#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula’s tweet has backfired terribly

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

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Crime experts have urged people to stop sharing footage from Friday night's fatal shooting of 'AKA' and ‘Tibz’ as it could impact negatively on the ongoing investigation.

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Elon Musk is believed to be interested in making a £4.5-billion move to buy Manchester United. That's roughly R100,000,000,000...

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'Britain's Got Talent' auditions are underway and chaos ensued when head judge Simon Cowell's head was set on fire! Don't stress, he is doing just fine and was left unscathed.

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Rihanna has been accused of lip synching at the Super Bowl - with some claiming it was the 'worst ever'.

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Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula tweeted an image of himself looking electrocuted with text stating, “Minister of Electricity?”, with the caption, “Ndimlo” - which means “this is me” in Xhosa. It backfired terribly. 

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