CAPE TOWN, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are news items in South African major news outlets on Tuesday:

-- The African National Congress on Monday announced that it would launch manifesto forums across the country to hear what South Africans want from the governing party.

This as it charts a manifesto ahead of the 2019 general elections. (News24)

-- Agri Western Cape on Monday expressed shock following the murder of prominent strawberry farmer Jeffrey Zetler in Stellenbosch near Cape Town.

The 62-year-old man was stabbed to death in an alleged robbery at the Mooiberge strawberry farm on Saturday afternoon. (Eyewitness News)

-- The African National Congress said on Monday it was "shocked" by the scale of corruption in the state, and has conceded that despite setting up mechanisms to combat graft, "powerful individuals" had managed to loot government coffers.

The governing party has vowed to take a tougher stance on corruption as part of its election campaign, with measures including subjecting public servants and senior politicians to lifestyle audits. (Independent Online) Enditem