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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, April 17, 2017 Adjust font size:

The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Monday:

-- Reports that presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, former chairwoman of the African Union Commission, is receiving preferential treatment have thrust her in the firing line with political parties demanding an explanation for her VIP protection. (News24)

-- The Police Ministry said if sacked Hawks boss Berning Ntlemeza tries to forcefully occupy the top office on Tuesday morning, legal action will have to be taken.

Last week the High Court in Pretoria ruled that Ntlemeza be removed immediately as the Hawks boss. Hawks is a special anti-crime unit. (Eyewitness News)

-- The Democratic Alliance (DA) said Sunday the "security threats" on which the Minister of Police Fikile Mbalula has based his decision to provide protection for Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma are bogus.

The party said it will write to the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to ask her to urgently investigate the use of state resources to provide protection to the former AU Commission chair. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem