Top news items in major S. African media outlets

CAPE TOWN, March 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Thursday:

-- South Africa's borders need to be open for people--particularly Africans--to move more freely and to promote business, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday.

He also reiterated the need for a single currency on the continent.(News24)

-- Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga will hold an urgent meeting with education officials on Thursday to discuss poor ablution facilities at the country's schools in line with an instruction from the president.

The high-level meeting comes amid the grief and outrage caused by the death of a five-year-old girl who fell into a pit toilet in the Eastern Cape last week.(Eyewitness News).

-- Deputy President David Mabuza on Wednesday bemoaned the numerous evils haunting South Africa, particularly the abuse of women and children, in his keynote address at the country's Human Rights Day commemorations in Sharpeville near Johannesburg.

On this day, as South Africans celebrate their human rights, they have many questions to answer in their quest for renewal and unity, said Mabuza. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem