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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, April 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- A number of suspects that were identified in an investigation into bomb threats at Gauteng shopping centers have urgently approached the court over a search warrant, police said on Tuesday.

Officers confiscated exhibits including computers following a number of threats targeting shopping centers since August 2016, said spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters. (News24)

-- South African company Aspen, one of the world's largest drug companies, responded on Tuesday to UK reports that claim it secretly planned to destroy life-saving cancer medicines as a threat to force countries in Europe to allow price hikes.

According to an exclusive report in The Times on April 14, staff at Aspen discussed "destroying supplies of life-saving cancer medicines in a battle to impose massive price rises across Europe." (Fin24)

-- Opposition parties are continuing their protests calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down, with a demonstration planned in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, on Tuesday.

A multi-party march was held in Pretoria last week, where parties including the Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), United Democratic Movement (UDM) and Congress of the People led thousands of South Africans to the Union Buildings. (Eyewitness News) Endit