Top news items in major S. African news outlets

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Tuesday:

-- African National Congress (ANC) National Chairperson and Speaker of the National Assembly Baleka Mbete said on Monday that despite the predictions of naysayers, the ANC's upcoming national conference will be dignified, respectful and united.

"We will come out of the conference intact. There are many who have predictions. They are saying we will disintegrate, split or end up throwing chairs. They can talk, but we will come out of this stronger than ever,"(News24).

-- Among the challenges to be addressed at the African National Congress (ANC) conference later in December is the implementation of structural reforms at state-owned enterprises (SOEs), the party's Enoch Godongwana said on Monday.

He was speaking in his capacity as chairperson of the ANC National Economic Committee's subcommittee on economic transformation at a briefing in Johannesburg.(Fin24).

-- Presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has taken the majority of nominations from KwaZulu-Natal Province with 433 branches backing her bid to take over the highest office in the African National Congress (ANC).

This followed results announced at the provincial general council being held in Durban for two days.(Eyewitness News) Enditem