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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, April 5, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) have warned that if anyone plans to march to Luthuli House, the headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg, they will fight fire with fire.

The youth league held a rally at the Germiston stadium in Johannesburg on Tuesday in support of President Jacob Zuma and his decision to reshuffle the cabinet. (Eyewitness News)

-- Plans for a nuclear build programme are still on track and the question of affordability is yet to be determined, said new Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday.

He was speaking at a press briefing in Pretoria following Standard & Poor's decision to downgrade South Africa's sovereign rating to junk status.(Fin24)

-- Pressure is mounting on President Jacob Zuma to step down. The ANC stalwarts and veterans are the latest to call on the President to quit as both as the Head of State and the governing party.

This followed just three hours after the Congress of the South African Trade Unions (COSATU) impressed on the ANC to recall its president.(South African Broadcasting Coroporation) Endit