Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: KZN residents at their wits end with theft of water meters
KZN Premier has calls for harsh punishment, while the interest rate is set for a big jump...
Feel good Thursday is here!
As we start to gear up for the weekend, here are five things you need to know before you get up this morning:
1.
Acting KZN Premier Nomagugu Simelane
https://www.pa.org.za/person/nomagugu-simelane-zulu/
has called for the driver who was involved in a deadly truck crash that claimed the lives of many people in KwaZulu-Natal last week to be charged with murder.Read more: Truck curfew on KZN roads 'not the way to go' - RFA
2.
More than 200 whales have been found stranded in Australia on the western shore of Tasmania. The animals, which appear to be pilot whales, are currently stranded on a beach and a sandbank. Mass whale strandings have baffled marine scientists for decades.
Read more: KZN surfer experiences two humpback whales breaching on the South Coast
3.
Muhammad Khan (28), was taken down by police after he shoved a child out of the way before he lunged for the Queen's coffin on Friday. Khan told the court that he "did not believe the Queen was dead" and wanted to check.
Read more: National mourning ends in Britain after queen's funeral
4.
Ward 36 councillor for Umgeni Park and Parkhill, Shontel de Boer, said she has been inundated with calls from residents at their wits end, because of the sharp rise in the theft of water meters.
Read more: Poor water quality leads to eThekwini beach closures
5.
South African inflation decelerated for the first time since January, a slowdown that’s unlikely to sway the central bank from delivering an unprecedented second consecutive 75 basis-point hike in interest rates. Interest rates are a tool used by the SARB to curb inflation (we don't have hyperinflation).
Read more: Load shedding, inflation key to repo rate decision – economist
https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/load-shedding-inflation-key-to-repo-rate-decision-economist/
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