SABCNews AM Headlines @05H30 | 19 October 2026

*North-West businessman Suliman Carrim is expected to return to the Pretoria Magistrates' Court today after spending the weekend at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility.
His case was postponed to allow the state to verify his outstanding residential addresses.

*ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says the mandate for reinstated National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola as he resumes his duties today, is to rid the police service of corrupt individuals.

*Former President Thabo Mbeki is expected to appear before the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry investigating whether efforts were made to stop the prosecution of TRC cases.
This follows the Constitutional Court's dismissal of his and former President Jacob Zuma's bid to have Inquiry Chairperson Justice Sisi Khampepe recuse herself.

*French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned what he called the "dissenters" who looted and vandalised cities across France on the sidelines of protests over the cost of living.

*The Proteas have a daunting job of trying to force a positive result in the second Test against Australia, after day one was almost completely rained out at St George's Park in Gqeberha.

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