Top news items in major S. African media outlets
Xinhua,April 20, 2018 Adjust font size:
CAPE TOWN, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Friday:
-- President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken his own call to "lend a hand" and "send me" by convening an urgent meeting on Friday over protests in Mahikeng, North West Province.
On Thursday evening, he announced he was cutting his visit to the UK short to intervene in the protests.(News24)
-- Tensions remain high in the North West on Friday morning following a night of running battles between protesters and police officers ahead of a visit by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
On Thursday, a man died after the vehicle he was travelling in crashed into protesters who were trying to evade authorities during a looting spree. (Eyewitness News)
-- Police in the North West say two cars were set alight and several shops were looted in and around Mahikeng on Thursday night.
The Mmabana Arts Foundation building was also partly torched. Residents have embarked on protests since Wednesday. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem