#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Asiana Airlines stops emergency exit seat sales
Updated | By Breakfast with Darren Maule / Lilitha Bodlani
US Securities and Exchange Commission fine consultancy Gartner $2.44-million, Evan Robinson creates the world's first open-source DIY smartphone, and much more...
![Asiana Airlines to stop selling seats near emergency exit on Airbus A321s.](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/Asiana_Airlines.width-800.jpg)
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Good morning, KZN.
Here are five things you need to know as you wake up this Tuesday morning...
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1.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined consultancy Gartner $2.44-million (R50-million) for its role in State Capture linked to the SA Revenue Service (SARS).
Read more: SARS: Ramaphosa, Phala Phala tax compliant
![The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined consultancy Gartner $2.44 million (R50 million) for its role in state capture linked to the SA Revenue Service (SARS).](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/SARS.original.jpg)
2.
Asiana Airlines will no longer sell tickets for certain emergency exit seats of its Airbus A321-200 aircraft following a recent incident in which a man opened a door during a flight.
Read more: Fire alarm causes panic at King Shaka
3.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that nations who are willing “to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus” will be given nuclear weapons
Read more: UN issues hunger alert for Haiti, Sahel and Sudan
![Lukashenko offers nuclear weapons to nations willing ‘to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus’.](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/NAMO.original.jpg)
4.
The N2 bi-directional between Spaghetti Interchange and M7 Interchange (Edwin Swales) southbound is closed, while northbound only the left lane is open. Expect heavy delays.
Read more: WC man shot in Durban e-hailing cab
https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/wc-man-shot-durban-e-hailing-cab/
![Highways help to create more areas to travel in especially big cities and towns](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/nick-fewings-br9D5K3UTRQ-unsplash.original.jpg)
5.
Capetonian Evan Robinson has created the world's first open-source, DIY smartphone that anyone can build from off-the-shelf components. It's as big as 12 iPhones.
Read more: Taking your phone to the toilet could lead to contamination
![Cape Town-based innovator Evan Robinson claims he has developed the world’s first open source, do-it-yourself (DIY) smartphone that anyone can build from off-the-shelf components.](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/DIY.original.jpg)
Bonus:
South African actor Thuso Mbedu was announced as the L'Oréal Paris brand ambassador and spokesperson for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Read more: Thuso Mbedu becomes L'Oréal Paris brand ambassador
![Thuso Mbedu](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/Screenshot_2023-05-29_144956.original.jpg)
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