Top news items in major S. African news outlets
Xinhua,January 24, 2018 Adjust font size:
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Wednesday:
-- Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane will brief the media on what is "really happening" regarding the water crisis in Cape Town on Wednesday.
"We are committed to avoiding "DayZero," the DA tweeted as the city council where Maimane's party is in the majority faces mounting criticism over its handling of the drought. (News24)
-- Well wishes are pouring in for struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela who has been hospitalized.
Her family has confirmed that she has been diagnosed with an infection that has affected her kidneys. (Eyewitness News)
-- Investigators of the National Prosecuting Authority's Asset Foreiture Unit are at the controversial Gupta-linked Estina Dairy Farm in Vrede, Free State Province.
The dairy project has been placed under curatorship after the unit was granted a court order to evaluate the assets on the farm. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem