Top news items in major S. African media outlets
Xinhua, December 17, 2016 Adjust font size:
The following are highlights of South African major media outlets on Saturday:
-- The South African Communist Party (SACP) on Friday condemned state security agencies being dragged into African National Congress (ANC) infighting.
The security cluster should be concerned about the well-being of all South Africans, and not pursue political objectives on behalf of certain groups, SACP deputy general secretary Solly Mapaila told reporters following the party's two-day central executive committee meeting.(News24).
-- Every allegation against the Indian Gupta family, by banks who stopped doing business with them, will be dealt with in detail, according to lawyer Gert van der Merwe.
Standard Bank has asked the High Court to prevent President Jacob Zuma and his ministers from intervening in its decision to close accounts of companies associated with the Gupta family. (Fin24).
-- Two people are still in hospital after sustaining serious injuries when a tent collapsed during President Jacob Zuma's Reconciliation Day speech in Gopane in the North West.
Zuma, who was not injured, was whisked away by his bodyguards when the marquee caved in during a freak storm.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit