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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, February 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- There is no way that Parliament would go all out and institute a crackdown on journalists, Speaker Baleka Mbete said on Monday.

This was in response to the South African National Editors Forum, which had expressed concern over the security crackdown on the media during President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address last week. (News24)

-- Rosettenville residents in Gauteng Province have justified the torching of 12 houses over the weekend.

The residents told senior government and police officials on Monday that they are under siege from drug lords. (South African Broadcasting Corporation)

-- There is increased Chinese interest in lavish Cape Town property with more enquiries about properties in certain Cape Town suburbs, according to John McDermott of Fine & Country's Camps Bay office. (Fin24) Enditem