Top news items in major S. African media outlets
Xinhua, April 13, 2017 Adjust font size:
The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Thursday:
-- The nationwide strike that saw bus drivers down tools until their wage demands were met is set to continue with no clear resolution in sight, leaving thousands of commuters stranded and causing a spike in traffic congestion as more cars hit the streets. (News24)
-- As South Africa faces its worst political crisis in a decade with thousands of protesters demanding President Jacob Zuma's ouster, a key battle to determine who will succeed him is raging on his home turf.
The eastern KwaZulu-Natal region accounts for more than a fifth of the ruling African National Congress' members, the most of the nine provinces, and has been a springboard for Zuma's rise to power. (Fin24)
-- The bus drivers' strike is set to have far reaching implications as it started just before the Easter long weekend, with striking bus drivers vowing to continue with the cause until their demands are met.
Drivers belonging to trade unions including South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU) and National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) want employers to give them a 15% wage increase and have rejected a 9% increase on offer. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Endit