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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua, May 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- The bodies of 25 illegal miners have been retrieved from Harmony Gold's Eland mine in Welkom, Free State Province.

The miners had forced their way into the St Helena shaft and there was an explosion, police spokesperson Major General Lerato Molale said on Wednesday. (News24)

-- Renewable energy, coal power stations and the addition of gas-to-power is all South Africa needs to ensure an affordable and sufficient power generation mix, according to Siemens CEO Sabine Dall'Omo for Southern and Eastern Africa. (Fin24)

-- The highly contested presidency of the Pan African Parliament continues to be a source of concern by members of the body.

The term of office for the current president, Roger Nkodo Dang of Cameroon, is coming to an end soon. And members from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and North Africa are now calling for a rotation of the presidency to avoid another Francophone member taking over. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem