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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: The EFF is facing a bill already exceeding R200,000

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was taken to a hospital after being assaulted, The Weeknd has shattered two Guinness World Records and much more.

EFF faces ballooning bill for removal of shutdown posters.
EFF members march during the national shutdown in Cape Town. Image: Ruvan Boshoff

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The EFF is facing a mushrooming bill already exceeding R200,000 for the removal of illegally erected posters advertising the party’s national shutdown across the City of Cape Town.

Read more: EFF demands ‘immediate release’ of supporters arrested during ‘shutdown’

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2. 

World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in the female category at international events.

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3. 

Deputy president Paul Mashatile’s first question session in the National Assembly was delayed due to a fire in the Good Hope Building. But it turned out to just be a false fire alarm

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MPS left the National Assembly after smoke triggered the fire alarm before Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s first oral question session.
Fire in National Assembly delays oral question session. Image: Phando Jikelo

4. 

The Weeknd has shattered two Guinness World Records, which has designated him “the world’s most popular artist.”

Read more: The Weeknd makes history on Billboard chart

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5. 

Joseph Foreman’s home (Afroman from But then I got high) is being sued by police officers who raided his home. He took during the raid and used it in music videos without consent

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Rap artist Afroman sued by officers who raided his home.
Afroman, whose real name is Joseph Foreman, poses for a portrait in New York, Aug. 22, 2001. On Monday, March 13, 2023, seven law enforcement officers filed suit against Afroman. Image: Shawn Baldwin

Bonus: 

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was taken to a hospital after being assaulted at an LA Fitness gym in South Florida

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