SABCNews AM Headlines @09H00 | 04 September 2026

*Judgment is to be handed down in the case against Bafana Mahungela, the man accused of kidnapping and killing school teacher Kirsten Kluyts in 2023. Mahungela has pleaded NOT guilty to all charges against him at the High Court in Johannesburg.

*President Cyril Ramaphosa's review application against the Section 89 Independent Panel report will conclude in the Western Cape High Court today. He wants the report set aside as his lawyers have argued that it is flawed. SABC News reporter Abra Barbier is curretly at the Western Cape High Court, closely monitoring that story...

*US President Donald Trump has signed the African Growth and Opportunities Act extension, after the House approved it, extending it to the end of December 2028.
Approximately 22% of South African exports to the US benefit from AGOA, resulting in billions of dollars in trade.


*Two people have been pulled out alive from a tunnel in Nepal, nine days after a devastating flash flood swept through the country's hydropower plants.

*The All Blacks made minimal changes to their team and the Boks have left no stone unturned ahead of the third Test between South Africa and the All Blacks tomorrow at the FNB stadium.


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