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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, January 12, 2017 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in South African major news outlets on Thursday.

-- African National Congress secretary general Gwede Mantashe says the party needs to elect leaders with a succession plan in mind.

Mantashe was speaking to journalists on Wednesday at ANC headquarters in Johannesburg, following their 105th birthday celebrations and National Executive Committee's January 8 statement.(News24)

-- President Jacob Zuma has signed seven new finance bills into law, the Presidency said in a statement on Thursday.

The Bills have been passed by both the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces in the past year and sent to the President for ratification.(Fin News)

-- President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday he won't seek a third term as African National Congress (ANC) president even if members ask him to avail himself for re-election.

Zuma is expected to bow down as ANC president during the party's national conference in December, while his term as the country's President ends in 2019.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit