Top news items in major S. African media outlets

CAPE TOWN, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Monday:

--While African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Ace Magashule has accepted that "the law must take its course" in relation to the controversial dairy farm project in the Free State, he believes that people must not use it to scare him out of his new position in the party.

Magashule's role as Free State premier has been questioned after anti-crime investigators raided his office, as well as the provincial office of the department of agriculture on Friday. (News24)

-- South Africa's power utility Eskom has rubbished weekend news reports that a World Bank loan may be recalled.

Despite a recent board overhaul, the embattled power utility was downgraded by rating agency Moody's late Friday. (Eyewitness News)

-- Former African National Congress (ANC) president Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday unity and renewal of the ANC is important.

He was speaking in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, reflecting on the party's Elective Conference in December. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem