Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Mass rock lobster on the shores

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You're basically done with the week!

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No COVID-19 related deaths were reported in South Africa on Monday, making it the first 24-hour period in two years that coronavirus didn’t claim a life in the country.

Now, there's some good news...

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Following some silence for more than a month, Rassie Erasmus is back with a bang on Twitter with a typically provocative post. 

The Springbok guru only recently returned to his duties following his two-month suspension from World Rugby for his infamous video during last year's British & Irish Lions series.

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The South African lifesaving squad showed its class to win this year’s Lifesaving Africa Championships held in Alexandra, Egypt.

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Literally everyone and everything around the world that has to do with Russia has condemned the Ukraine invasion. From banks freezing assets, to companies halting exports of products to Russia, to crippling sanctions, deactivation of Google services. 

Now World Taekwondo stripped Putin of his honorary black belt. 

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Tons of west coast rock lobster has beached itself along the west coast around Elandsbaai and Doringbaai. 

Pictures on social media show coastal residents collecting west coast rock lobster from a solid 5m-wide line along the shore. 

The walkout is almost certainly related to a red tide, which refers to algal blooms that can deplete oxygen available to affected sea life. 

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