CAPE TOWN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South Africa's major news outlets on Tuesday:
-- Opposition parties should leave decisions regarding assembling a new cabinet to South Africa's new president, Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor told the National Assembly on Monday.
Pandor was the last speaker in Parliament during a marathon 10-hour joint debate on President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation Address (SONA), delivered on Friday. (News24)
-- The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will be filing papers on Wednesday to oppose an application by Atul Gupta, a brother of the controversial Gupta family, to challenge the freezing of millions of rand from his personal bank account.
The Asset Forfeiture Unit said on Monday the money was paid from the Estina dairy project which was meant to benefit poor farmers in the Free State. (Eyewitness News)
-- Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba will reveal how South Africa will afford free higher education for the poor when he delivers his budget speech on Wednesday.
Former President Jacob Zuma made the announcement on proposed free higher education in December 2017. (South African Broadcasting Corporation) Enditem
