May 11, 2015.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

First black leader heads South Africa's opposition party.

Burundi’s opposition leader Agathon Rwasa to run for presidency during the upcoming presidential election.

And, the inquiry into the fitness of National Director of Public Prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana has been terminated.

South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (or DA), said it voted Mmusi Maimane as leader on Sunday, making him the first black person to head the traditionally white party.

The party hopes the move would widen its appeal in a country deeply divided along racial lines despite the fall of apartheid more than two decades ago, with most of the black population living in poverty.

Maimane, 34, who begun his victory speech in his native Xhosa language, told delegates his priorities would be fighting for a fairer society with equal opportunities for all.

The DA's leader of eight years, Helen Zille, stepped down after leading the party to win 22% of the vote in the 2014 national election.

Burundi's leading opposition figure on Saturday registered to run in an upcoming presidential election against Pierre Nkurunziza, whose quest for a third term has sparked two weeks of protests.

Nineteen people have died in the demonstrations against Nkurunziza's bid for another term, which opponents said violates the constitution and a peace deal that ended an ethnically-charged civil war in 2005.

Agathon Rwasa, who like Nkurunziza led a Hutu militia in the war, said he presented his candidacy to respect Burundi's constitution and the country's electoral law.

Rwasa had asked the electoral commission to postpone the parliamentary election in May and the June presidential vote, saying it was not possible to hold peaceful and free elections.

Meanwhile, Nkurunziza formally registered his candidacy on Friday, provoking a fresh round of protests in Bujumbura that left two people dead.

The inquiry into the fitness of National Director of Public Prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana that was due to start in Centurion, Pretoria, on Monday has been terminated.

Inquiry spokesperson Andile Tshona said the decision came after he received a call from the Presidency last night.

He could not provide reasons for the decision.

The inquiry would have been headed by Advocate Nazeer Cassim and would have investigated Nxasana's "fitness and propriety to hold office".

It would have investigated, amongst other things, his two previous convictions of assault, complaints of professional misconduct laid against him with the KwaZulu-Natal law society, criminal charges for acts of violence and his arrest and detention on criminal charges.

Also making headlines:

Cape Town International Airport is set for an overhaul with the upgrading of its domestic and international terminals planned for the airport, along with the realignment of its runway, forming the bulk of Airports Company South Africa’s R7.7-billion expansion plans.

South Africa and Russia have once again agreed to sustain the momentum of their bilateral relationship.

President Jacob Zuma will release the awaited Marikana Commission of Inquiry report to the public in due course.

Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says her department continues to make progress in the war against rhino poaching.

The US has described as “horrifying” accusations of sexual abuse of children by French and African troops in Central African Republic, and called for a separate inquiry into how the United Nations handled the allegations.

Liberia was declared free from Ebola by the government and the World Health Organisation after 42 days without a new case of the virus, which killed more than 4 700 people there during a year-long epidemic.

And, a forum aimed at helping resolve Central African Republic's two-year-old conflict has called for transitional authorities to delay planned elections amid concerns the country will be unable to prepare for them on time.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.