Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Eskom applies for a 20.5% tariff increase
Can South Africans even afford this?
Time is flying and we are definitely feeling that we are back at work. We have five of the top stories you need to know as you go about your Wednesday.
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The environmental clean-up of a spill on the N2 highway near Queen Nandi Drive will take place over the next three days. According to Durban Metro police spokesperson Parbhoo Sewpersadh, the fast lanes on both carriageways would also remain closed to traffic.
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Lay's revealed their new limited-edition Golden Grounds potato chips, which are made from potatoes that were grown in some soil from NFL stadiums and fields across America.
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Nurses and doctors at Joe Morolong Memorial Hospital have successfully delivered quadruplets to a mom from the Vryburg area. The 39-year-old mother is now a mom of nine children. She didn’t give birth to all 9 at once! Let’s avoid another quintuplets debacle!
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There have been precious few positives during the COVID-19 pandemic but British academics may have unearthed one: People look more attractive in protective masks.
There is also a YouTube video explaining this.
Darren totally agrees with this!
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This story will infuriate everyone: Eskom has applied for a 20.5% tariff increase for the 2023 financial year, which analysts and politicians said punishes its customers for its own failures by making them pay more for electricity.
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