SABCNews AM Headlines @17H00 | 20 April 2026

*Suspended Tshwane CFO, Gareth Mnisi, continues to deny that he helped Sgt Fannie Nkosi's brother get a City of Tshwane security tender, despite incriminating WhatsApp messages.

*Two senior officials in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, including the suspended EMPD deputy chief, Julius Mkhwanazi, have appeared in the Boksburg Magistrate's Court facing charges of fraud, corruption, and defeating the ends of justice.

*Labor unions at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa are demanding a 15-percent wage increase, along with non-financial benefits and a strict no-retrenchment clause.

*Veteran actress and former beauty queen, Cynthia Shange, has passed away in KwaZulu-Natal, aged 76.

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