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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua, April 7, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- South Africa will on Friday seek to defend its failure to arrest visiting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted on charges of genocide, at an unprecedented hearing before international war crimes judges.

It will be a humbling moment for Pretoria, one of the leading voices in the creation of the International Criminal Court, whose lawyers will be fending off accusations that it failed in its obligations to the tribunal. (News24)

--Thousands of South Africans will take to the streets on Friday morning, some in support of President Jacob Zuma, while others are calling for him to step down.

The demonstrations come after a controversial Cabinet reshuffle and the country's downgrade to junk status. (Eyewitness News)

--Police vehicles have been deployed to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, after some uncertainty around the marches planned to the seat of government.

Metro police initially told the organizers, Save South Africa (Save SA), that permission had been refused for the march, but Save SA was then granted a court order overturning the ban. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit