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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, November 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- By being transparent and sharing all its information with Parliament and the public, government is losing its bargaining position regarding the 9.6 GW nuclear new build program, the Department of Energy (DoE) cautioned on Tuesday.

This came as the DoE tabled before Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Energy the details of 16 pre-nuclear service contracts it entered into from 2013 to 2016 in the run-up to the nuclear new build program. (Fin24).

-- The ANC seems to be pinning its hopes to slow down electoral decline through a change of leadership when it hosts its electoral conference in 2017.

"Many of you don't take into account in your analysis that there is an intervening activity, an event that is the national conference of the ANC in 2017 where there will be a new president who will be the face of the ANC in the 2019 campaign," said the party's Secretary General Gwede Mantashe on Tuesday.(News24).

-- President Jacob Zuma remains firmly in his position after a motion tabled at the ANC national executive committee (NEC) meeting for him to step down flopped.

The heated meeting which had to be extended until Monday concluded with NEC members -- some of whom are in Cabinet -- affirming their support for Zuma.(City Press). Enditem