Top news items in major S. African media outlets
Xinhua,April 09, 2018 Adjust font size:
CAPE TOWN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in South African major media outlets on Monday.
-- The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday 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)
-- As the Democratic Alliance (DA) prepares for the 2019 elections, its leader Mmusi Maimane said on Sunday that the organization's new election strategy will be broad and not just focus on bashing the African National Congress (ANC).
Maimane was re-elected at the party's congress this weekend, together with Federal Council Chair James Selfe and Federal Chair Athol Trollip.(Eyewitness News)
-- Trade union Solidarity plans to go to court in an attempt to have embattled national carrier South African Airways placed under business rescue.
The union said on Sunday that it has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan to invite them to join the application.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem