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Top news items in major S. African media outlets

Xinhua,May 03, 2018 Adjust font size:

CAPE TOWN, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in South African major media outlets on Thursday.

-- Research done by global tobacco company Japan Tobacco indicates South Africa is losing billions of rand in revenue through cigarette smuggling, with about 23 percent of all cigarettes consumed in 2016 having been smuggled.(Fin24)

-- Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday that the full extent of the damage to state-owned entities (SOEs) as a result of state capture is yet to be fully quantified.(Eyewitness News)

-- Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille met the deadline of Wednesday set by the Democratic Alliance's Federal Executive Council (FedEx) to submit reasons on why she should remain in office.

The FedEx said it will be considering her submissions on why she should not step down.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem