[WATCH] The court orders that alleged diamond scammer Louis Liebenberg be referred to Weskoppies Hospital for psychiatric observation for 30 days. It also orders Legal Aid SA to provide him with a lawyer. #Newzroom405

[WATCH] "Women are a shade cleverer than men," President Cyril Ramaphosa says when appointing committees and executives, he insists that there is 50% or more of women's representation. #Newzroom405

[WATCH] "Government will no longer go on a tender...No one will stop me." Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the province is introducing a new phase of Nasi Ispani, which will provide training for people to do work that is currently being done through tenders. #Newzroom405

[WATCH] "We call for direct election of presidents." - COPE interim leader Teboho Loate #Newzroom405

[WATCH] National Convention spokesperson Rev Zwoitwaho Nevhutalu says the R700 million budget for the #NationalDialogue was put together by the preparatory task team. #Newzroom405

[WATCH] "Ask the police where Jabulani Moyo is." Operation Dudula members claim that SAPS is captured and failing to arrest an alleged suspect who killed police officers, but they're arresting them. #Newzroom405

PICTURE: Severed human hands found dumped near a school at Trenance Park in Durban.

Deputy Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Steve Letsike says the government has compiled a list of social media influencers implicated in the Russian jobs adverts to hand them over to police for investigations. She adds that the government is also engaging

[WATCH] "In the whole system, it can't be that I'm the only one who interfered..." Deputy National Police Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya defends his role in the alleged disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team. #Newzroom405

[WATCH] IEC CEO Sy Mamabolo announces that 34 new political parties have been registered since the 2024 general elections. This brings the total number of registered parties to 472. #Newzroom405

Fudan University's Prof. Zhang Weiwei says China is miles ahead of the USA. He says every year, the country produces more engineers and scientists than Western countries combined. The China Academy Watch: tinyurl.com/4zm6m92z

"If I am a farmer and you attack me in my house, I will kill you." A farmer in Kroonstad, accused of killing a worker over a salary dispute, says he has killed someone before during an alleged farm attack. Ziniko ka Mhlaba has more from the Free State. Watch:

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[WATCH] "A corpse has no rights. You cannot say a copse has a right to be buried." Representing the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi argues that the wife of the late leader has the right to bury her husband. #Newzroom405

[ICYMI] Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says there are advanced talks to use traffic wardens to specialise in taxi violence. Lesufi has visited five wardens that were attacked in Ekurhuleni at the weekend. #Newzroom405

[WATCH] The family of 35-year-old Lebo Mniki is camping outside the Respublica Princeton Village student residence, where he was last seen, to demand CCTV footage in their search for answers. Zola Sholwana has more.

[WATCH] "We have a lot of singing councillors. We all sing well, but capacity dololo." - ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe #ANCCouncillorsRollCall #Newzroom405

[WATCH] SAPS spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says the AK-47 assault rifle and two other firearms seized in relation to controversial businessmen Vusimuzi 'Cat' Matlala and Katiso 'KT' Molefe's cases have been positively linked to 18 murder and attempted murder cases and other serious

[WATCH] "That licence must have been issued illegally." Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says they discovered a liquor facility operating inside a school in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. He says the police are going to close it down. #Newzroom405