Top news items in major S. African news outlets
Xinhua,January 17, 2018 Adjust font size:
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Wednesday:
-- The South African Revenue Service (SARS) said on Tuesday a speech made by Peter Hain, a Labor Party politician in Britain's House of Lords, about the tax collection agency being linked to corruption was "unfortunate and regrettable."
Hain on Monday accused London-headquartered law firm Hogan Lovells of being complicit in state capture due to the work it did for SARS.(Fin24)
-- The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the Hawks, on Tuesday refuted claims of an alleged impending arrest pertaining to the controversial Gupta brothers.
The City Press reported on Monday night that the Hawks had obtained a warrant for the arrest of at least one of the Gupta brothers. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem