Top news items in major S. African media outlets

CAPE TOWN, Dec.12 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in South African major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Severe wind caused extensive damage in the Vaal Marina area in Midvaal, Gauteng Province late Monday afternoon, causing extensive property damage and injuring at least 50 people, according to paramedics.(Independent Online)

-- Steinhoff International Holdings, which sells $89 mattresses to Americans and two-for-a-pound cans of tomato soup to the British, faces a potential fire sale of its global retail holdings as it battles for survival.(Fin24)

-- Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) has Steinhoff in its crosshairs as Members of Parliament (MPs) call on regulatory bodies to investigate the company.(Eyewitness News) Enditem