Top news items in major S. African media outlets

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Sunday.

-- The South African Police Service (SAPS) said on Saturday officers made a total of 181 arrests and issued 101 traffic summonses during a crime prevention operation in the Limpopo province.

Brigadier Motlafela Mojapelo said: "A total of 26 people were arrested for various offenses, ranging from assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm, robbery, possession of dagga, theft out of motor vehicle to driving under the influence of alcohol. (Independent Online)

-- President Jacob Zuma's bid to appeal the state capture judgment is a serious cause of concern and could prove to be waste of taxpayers' money and a further delaying tactic, the South African Communist Party (SACP) said on Saturday.

Last week Zuma instructed his attorneys to file an application for leave to appeal against the ruling which ordered him to set up a commission of inquiry into state capture and allow a judge appointed by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng as Zuma was implicated in the allegations of state capture through his friends, the Gupta family. (News24)

-- The lawyer for the 68 candidates whose votes were not counted at the African National Congress (ANC) national conference in Nasrec says the group is being intimidated amid talks of legal action.

The issue of the missing votes emerged after the ANC's Top Six were announced with speculations that although the voters were registered, their votes were not counted. (Eyewitness News) Enditem