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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Springbok coach set to step down after Rugby World Cup

Germany switched off its last three nuclear reactors, hundreds of people were left homeless after Dakota informal settlement in Isipingo went up in flames, and much more.

Jacques Nienaber and Boks at Twickenham 2022
Photo: SA Rugby

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Here are five things you need to know as you wake up this Monday morning... 

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Germany switched off its last three nuclear reactors on Saturday, exiting atomic power even as it seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and manage an energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.

Read more: Germany to close nuclear reactors despite energy crisis

2. 

Hundreds of people were left destitute after their homes were burnt to ashes at Dakota informal settlement in Isipingo, south of Durban, on Saturday night.

Read more: Stanger family escapes house fire

Dakota informal settlement in Isipingo in flames after a fire broke out in one of the shacks.
Dakota informal settlement in Isipingo in flames after a fire broke out in one of the shacks. Image: SANDILE NDLOVU

3. 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised the business sector that the government is working to end loadshedding in the short term. 

Read more: Ramaphosa: SA seeing 'undeniable surge' in energy investment

Ramaphosa promises businesses 'short-term' end to load-shedding.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the fifth South African Investment Conference. Image: Freddy Mavunda

4. 

South Africa coach Jacques Nienaber will leave his job after the Rugby World Cup to move to Irish province Leinster.

Read more: Nienaber to quit South Africa for Leinster after World Cup

Jacques Nienaber and Boks at Twickenham 2022
Photo: SA Rugby

5. 

Protesters from the animal rights organisation Animal Rising climbed over security fences to make their way onto the track to disrupt the Grand National horse race in the UK.

Read more: Violence flares as French protesters vent fury at Macron reform

https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/violence-flares-as-french-protesters-vent-fury-at-macron-reform/

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