June 4, 2013.
From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Motshabi Hoaeane.
Making headlines:

Public Works official Sam Vukela has been found guilty in the police headquarters lease deal.

US defence officials say NATO is expected to discuss training a Libyan security force.

And, the International Criminal Court takes more time to build a case against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.

Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi's adviser Philip Masilo said senior public works official Sam Vukela has been found guilty of charges relating to a police lease deal with businessman Roux Shabangu. Vukela was charged for being neglectful and for not applying his mind to the matter of the lease agreement.

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, in her report on the lease debacle, found that Vukela had acted in breach of his duties by directing the department to follow a negotiated process as a procurement strategy for the lease agreement. She recommended that disciplinary action be taken against him.

Masilo said parties to the disciplinary matter now had until June 11 to file papers on the sentencing of Vukela, who was the department's former deputy director general.

Vukela reportedly awarded the R500-million lease to Shabangu in May 2010.

US defence officials say that NATO defence ministers are concerned about the growing presence of al Qaeda-linked rebels in southern Libya and would this week discuss the possibility of training Libyan security forces.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan requested the assistance at a meeting last week with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who raised the issue with US President Barack Obama in Washington last Friday.

This week's meeting of NATO defence ministers will be Chuck Hagel’s first as defence secretary, although prior to becoming the Pentagon chief he chaired the Atlantic Council, a top think-tank on issues important to the Western alliance.

The meeting would consider the scope of NATO support and training of Afghan forces after the full transfer of security authority from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force at the end of 2014. The group will also hold its first meeting on cybersecurity. However, officials are not expected to decide on the size of the post-2014 Afghan deployment this week.

Judges at the International Criminal Court (or ICC) have given prosecutors until November to rescue their case against former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, saying the evidence submitted so far was not strong enough to merit a trial.

Prosecutors now have until November 15 to carry out further investigations in a case that is testing the ICC's credibility following a string of collapsed prosecutions and criticisms from African leaders who accuse the court of targeting Africans.

Gbagbo, 68, the only ex-head of state to have appeared at the court, is accused of plunging his country into civil war instead of relinquishing power after losing elections in 2010.

In their ruling, judges said the evidence was not strong enough to allow the case to move to trial, but not weak enough for them to throw out the charges. Meanwhile, Gbagbo will remain in detention in the Netherlands.

Also making headlines:

The Department of Trade and Industry and Japan extend an agreement to promote business ties.

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will investigate claims of corruption involving Tlokwe mayor Maphetle Maphetle.

And, the International Criminal Court could hold a trial outside The Hague for the first time to hear the case against Kenya's deputy president.

That's a roundup of news making headlines today.