Top news items in major S. African news outlets

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Sunday:

-- Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has shot down President Jacob Zuma's proposal that the losing candidate in the African National Congress' presidential race should, by default, become the deputy for the purpose of forging party unity.

The crucial leadership election is scheduled to kick off next week in Johannesburg, and the race to succeed Zuma is too close to call. (City Press)

-- African National Congress (ANC) branches have made history by ensuring that a woman is on the nomination paper for president at the ANC's upcoming national elective conference, presidential hopeful Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma told her supporters in Durban on Saturday. (Independent Online)

-- African National Congress Women's League President Bathabile Dlamini has threatened to reveal Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa's history of abusing women if he does not stop resorting to what she calls "cheap politicking." (Eyewitness News) Enditem