June 24, 2015.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

The High Court will today give its reasons for the President Omar al-Bashir ruling.

United Nations peacekeepers are accused of abusing Central African Republic street children.

And, African National Congress MPs call for the reform of the International Criminal Court or threatens that South Africa will withdraw from it. 

The High Court in Pretoria is today expected to give its reasons for its ruling that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir be kept in South Africa and arrested. 

On June 15, the court ruled the failure to detain Al-Bashir was inconsistent with the Constitution, saying that he must be detained pending a formal request from the International Criminal Court (or ICC).

"The respondents were compelled to take reasonable steps to arrest President al-Bashir without a warrant... and detain him pending a formal request for his surrender from the ICC," Judge President Dunstan Mlambo said.

But following the order, William Mokhari, Senior Council, for the government, told the court that he had been informed by the government that they had reliable information that President Al-Bashir had departed from the Republic.

The judges then made an order requesting that an affidavit must be filed by the minister in the presidency and the state security minister on how Al-Bashir managed to leave the country.

Al-Bashir is wanted by the ICC to stand trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur, which left 300 000 dead.

United Nations (or UN) peacekeepers have been accused of sexually abusing street children in the Central African Republic capital of Bangui.

A UN spokesperson said an investigation has been launched by the country that contributed the troops.

The UN did not identify which country the troops were from or how many soldiers may have been involved. There are 10 000 UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic, where violence erupted in 2013 after mostly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power, sparking reprisal attacks from Christian militia.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said medical care and assistance was currently provided to the alleged victims adding that the crimes could go back as far as 2014 with most occurring this year.

Punishment for crimes committed by UN peacekeepers was the responsibility of the country they come from.

South Africa should withdraw its membership from the International Criminal Court (or ICC) should the tribunal not accede to a series of reforms, African National Congress (or ANC) MPs said during a heated snap debate on the saga surrounding South Africa’s failure to arrest Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency Obed Bapela insisted the African Union summit, which Bashir attended earlier this month, should have been afforded the same status as a meeting of the United Nations– where leaders have immunity from arrest.

Bapela  said the demand that South Africa should have arrested president al-Bashir while he was attending the AU summit illustrated the contempt that some hold on Africa and Africans.

Lindiwe Zulu, small business development minister, agreed, and confirmed that South Africa would never have arrested Bashir, despite a South African court order preventing him from leaving the country.

Zulu said as an AU member state, South Africa had to abide by a 2013 decision to suspend the enactment of the arrest warrant for Bashir.

The Democratic Alliance did not buy the arguments, however, and said President Jacob Zuma and his government was in contempt of court, and should not be let off the hook.

Also making headlines:

The high court has declared that the extension of the eNaTIS system contract from 2010 to 2015 by former transport department director-general George Mahlalela was invalid from the date of extension.

UN wants truce observers in Mali and urges sanctions for violators of the peace deal.

Malaria deaths in Guinea are likely to exceed the Ebola toll as patients shun clinics.

Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique’s main opposition party Renamo, has admitted that he personally gave the order for an ambush against government forces in the western province of Tete on 14 June.

And, concern mounts over rights abuses in the regional fight against Boko Haram.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.