SABCNews PM Headlines @18H00 | 24 August 2026

*Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, who is on special leave, has rejected allegations made against him by Lieutenant Colonel Deena Govender at the Madlanga Commission on Friday.
Govender told the Commission that Mchunu had allegedly urged him to implicate KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi in police shootings.

*The Madlanga Commission has rejected a request to postpone hearings over whether alleged underworld kingpin Vusumuzi "Cat" Matlala can invoke his right against self-incrimination.

*Former Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has defended the government's approach to apartheid-era prosecutions, telling the TRC Cases Inquiry that his priority was to strengthen the National Prosecuting Authority and support the implementation of the landmark Rodrigues judgment.

*A 22-year-old man has appeared in the Mdantsane Magistrate's Court in the Eastern Cape in connection with the murder of two-time boxing world champion Zolani Tete.

*Iran's top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, has warned that any country participating in the U.S. economic war against Iran will be considered an "enemy" by Tehran.

*Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says that while the Springboks have their backs against the wall, they have been in similar situations and now they need to fight their way out of it.

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