Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Low jet fuel supply affects international trips

Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Low jet fuel supply affects international trips

The KZN floods affected the delivery of jet fuel to OR Tambo International Airport.

Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Low jet fuel supply affects international trips
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Tuesday morning! You can celebrate because tomorrow is yet another public holiday!

For today, here are the top five local and international stories you should kickstart your morning with.

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While no loadshedding is currently being implemented, Eskom requests the public to reduce the consumption of electricity as any further losses of generation capacity would force the implementation of loadshedding at very short notice.

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2.

Former Cricket South Africa (CSA) Director of Cricket, Graeme Smith, said he was pleased with the independent arbitration outcome that cleared him of all racism charges brought about by the Social Justice and Nation-Building (SJN) report.

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3.

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4.

On April 20 every year, cannabis consumers worldwide celebrate cannabis by smoking it or taking edibles. With social media making communities smaller and everything accessible, 36 learners at Leondale High School shared their videos of smoking the drug online. 

Check out the shocking video here.

High school learners in '4/20' video suspended for smoking cannabis on school grounds
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5.

Some international flights are being canceled due to a lack of jet fuel. Unfortunately, jet fuel is not refined in SA anymore and has to be imported. 

But as recent floods battered KwaZulu-Natal, a backlog was created in the supply chain of imported jet fuel via the Durban port to OR Tambo.

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