SABCNews PM Headlines @15H00 | 26 October 2026

*Former Vlakplaas commander, Eugene de Kock, has told the TRC Cases Inquiry that the unit relied heavily on askaris, who were recruited to work for the apartheid security forces.

*ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa, says government is stepping up preparations for expected El Nino related water shortages.
Speaking while campaigning in Mamelodi, Pretoria, Ramaphosa says an inter ministerial committee has been established to coordinate interventions.

*The judge in the murder trial of Katiso Molefe, has cautioned both sides that he will not allow the trial to drag on for years.
Molefe and his co-accused have appeared in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, where the trial was postponed to next year.

*Italian Kimi Antonelli has claimed his ninth win of the season at the US Grand Prix in Texas, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

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