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Top news in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, December 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are highlights of South African major media outlets on Thursday:

-- Systemic problems at St Albans Prison were brought to the attention of the United Nations this year and a determined lawyer has taken a 10-year battle for justice for alleged assault victims at the jail to the Constitutional Court.

The prison is in lockdown this week after a riot and violent clashes on Boxing Day which left three inmates dead and 13 warders injured, raising alarm once again about poor conditions not only at the Port Elizabeth facility but prisons countrywide.(City Press)

-- The South African National Defence Force (SANDF), along with the United Nations and other authorities, are preparing to receive the remains of Private Moalosi Albert Mokhothu.

The South African soldier was killed during a gun fight with rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem