April 21, 2015.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

South African companies are not pulling out of Africa amid xenophobia threats.

Pope Francis condemns the "continuing martyrdom" of Christians.

And, expelled Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said Xenophobia was symptomatic of several crises South Africa was suffering from.

South African mining companies in Zimbabwe and several other Africa operations have not been targeted by the wave of retaliatory action over the recent xenophobic attacks in Durban and Johannesburg.

Officials and sources at most mining companies in Zimbabwe and executives from the chamber of mines said no retaliation action had been targeted at the South African owned mining companies which include Zimplats, Unki, Mimosa and Metallon Gold.

However, on Monday, Kenmare Resources repatriated 62 South Africans working at its titanium mine in Mozambique for their safety after xenophobic attacks hit Durban and, more recently, Johannesburg.

Isaac Kwesu, the CEO of the chamber of mines of Zimbabwe said that there were no incidences of disturbances at the South Africa-owned mines in the country raised with the chamber of mines.

This comes in the wake of a discussion by civic society organisations in Zimbabwe which initially suggested action against South African companies in Zimbabwe to raise concern over the attacks against foreign nationals in Durban and Johannesburg.

Pope Francis condemned the "continuing martyrdom" of Christians after 30 Ethiopians were shown being shot and beheaded in Libya on a video purportedly made by Islamic State militants.   

Francis said it was with great distress and sadness that he learnt of the further shocking violence perpetrated against innocent Christians in Libya.   

The video, in which militants called Christians "crusaders" who are out to kill Muslims, showed about 15 men being beheaded on a beach and another group of the same size being shot in the head in a patch of scrubland.

Last February, Islamic State militants in Libya beheaded 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians.

Expelled Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said xenophobia was symptomatic of several crises South Africa was suffering from.

He said crime was an expression of a social and economic crisis facing society, with violence, racism and xenophobia being expressions of fear, insecurity and hopelessness.

He said there were four crises facing South Africa today, adding that the biggest crisis was unemployment, where a country with an employment rate of 35% should see itself as being in a state of emergency.

The other crises included poverty, inequality and corruption.

Also making headlines:

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir cancelled a trip to Indonesia for a summit this week, in what would have been his first trip outside of Africa or the Middle East in nearly four years.

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi will stand in a court cage today as a judge announces his fate nearly three years after he was declared Egypt's first freely-elected president.

And, electricity utility Eskom acting CEO Brian Moelefe announced that it’s Sere wind farm was fully operational.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.