CAPE TOWN, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Wednesday.

-- The African National Congress (ANC) welcomed four new MPs to their benches on Tuesday, while a minister and two deputy ministers were also sworn in as MPs, the office of ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu announced.

"These vacancies were created primarily due to the passing on of some members of our caucus and the redeployment of other comrades to positions of responsibility outside Parliament," read Mthembu's statement. (News24)

-- While the governing party has praised President Cyril Ramaphosa for appointing Silas Ramaite as the acting National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) boss, the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Tuesday Ramaite is not the correct choice. (Eyewitness News)

-- President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday launched the government's plans to improve sanitation in rural schools, and eradicate the pit latrine system in South Africa.

The program, led by the Basic Education Department, follows the deaths of two young children who drowned in school pit latrines. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem

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