Top news items in major S. African media outlets

CAPE TOWN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Thursday:

-- President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), will undertake working visits to three countries later this week, his spokesperson Tyrone Seale said on Wednesday.

Ramaphosa will on Friday visit Luanda in Angola and Windhoek in Namibia to hold consultative meetings with President Joao Lourenco and President Hage Geingob.(News24)

-- South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss Shaun Abrahams and his predecessor Mxolisi Nxasana fought it out in the Constitutional Court on Wednesday over who should lead the troubled institution.

Neither had a strong case, but the court will have to make a crucial ruling on the NPA's independence.(Daily Maverick)

-- The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape said on Wednesday its doors are open to hold discussions with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) for a possible coalition government in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro.

This comes after EFF leader Julius Malema announced in Parliament on Tuesday that his party intends tabling a motion of no confidence against Democratic Alliance (DA) Mayor Athol Trollip in April. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem