Top news items in major S. African news outlets

CAPE TOWN, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Saturday:

-- The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) on Friday condemned a request from an independent Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for intervention in the South African land debate.

Janice Atkinson wrote to British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to prevent South Africa from becoming "another Zimbabwe". (News24)

-- Expropriation of land without compensation could create a systemic risk for the entire South African banking and financing industry, warned Ian Matthews, head of business development at investment banking firm Bravura.

If a loan or bond agreement is defaulted upon as a result of expropriation, it is unclear what the recourse for the lender will be and how an institution will recoup its money, he said on Friday. (Fin24)

-- The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union on Friday called on newly appointed Transport Minister Blade Nzimande to urgently start addressing the tensions between taxi operators.

This came after a taxi driver Siyabonga Ngcobo was shoved into his vehicle's boot and set alight in Sunnyside, Johannesburg on Thursday night. (Eyewitness News) Enditem