SABCNews PM Headlines 18H00 | 13 December 2025

*Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson, has raised concern over the increasing number of construction site failures across the country. Macpherson and eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba visited the site of a collapsed temple in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal where the death toll has risen to 5. *The ANC has has voiced concern over a Government Gazette issued yesterday by Communications and Digital Technologies Minister, Solly Malatsi, opening the door to international telecoms giant Starlink. The Party warns that the new policy directions risk undermining South Africa's regulatory and transformation frameworks. *SABC News engages with families who have lost loved ones to Gender-Based Violence and Femicide as it escalates from national crisis to national disaster. The new classification signals a heightened level of urgency and acknowledgment by government of the severity of the crisis. For more news, visit sabcnews.com and #SABCNews on all Social Media platforms.