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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

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CAPE TOWN, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Sunday.

-- The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) has resolved to "protect clause 25 of the Constitution", otherwise known as the "property clause".

The DA was one of three parties that opposed a motion in Parliament in February to look at section 25 of the Constitution with a view to amending it to include land expropriation without compensation. (News24)

-- A plot is underway to oust President Cyril Ramaphosa by those who support former president Jacob Zuma in KwaZulu-Natal Province.

Zuma supporters were considering working with Andile Mngxitama's Black First Land First (BLF), but the BLF leader has denied this. (Sunday Times)

-- Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Saturday he was seeking an urgent meeting with the ex-combatants of Umkhonto weSizwe, a military wing of the African National Congress, following the firing of shots outside the home of the late struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in Orlando west, Soweto of Johannesburg.

He also disputed reports that a body was found after the shooting which happened on Friday night. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem

 

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