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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua,January 27, 2018 Adjust font size:

CAPE TOWN, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Saturday:

-- The Gift of the Givers foundation has set up multiple water drop-off points for the public to make donations for Capetonians as their city approaches Day Zero, the day the taps are expected to be shut off. (News24)

-- Economists say that amid commitments by international investors there is pressure for South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) to reform itself and the country.

The South African delegation arrives back in the country on Saturday after week-long talks with the international community in Davos, Switzerland. (Eyewitness News)

-- The Hawks, a special anti-crime unit, has confirmed that it has raided the offices of former Free State Premier Ace Magashule and the Agriculture Department in Bloemfontein, Free State Province.

The raids are connected to the Gupta family-linked Estina dairy farm project embroiled in a corruption scandal. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem