June 26, 2015.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

National police commissioner Riah Phiyega will respond to the Marikana findings next month.

European Union leaders agree to relocate 40 000 migrants.

And, parliament will monitor the implementation of the Marikana commission recommendations.

National police commissioner Riah Phiyega has received a letter from President Jacob Zuma informing her of the outcomes of the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, the South African Police Service said.

"The President has invited General Phiyega to respond no later than July 31, 2015. [She] will comply with the President's directive," police spokesperson Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said in a statement.

Zuma released the commission's 600-page findings on Thursday night, in which Phiyega bore the brunt of the blame.

“The commission has also recommended that there must be an inquiry into the fitness to hold office of the national police commissioner as well as the North West provincial commissioner,” Zuma read from a summary of the commission’s report.

The commission, which was headed by retired judge Ian Farlam, had been tasked to investigate the deaths of 44 people killed during strike-related unrest at Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana, Rustenburg, in August 2012.

European Union (or EU) leaders agreed early Friday to the principle of redistributing 40 000 asylum seekers across their bloc, but left the details to be hashed out later. This was amid hefty disagreement on whether member states should be obliged to take in the migrants.

Conflicts and repression in Africa and the Middle East have driven thousands of people to travel to the European Union in search of protection or a better life.

Many have lost their lives during attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea, while the bulk of arrivals to the bloc have been concentrated in a handful of member states, stretching resources there. Less affected EU countries have been under pressure to show solidarity.

EU President Donald Tusk said the leaders agreed that 40 000 persons in need would be relocated from Greece and Italy to other states over the next two years.

A further 20 000 refugees would be resettled from outside the EU, such as displaced Syrians.

Police minister Nathi Nhleko would be summoned to Parliament within the next two months to explain how he intends implementing the recommendations of the Marikana commission of inquiry, the legislature’s portfolio committee on police said on Thursday night.

The damning report, which found fault with the police’s actions on August 16, 2012, which led to the killing of 34 miners at the Lonmin mine in the North West province, recommended, among others, an inquiry into the fitness of office of both the national police commissioner Riah Phiyega and the provincial commissioner.

Committee chair Francois Beukman, said the report highlighted the importance of having credible and effective police leadership.

Also making headlines:

Cosatu unions, which represent 52% of public sector employees, have signed a controversial new three-year wage deal.

The British government calls an emergency meeting over the Calais migrant crisis.

Rwanda's intelligence chief told a London court on Thursday he would fight an attempt to extradite him to Spain, where he is accused of reprisal killings after the 1994 genocide in the east African country.

And, US President Barack Obama will host Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House to discuss fighting the Boko Haram militant group, among other issues.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.