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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua,February 21, 2018 Adjust font size:

CAPE TOWN, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Wednesday:

-- Five police officers and one off-duty soldier were killed when a group of men attacked the Ngcobo police station near Queenstown in the Eastern Cape.

According to the police, the unknown suspects entered the police station in the early hours of Wednesday morning and without warning, randomly opened fire on the members on duty. (News24)

-- One of the biggest economic risks facing South Africa are further credit ratings downgrades.

That's according to economist Thabi Leoka, speaking ahead of Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba's 2018 Budget Speech in Parliament on Wednesday. (Eyewitness News)

-- Political parties in Parliament agree that Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba will have an unenviable task when he delivers the budget on Wednesday.

Gigaba will deliver his budget speech amid a growing budget deficit and a slow economic growth. He will have to strike a delicate balancing act between the government's spending priorities and the increasing budget. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem

 

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