Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has announced that the defence force will be deployed to Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg to assist police in dealing with xenophobic attacks.

**EFF leader Julius Malema has been interdicted from inciting anyone to destroy or damage any national heritage site.

** South Africans have been warned to brace themselves this weekend for what Eskom has cynically called the a long weekend maintenance festival.

** Ailing Ladysmith Black Mambazo leader -Joseph Shabalala - has been conferred an honorary doctorate by the Durban University of Techology. SUDISHA