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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua,April 04, 2018 Adjust font size:

CAPE TOWN, April 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Wednesday:

-- Anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela will be given a category 1 special official funeral, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday.

This entails elements of military ceremonial honors and is declared for persons of extraordinary credentials specifically designated by the president in line with the Presidency's state, official and provincial official funeral policy. (News24)

-- Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Tuesday that to increase tax morality, South Africans need to be reassured that their money is being used appropriately.

Nene announced the revenue collection results for the 2017/2018 fiscal year. (Eyewitness News)

-- Former real estate agent and convicted racist Vicki Momberg is expected to appear in the Randburg Magistrate's court, north of Johannesburg, on Wednesday to apply for leave to appeal her guilty conviction and three-year sentence for crimen injuria.

Last week, Momberg was sentenced to three years in prison, with one year suspended for her racist tirade. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem

 

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