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Eldorado Park, in the south of Johannesburg, is on the brink of total destruction. It's a daily struggle to curb the social ills which have contributed to violent crimes in the area. Besides substance abuse, there's been a dramatic increase in shootings, attributed to gang turf wars. This week our reporter, Jamaine Krige, takes us through the trouble brewing in Eldorado Park…

#ANCConference2017 dominates social media the weekend.

Suspended Cape Town Mayor, Patricia De Lille says the DA does NOT have suffiecient reasons to suspend her.

Delegates from KwaZulu-Natal, the largest contingent, are currently voting for the Top Six at the ANC's national elective congress at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. The delegates from Gauteng, the Eastern Cape and Limpopo still have to vote. The North West delegates were the last provincial group to finish voting. ANC spokesperson, Khusela Sangoni has an update:

According to the final nominations, deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa is leading with 1469 branch nominations in 6 branches while his main rival Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has support of 1094 branches inslo in six provinces. Both candidates have accepted nominations. Other members who made a cut include Lindiwe Sisulu and David Mabuza for the deputy president Gwede Mantashe and Nathi Mthethwa, senzo Mchunu and Ace Makgashule for the secretary general position, Jessie Duarte and Zingiswa Loso for the deputy secretary general while Maite Nkoana Mashabane and Paul Mashatile are vying for the treasurer general position. Last minute withdrawals from the top six officials included that of Naledi pandor, Zweli Mkhize and Nomvula Mokonyane.

The ANC's new leadership is expected to be announced this morning(monday). This follow intents nomination and voting process last night at the party's 54th national congress in Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. The race for the top job was reduced from seven candidates to a two horse race between Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa. There were also a several last minute with drawals from the race for other positions.

There have been mixed reactions from the parties involved in the ruling handed down by the Constitutional Court over the land claim of Salem Community. The Constitutional Court has ruled that both parties involved, the landowners, descendants of 1820 settlers and the claimants's descedants of AmaXhosa group that stayed in Salem, should share the land, and the landowners do not have exclusive rights to the land. The claimants own five farms from the 38 farms in Salem but wanted to claim all of them. The matter has been refered back to the Land Claim Court to determine a remedy and what the landowners are entitled to. Mcebisi Ngqina reports...

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says the resolve of her office is unshakable and that they will continue in their efforts to bring those responsible for crimes in Sudan's Darfur region to justice. Fatou Bensouda was providing her 26th report on Darfur to the Security Council after it referred the situation there to the ICC in 2005, the first time the Council had handed any situation over to the Court despite Sudan being a non-state party to the Rome Statute. Bensouda also cited a July ruling by The Hague Court against South Africa arguing that it established there was no legal or factual justification for the country's failure to comply with its obligations in surrendering Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir to the Court. Sherwin Bryce Pease reports

Deputy Police Minister, Bongani Mkhongi has officially introduced Directorate For Priority Crime Investigation Judge Frans Diale Kgomo to the community of Khayelitsha, on the Cape Flats. The levels of crime in Khayelitsha prompted Premier Helen Zille to call for a commission of inquiry in 2012 - that concluded that there was a breakdown in relations between the community and police. Mkhongi says introducing the judge to the community will help fight crime in the area. Chris Mabuya reports...

-Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius injured in a prison brawl over the use of a public phone.
- On Friday travellers flying from Gauteng to Cape Town are encouraged to exchange five kilograms of their on-flight baggage for five litres of water.
- Gayton McKenzie’s New Book Titled ‘Kill Zuma’ Sparks Controversy

Rhodes University maintains that it will not condone 'unlawful conduct' which serves to undermine just and noble struggles from any of its students. This follows an online campaign titled #RhodesWar in support of female student activists have been expelled from the institution for allegedly holding protests against sexual abuses. The female students claim sentences imposed upon them for common law crimes such as kidnapping and assault are harsher than those imposed on male students found guilty of sexual offences. we speak to Director of Communications at Rhodes University, Luzuko Jacobs.