Nigerians will be going to the polls to vote for a new president on Saturday, six weeks later than planned due to Boko Haram violence. The presidential and parliamentary polls are expected to be the most tightly contested since military rule ended in 1999. Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, is bracing for a tight race against Muhammadu Buhari. The country has reportedly ordered the closure of all its land and sea borders ahead of this elections. Dhashen Moodley spoke to the Director of News at the Voice of Nigeria, Ahaziah Suleiman.

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Workers at Medupi power station in Limpopo were expected to resume work this morning after downing tools yesterday (25thMarch-2015). Contract workers- majority affiliated to NUMSA downed tools, calling on ESKOM to respond to a set of demands by Friday (tomorrow). Dhashen Moodley spoke to Eskom's Spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe....

Workers at Medupi power station in Limpopo were expected to resume work this morning after downing tools yesterday (25thMarch-2015). Contract workers- majority affiliated to NUMSA downed tools, calling on ESKOM to respond to a set of demands by Friday (tomorrow). Dhashen Moodley spoke to the Head of Collective Bargaining at Numsa, Steve Nhlapo.

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been fired by the BBC. It follows an altercation with a producer but was the latest in a series of controversies. The move by the BBC not to renew his soon-to-end contract has upset Top Gear fanatics around the world. But as details of his sustained physical attack on a producer emerge, the BBC felt it had no choice. And police in Yorkshire - where the incident took place - say they may investigate. The show is one of the BBC's biggest assets as Catherine Drew reports from London.

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The University of Cape Town (UCT) says multiple university stakeholders want the statue of Cecil John Rhodes to be taken down. Vice Chancellor, Max Price says he's been in discussions on the matter and most agree that the statue must be removed from is current location. Thandiswa Mawu reports....

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Residents in the western German town of Haltern, were shocked after hearing that 16 local high students and two teachers who had just spent a week on a Spanish exchange program were on German-wings Flight 9525, which crashed yesterday morning, into the French Alps. The school group was among the 150 people on board the plane. Meanwhile aviation experts say it is too early to speculate on what could be the cause of the crash of the German wings plane, and that the focus right now should be assisting victims and their families. For more Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Aviation expert Karl Jansen and began by asking whether flying is still the safest mode of travel.