#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Maintenance shutdown at Verulam's Hazelmere Water Plant
Virat Kohli's unbeaten 103 steered World Cup favourites India to a fourth win, Eskom will suspend loadshedding from 22:00 tonight until 16:00 on Monday, and much more...
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Here are five things you need to know as you wake up this Friday morning...
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Virat Kohli's unbeaten 103 steered World Cup favourites India to a fourth win from four as his side beat Bangladesh by seven wickets - but the host nation are now sweating on the fitness of Hardik Pandya.
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Eskom said it will suspend loadshedding from 22:00 tonight until 16:00 on Monday. The suspension of loadshedding is as a result of the continued good generation fleet performance and the expected lower weekend demand.
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The Hazelmere Water Treatment Plant, situated in Verulam, is set to undergo a necessary maintenance shutdown from Friday, 20 October 2023, at 1:00, to the morning of Monday, 23 October 2023, at 6:00.
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With extra tickets on sale, South Africans are booking last minute flights to Paris to watch the Springboks play England in the RWC semi-final. According to Morning Live presenter Leanne Manas, South Africans are flocking to Paris, France, to see their national team in action this weekend.
The atmosphere on @AirFranceZA was unbelievable as hundreds of South Africans fly into Paris to support the @Springboks semi final clash against England.@AirFranceZA operating 2 flights per day - 470 capacity - every seat booked!! #StrongerTogether #sabcnews pic.twitter.com/V0PxeIrwAS
— Leanne Manas (@LeanneManas) October 19, 2023
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Injured Springbok player Makazole Mapimpi has had his Instagram followers scratching their heads after he shared a cryptic post that all was not as it seemed. In an Instagram Story on Thursday that was later deleted, Mapimpi hinted at his state of mind in a cryptic post.
It read: "We all get a little mad sometimes. Just don’t forget who you are in the process of it. It’s me against me."
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