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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, April 3, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- One of anti-apartheid icon Ahmed Kathrada's final wishes for the African National Congress (ANC) continues to find resonance within the liberation movement as more and more leaders call for President Jacob Zuma to go.

"There comes a time in the life of every nation when it must choose to submit or fight. Today I appeal to our president to submit to the will of the people and resign," Kathrada wrote to Zuma in 2016, a letter which has never been responded to and is now being echoed as many pay their respects to the stalwart. (News24)

-- South Africa witnessed a game changing cabinet reshuffle, which affected the three ministries with the most critical impact on the energy sector, significantly increasing the chances of the country opting for a highly controversial nuclear energy programme.(Fin24)

-- Mpumalanga ANC Chairperson, David Mabuza, said on Sunday leaders of the party who criticise President Jacob Zuma in public, are not disciplined. Mabuza was referring to Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa and Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe who commented on the recent cabinet reshuffle. (South African Broadcasting Coroporation) Endit