CAPE TOWN, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in South Africa's major media outlets on Wednesday.

-- Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola said on Tuesday that the judiciary is being criticized "unfairly and in an unwarranted manner," adding that personal attacks on judges should be condemned.

Lamola was speaking at the special ceremonial session of the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to mark Justice Edwin Cameron's retirement. (News24)

-- A year into the establishment of the state capture commission, concerns are being raised about the effectiveness of the inquiry.

The commission was set up by former president Jacob Zuma after a directive from the High Court to probe allegations of fraud and corruption in the public service following claims of the Indian Gupta family's undue influence on the state. (Eyewitness News)

-- A lion owner at an upmarket private reserve just outside Dinokeng Game Reserve, north of Pretoria, was killed by one of his lions on Tuesday.

It is believed that two of the lions dragged the man around in an enclosure as people nearby tried to come to his aid. (Pretoria News) Enditem

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