Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: One dead from recent Durban drag racing
Culpable homicide is being investigated by the Sydenham police.
As we kick off this Thursday, we feel you should know these five things happening in the country and across the world.
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Embattled ANC Women's League president Bathabile Dlamini has been found guilty of perjury.
Dlamini stood accused of lying under oath during a 2017 inquiry into the social grants debacle at the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) that left millions of grant beneficiaries unsure if they would receive their money.
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2.
Andy Murray has pledged to donate the remainder of his 2022 season's prize money to help children in Ukraine.
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3.
A clip of an unreleased Ed Sheeran song was mistakenly played in the High Court in London during a copyright trial over his hit, 'Shape Of You'.
He looked confused when a short blast of music was heard at the hearing on Tuesday. Glancing at his lawyers, he said: "That's a song I wrote last January. How have you got that?"
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4.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is no longer pressing for Nato membership for Ukraine, a delicate issue that was one of Russia's stated reasons for invading its pro-Western neighbour.
Zelensky also said he is open to "compromise" on the status of two breakaway pro-Russian territories that President Vladimir Putin recognised as independent.
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5.
We spoke about this at length last week: Pregasen Narainsamy, one of the occupants of the vehicle that was recorded doing donuts on the road where an illegal drag race was allegedly being held, has died.
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