Top news items in major S. African news outlets

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CAPE TOWN, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in South African major news outlets on Saturday.

-- President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that he is not worried that electricity utility Eskom's woes and the accompanying rolling blackouts will hurt the African National Congress (ANC) at the ballot box on May 8.

"No, I'm not worried," he told journalists while campaigning in Delft, one of the impoverished neighborhoods in Cape Town. (Fin24)

-- President Cyril Ramaphosa admitted on Friday that some within the African National Congress (ANC) have a cloud of guilt hanging over their heads as appears to be the case from testimonies delivered at the state capture inquiry.

However, the president said the truth needed to be unearthed. (Eyewitness News)

-- Eskom will continue with stage two load shedding on Saturday.

The power utility has implemented eight straight days of nationwide electricity cuts to prevent the national grid from collapsing. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem

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