Top news items in major S. African media outlets
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E-mail Xinhua, July 19, 2019
CAPE TOWN, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in South African major media outlets on Friday.
-- Private funding for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is not cast in stone, more thought on it is needed to ensure the NPA's independence, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola said on Thursday.
This came after the Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services released a statement, seeking "to clarify what seems to be a misinterpretation of Minister Ronald Lamola's remarks on the matter of donor funding for the National Prosecuting Authority." (News24)
-- President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday he was ready and willing to testify before the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture.
Ramaphosa told Parliament that nobody was above the law and that that includes himself.(Eyewitness News)
-- The Commission of Inquiry into State Capture will know on Friday if former President Jacob Zuma will continue with his testimony or not.
The commission adjourned on Wednesday to allow more time to deliberate over the concerns the former president had raised relating to his questioning.(South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem
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