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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, April 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- A former member of the South African National Defence Force has been apprehended for last week's heist at the 9 South African Infantry Battalion Base in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Western Cape police confirmed on Thursday.

The 40-year-old man has been taken in for questioning in connection with the Good Friday robbery, which resulted in six rifles being stolen while soldiers were held up at the base.(News24)

-- South Africans are the second wealthiest people in Africa, according to a new report by AfrAsia Bank and New World Wealth, which reviewed the wealthiest and poorest countries on the continent.

The average wealth of a person living in SA (wealth per capita) was 11, 300 U.S. dollars (about R149, 000) in 2016, up from 10,800 dollars in 2015. (Fin24)

-- The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has revealed that evidence shows that death threats to several of its investigators as well as private forensic consultant Paul O'Sullivan are closely linked to police officers and possibly acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane. (Eyewitness News) Enditem