SABCNews PM Headlines @17H00 | 23 June 2026

* Suspended EMPD Deputy Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi's former girlfriend has told the Madlanga Commission that the 2023 incident involving precious stones worth R14-point-9 million, was allegedly a 'planned robbery' by officers on behalf of a third party.

* Acting Police Minister, Firoz Cachalia, says while South Africans have a constitutional right to peaceful and unarmed protest, violence and intimidation will not be tolerated.

* Bitou Deputy Mayor, Nokuzola Kolwapi has briefly appeared in the Plettenberg Bay Magistrate's Court in connection with the alleged discharge of a firearm in a public place in December.

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