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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, January 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

The following are news items in major South African news outlets on Friday:

-- The South African government has become too big for the size of the economy, Nedbank economist Nicky Weimar said on Thursday.

She gave an economic overview at the annual Nedbank Vinpro Information Day, which took place in Cape Town. (Fin24)

-- A farmer who gave a woman a lift in a cage on the back of his bakkie has shown "no remorse" for the psychological trauma the woman was subjected to, the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) said on Thursday.

In a statement, they also slammed a Facebook video in which Linda Steenkamp is being interviewed about the incident. The league said she was forced to record a video to collaborate with the story of the driver. (News24)

-- It is crunch time for Parliament's ad hoc committee of inquiry into the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)'s board.

Members of Parliament (MPs) are expected to map out the inquiry's preliminary recommendations on Friday.(Eyewitness News) Endit