Top news items in major S. African media outlets

CAPE TOWN, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Wednesday:

-- President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday met with the Congress of South African Trade Unions' (COSATU's) Central Executive Committee (CEC) -- the first such meeting since his election as president of the African National Congress (ANC).

The trade union federation is holding its three-day meeting at its headquarters in Braamfontien, where a range of issues, including the state of the tripartite alliance, are expected to be discussed. (News24)

-- African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Ace Magashule will on Wednesday give an update on the political fate of North West Premier Supra Mahumapelo.

There have been a series of protests in parts of the province calling for Mahumapelo to step down. (Eyewitness News)

-- The African National Congress (ANC) said on Tuesday it's confident that it has been handling the issue of land redistribution properly, and at an acceptable pace.

The party has been facing some criticism for its slow pace of land redistribution. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem