Top news items in major S. African news outlets

CAPE TOWN, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Friday:

-- Newly elected African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa will not improve South Africa and joblessness will continue under his reign, the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) said on Thursday evening.

In its end-of-year statement, the country's second-largest labor union labelled Ramaphosa "a deeply compromised capitalist billionaire" with "hands stained with the blood of the 34 victims of Marikana." (News24)

-- People should not oppose the right to work by proposing "cost-raising measures" like a national minimum wage, Leon Louw, Executive Director of the Free Market Foundation (FMR), said on Thursday. (Fin24)

-- The United Democratic Movement (UDM) said on Thursday that should the process to impeach President Jacob Zuma involve a vote from African National Congress (ANC) Members of Parliament (MPs), the president will again survive another attempt at impeachment.

However, the party also said that this may still be to the opposition's advantage.(Eyewitness News) Enditem