Top news items in major S. African media outlets

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Thursday:

-- Police are looking into investigative journalists Jacques Pauw and Pieter-Louis Myburgh, who have both written about alleged corrupt relationships involving President Jacob Zuma.

However, police said on Wednesday that no case against the two has been opened. (News24)

-- The Public Servants Association (PSA) plans to continue with legal action against Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba to protect public servants' pension investments, despite a letter from Gigaba asking for a meeting in January with its leaders.

Gigaba's continued failure to respond to the union's demands left it with no other option, the PSA said in a statement on Wednesday. (Fin24)

-- With only nine days to go before the African National Congress's (ANC's) elective conference, the race for the party's leadership has entered a crucial stage where the jostling, lobbying and even the possible buying of delegates heading to the conference has intensified.

The race is now tight between ANC MP Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, who will battle it out to be President Jacob Zuma's replacement. (Eyewitness News) Enditem