#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: DA nominates Chris Pappas as Premier candidate for 2024

#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: DA nominates Chris Pappas as Premier candidate for 2024

Durban North residents are not happy with the water situation, Usher will headline the Super Bowl half-time show in February, and much more...

uMngeni mayor Chris Pappas
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Good morning, KZN.

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

Read more: #FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: uMhlanga reservoirs on the edge of disaster as Durban North Aqueducts remain DRY

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1. 

Durban North is not happy. Residents have been asking themselves if the so-called water crisis is an act of man and not a breakage in the system, as the City has suggested.

Read more: FEDHASA: Water interruptions affecting businesses, livelihoods

The flow through Durban North Aqueducts has still not recovered.
Image: Unsplash/ Sasikan Ulevik

2. 

In the worst-kept secret in KZN, the DA has nominated rising star, uMngeni Mayor Chris Pappas, as the party's Premier candidate for the 2024 elections.

Read more: KZN premier slams Pappas’ ‘irresponsible games’

3. 

Hitmaker Usher will headline the Super Bowl half-time show in February 2024.

Read more: Ice Spice's scrambled egg recipe raises eyebrows

4. 

The Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, said out of the 7,000 officers who have been charged for a range of crimes, 686 have been convicted in court.

Read more: Cele to deploy more cops to political violence-hit northern KZN

Police Minister Bheki Cele crime stats 20 May
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5. 

Brian May has once again proven why he is rock royalty. Not only is he the Queen guitarist, but he is also an astrophysicist who recently helped NASA return its first-ever asteroid sample to Earth.

Read more: NASA joins the still controversial search for UFOs

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