May 5, 2015.
For creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

Democratic Alliance Parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane says he will build a party that does is consistent on important issues.

Nigeria’s Boko Haram is in disarray as government forces advance.

And,  electricity demand will again outstrip supply this week .

Democratic Alliance (or DA) parliamentary leader Mmusi Maimane said said in a televised debate that he was going to build a version of the party that was more consistent and did not "flip-flop" in its stance on important issues.

Mainame, who was debating with DA federal chairperson Wilmot James, said the DA often “flip-flopped” on issues such as sometimes supporting the National Development Plan and sometimes not.

This was in response to a question on the party initially voting for the Employment Equity Act Amendment Bill in Parliament, but later saying it was a mistake. Maimane said he was trying to build a party that was consistent.

Maimane and James are competing for the position of DA leader at the party's federal congress in Nelson Mandela Bay at the weekend.

The women rescued from the Islamist jihadi fighters Boko Haram by Nigerian troops said the group was beginning to fracture as shortages of weapons and fuel foment tensions between its foot soldiers and leaders.

The group abducted an estimated 2 000 women and girls last year as it sought to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast of Africa’s biggest economy. The army has freed nearly 700 in the past week as it advances on Boko Haram's last stronghold in the vast Sambisa forest.

The militants began complaining to their captives about lacking guns and ammunition last month, and many were reduced to carrying sticks while some of their vehicles were either broken down or lacked gasoline.

Meanwhile the Nigerian army, which launched its counter-attack in January, is confident it has the group cornered in the Sambisa nature reserve. However, the final push to clear them from the area has been curtailed by landmines.    

State-owned power utility Eskom expected electricity demand to surpass supply until Friday, when peak demand was expected to start easing.

In its latest state of the power system bulletin, the embattled parastatal said peak demand on Tuesday was expected to reach over 32 000 megawatts (or MW), while supply could only cover just over 30 000 MW, including the use of the open-cycle gas turbines.

However, the utility expected to have enough capacity on Friday, enough to meet the demand forecast.

Over the weekend, Eskom would also have enough capacity to meet the respective expected peak demand.

Also making headlines:

The South African Institute of Race Relations says Labour law amendments to regulate labour broking and plans to extend minimum wages will keep unskilled youngsters out of the economy.

The court order allowing a Cape Town advocate to commit suicide with the help of a medical doctor will remain in force, even though he died two hours before the order was granted.

Illegal industrial action caused commuters using some Gautrain buses to be delayed on Tuesday morning when they failed to start as scheduled.

Kenya's deputy president has said there is "no room" for homosexuality in Kenyan society.

Senegal will send 2 100 troops to Saudi Arabia as part of an international coalition combating Houthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen.

And, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that South Sudan's government and rebels had failed to make compromises needed to end a civil conflict and that this was putting the future of the world's youngest nation at "grave risk".

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today.