to question whether their drive to make money "at all costs" means being ready to subvert constitutional order.

Mbeki on Tuesday addressed the audience at the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards in Sandton, where the top performing entities on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange are recognised. (Eyewitness News) Endit