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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, May 8, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- Trade union Solidarity will submit a petition to Parliament on Monday requesting a debate on "double standards" that prevail in the handling of racism and possible consequences thereof, the union said on Sunday. (News24)

-- Four people have been arrested in Vuwani, northern South Africa, for public violence after President Jacob Zuma failed to address a community meeting at the weekend.

Six cars were damaged in the violence, including two South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) vans, forcing journalists to flee on Sunday. (Eyewitness News)

-- The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will submit a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to gain access to documents into how President Jacob Zuma's energy adviser Silas Zimu was awarded a R149 million (11 mln U.S. dollars) contract by electricity utility Eskom. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem