SABCNews AM Headlines @05H30 | 21 May 2026

* Suspended police sergeant Fannie Nkosi is expected to appear in the Pretoria North Magistrate's court this morning after his bail application was dismissed last month.

The Gauteng Organised Crime unit member was arrested earlier in April following a raid at his Pretoria North home where multiple police dockets, a stun grenade, ammunition and over fifty-thousand rand in cash were allegedly found.

* ATM Parliamentary Leader Vuyo Zungula says the party has engaged its legal team to explore the best way to challenge the outcome of its motion of no confidence against President Cyril Ramaphosa.

* Human Rights Watch has lamented the violence carried out in xenophobic attacks targeting African and Asian foreign nationals in South Africa in recent weeks, with little or insufficient response from the police and other authorities.

* Cuba's Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Carlos Fernandez de Cossio has warned that any US military action against Cuban officials indicted by Washington would meet "fierce resistance" from the Cuban people.

* Mamelodi Sundowns have finally made it to their camp in Rabat after receiving the all-important landing permit ahead of Sunday's 2nd leg encounter in the Caf Champions League against as far.

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