September 10, 2014.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I'm Jonathan Rodin.
Making headlines:

Parliament’s Nkandla Committee hears calls to summon President Jacob Zuma.

The death toll from Ebola rises to at least 2 296.

And, the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness report ranks South Africa’s maths and science teaching as the worst in the world.

Parliament's ad hoc committee on the Nkandla controversy has unanimously named African National Congress MP Cedric Frolick as its chairperson. This was amid calls from the opposition that it should summon President Jacob Zuma.

The charge was led by Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane, who asked Frolick to confirm that the committee had the power of subpoena. If so, he said, it should at its next meeting agree on whom it would call to appear before it.

However, the ANC and Frolick were firm that it was premature to consider calling anybody before it had begun deliberating on several reports on the R246-million Nkandla project, and Zuma's submission to Parliament last month in response to those.

The committee has been expected to see a tug of war between the ruling party and the opposition on the subject of calling Zuma, who has come under fire for failing to follow Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's recommendation that he reimburse a portion of the public money spent at Nkandla.

The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has jumped by almost 200 in a single day to at least 2 296 and is already likely to be higher than that, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.

The WHO said it had recorded 4 293 cases in five West African countries as of September 6, a day after its previous update.

But it still didn’t have new figures for Liberia, the worst-affected country, suggesting the true toll is already much higher. The WHO has said it expects thousands of new cases in Liberia in the next three weeks.

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she expects the Ebola crisis gripping her country to worsen in the coming weeks as health workers struggle with inadequate supplies, a lack of outside support and a population in fear.

South Africa has the worst maths and science teaching in the world according to a World Economic Forum global competitiveness report.

The country came last, 144th out of 144 countries, for maths and science teaching, according to the report released on Monday.

It placed 140th for the quality of its education system, 117th for Internet access in schools, and 133rd for quality of primary education.

The opposition Democratic Alliance said the "heart-breaking" figures confirmed South Africa's maths, science, and teaching were in crisis.

Also making headlines:

The Right2Know Campaign has urged a greater commitment to transparency from the state and private sector to limit the abuse of security.

The Opposition To Urban Tolling Alliance group said it was confused by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters' stance on the e-tolls review.

Pro-government Libyan forces, already reeling from the fall of the capital, are fighting to prevent Islamist militants from seizing the eastern city of Benghazi and splitting the North African country into three warring parts.

And, Somali Islamist militants have threatened attacks in east Africa and the US, warning President Barack Obama he would hear "shocking news" as punishment for a US missile strike that killed the rebel group's leader last week.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines.