Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi will today unveil an anti-crime unit that will be deployed to hostels, townships, and informal settlements in the province. The unit was mentioned in his State of the Province address earlier this year and will be tasked to combat crime in high-risk areas. The surge in the country's crime rate has once again prompted conversations on whether municipalities should have greater policing powers. Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis believes a step in this direction is to devolve more law enforcement powers to local government. He once called for Police Minister Bheki Cele to devolve such functions to the city administration saying this would aid in reducing the crime rate. Elvis Presslin spoke to Eldred De Klerk, Senior Policing specialist at the Centre for Security and Intelligence Praxis...

Africa Brief with Victor Kgomoeswana, author of " Africa Is Open For Business" and " Africa Bounces Back". Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo...

TALKING POINTS:

***We start off in Nairobi, Kenya where Kenya Airways (KQ) will now access more Chinese cities after the airline signed an interline agreement with China Southern Airlines.

***And in Nigeria... Oando Took Delivery of the country's First Mass Transit Electric Buses

***And lastly in Zimbabwe... The country's CEOs are Set for a series of U.S. Business Interfaces with global peers

Former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter will today appear virtually before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, SCOPA to provide further information on alleged criminal activities at the power utility. SCOPA invited de Ruyter to brief the Committee following his scathing TV Interview in which he accused ANC officials and Ministers of corruption at Eskom. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to our SABC reporter in Cape Town, Mr. Joseph Mosia

The ANC has proposed the deployment of the army to fight violent crimes around the country. The party announced the resolution yesterday following its NEC meeting. To discuss the matter further Elvis Presslin spoke to Independent Defence Analyst, Helmoed Heitman.

The Democratic Alliance has filed an application to access records of the decision that informed the government's plan to lease a portion of the Bhisho airport in the Eastern Cape to the President of the United Arab Emirates and his family. The DA says the Department of Home Affairs and the Eastern Cape government have failed to provide coherent answers on key legal compliance requirements since the news of the arrival of the UAE delegation became public. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Angel Khanyile, DA MP and Shadow Minister of Home Affairs

The City of Johannesburg is once again without an executive mayor following the resignation of Thapelo Amad. This comes ahead of a motion of no confidence against him which was scheduled to take place today. Gauteng ANC Chairperson Panyaza Lesufi made the announcement on behalf of the political parties in the ANC/EFF alliance. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to Al-Jama-ah president Ganief Hendricks

African Transformation Movement, ATM President Vuyo Zungula has written to President Cyril Ramaphosa to seek clarity on the controversial landing of the President of the UAE and his family on a strip in Bisho, Eastern Cape last week. The ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his family, and an entourage of 500 guests quietly landed on a reportedly R20 million runway which he personally financed. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to ATM leader Vuyo Zungula

The IFP in KwaZulu-Natal is calling for the immediate termination of the tender awarded by the provincial Education Department for the supplier of the Schools Nutrition Programme. Learners at over 5000 schools in the province have been affected by the late, non-delivery and in some instances, rotten food supplies since schools re-opened two weeks ago. It is believed that these challenges began after the provincial department introduced a new supplier and system to deliver raw ingredients to schools. For more on this, Elvis Presslin spoke to the IFP KZN Provincial Chairperson Thami Ntuli

Time to take a look at the current top African economic stories with Victor Kgomoeswana, author of  "Africa Is Open For Business" and "Africa Bounces Back". Victor is also the Executive Director for Marketing and Communication at the University of Limpopo

Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF says it will "freeze" the accounts of people who they believe are kingpins in the mineral trade, following the Al Jazeera  Gold Mafia exposé, of gold and money laundering. The ruling party seems to be falling apart following the report which implicates the country's president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and smugglers including cigarette manufacturers,  diplomats, and pastors. For more, Elvis Presslin spoke to Acie Lumumba, ZANU PF strategist