CAPE TOWN, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in South African major media outlets on Thursday.
-- Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday announced the commencement of an independent survey in Xolobeni in the Eastern Cape province, where the community will decide if controversial mining will proceed in the area.(Independent Online)
-- Zimbabweans in South Africa on Wednesday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa's government to intervene in the deadly unrest in Zimbabwe.
Close to 150 protestors were demonstrating outside Zimbabwe's embassy in Pretoria. (Eyewitness News)
-- The mining sector is still in doldrums, even worse than economists had thought.
Statistics South Africa data shows that mining production decreased by 5.6 percent year-on-year in November from an increase of 0.2 percent in October.(South African Broadcasting Corporation)
