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Top news items in major S. African news outlets

Xinhua,April 11, 2018 Adjust font size:

CAPE TOWN, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Wednesday:

-- The official memorial service for the struggle icon Winnie Mandela is to take place at Orlando Stadium in Soweto, Johannesburg on Wednesday.

The government moved the memorial service from Regina Mundi Catholic Church in Soweto to the stadium. (News24)

-- The late Winnie Mandela passionately advanced economic freedom until her last breath.

This was just one in a chorus of tributes paid to the struggle stalwart by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday. (Eyewitness News)

-- Vicki Momberg is expected to appear in the Randburg Magistrate's court on Wednesday to apply for leave to appeal her guilty conviction and three year sentence for crimen injuria.

Last month, Momberg was sentenced to three years in prison, with one year suspended, for her racist tirade in 2016. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem

 

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