SABCNews AM Headlines @06H00 | 23 August 2026

*ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa will unveil his party's 2026 local government election manifesto at Riverside Park in Diepslooot north of Johannesburg later this morning.

*Two persons of interest have been apprehended by the police in KuGompo city in connection with the murder of Zolani Tete.
The former world champion boxer was shot dead in Mdantsane on Friday night.

*Today marks the 5th anniversary of the murder of whistleblower - Babita Deokaran.
Deokaran, who served as a senior official in the Gauteng Department of Health, was killed outside her home on 23 August 2021 after flagging suspicious, irregular and fraudulent transactions at Tembisa Hospital estimated to be worth more than R850 million.

*Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will impose tariffs on imports from the United States starting September 8 across a raft of sectors in retaliation for President Donald Trump's new 50% tariffs that came into effect.

*New Zealand drew first blood and outplayed the Springboks 33-16 in Johannesburg in the first of four tests on Rugby's Greatest Rivalry Tour.

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