SABCNews AM Headlines @05H30 | 28 August 2026

* Several senior police officials including the suspended National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola are expected to be back in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court this morning.

* The pre-trial hearing in the prison escape matter of rapist and murderer Thabo Bester is expected to take place in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein today.

* Suspended EMPD deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi is expected to appear in court today in a separate matter linked to the controversial blue lights fitted to tenderpreneur Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s vehicles.

* Fears are growing of a second catastrophic flood along the Nepal-Tibet border.

* The stakes are high for the Springboks this weekend in Cape Town.

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