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Former Knysna mayor and ANC councillor Aubrey Tsengwa has been shot dead in Joodsekamp. News24

Alleged criminal Stuart Sharnick has been arrested outside the Madlanga Commission for allegedly intimidating a journalist. EWN

National Organised Crime Task Team head Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi wants criminal justice officials screened for gang links, warning gangs have infiltrated not just the police but the judiciary and Correctional Services. News24

Suspended MP Fadiel Adams struggled to recall details of the classified documents he found in his office, cross-examined at the Madlanga Commission over the papers behind his complaint against Crime Intelligence officers. EWN

Political fixer Brown Mogotsi will launch a fresh bail bid on Monday, telling the Johannesburg court he has new facts after three failed attempts. TimesLIVE

At least 15 people have been killed in Russia's latest strikes on Kyiv, blocks of flats, warehouses, a children's hospital and a school hit overnight, with Zelensky blaming a shortage of Western-supplied air defence missiles. BBC

The founder of Evergrande, the property giant at the heart of China's housing slump, has been sentenced to life in prison, with all his personal property confiscated. Reuters

Trump has vowed "the most crushing economic operation ever" against Iran and any country that does business with it, announcing the move in all-capitals on Truth Social without further detail. Al Jazeera

US national debt has more than doubled in a decade to hit $40 trillion, Treasury figures show, driven by heavy spending under both Trump and Biden and rising interest payments. Reuters

A body believed to be missing Sydney teenager Lily Hooper has been found in Australian bushland, after an eight-day search and a confusing episode in which the state premier wrongly told parliament she had been found alive. The Guardian