March 6, 2015.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

South Africa's cash-strapped power utility Eskom may sell some of its assets to raise capital.

At least 45 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in a remote village of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state.

And, South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says Lesotho should form a government promptly after the weekend polls.

South Africa's cash-strapped power utility Eskom may sell some of its assets to raise capital as it scrambles to light up Africa's most advanced economy.

Eskom, which provides virtually all of South Africa's power, faces a funding crunch as it races to bring new power plants online to stave off an electricity crisis.

Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona said at an Africa Investment Summit that the company has serious financial constraints which require extraordinary decisions.

Aside from properties and a fleet of cars, Matona also mentioned the Eskom Finance Company, which is a home loan book for employees at the State-owned firm.

At least 45 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram militants earlier this week in a remote village of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state.

The attack was not immediately known because the village is very remote and the military couldn't access the area.

Boko Haram's six-year insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast of Nigeria has killed thousands and displaced over 1.5-million people.

Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan, who is seeking re-election on March 28, has been heavily criticised for the failure to crush the insurgents.

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said Lesotho should form a government promptly after weekend polls and push ahead with constitutional and security reform to avoid a recurrence of instability.

The polls had been brought forward by nearly two years in a bid to restore stability after an attempted coup by the army last August triggered fears of political violence.

They failed to produce an outright winner, meaning the country would be ruled by a coalition which some fear could prove unstable.

Ramaphosa said democracy has spoken and it was up to the party leaders to form an inclusive government, but he reiterated that it cannot be imposed on the Basotho people.

Also making headlines:

Eskom said scheduled power cuts were unlikely to happen on Friday and the weekend.

French nuclear vendor Areva says its value proposition for South Africa’s proposed new nuclear build programme remains intact, despite far-reaching restructuring initiatives being undertaken at the troubled State-owned company, which reported a €4.8-billion loss for 2014.

Liberia's last Ebola patient left hospital to cheers of delight from friends and family, a year after the West African country reported its first case.

And, a much-anticipated African Union inquiry calls for South Sudan's president and his rival to be barred from a transitional government and for the oil-producing country to effectively be placed under AU control.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.