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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Three years since SA was placed under Covid-19 lockdown.

Banyana Banyana goalkeeper Andile Dlamini lands 'SA Sports Star of the Year',  three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet ordered to pay a fine and much more.

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Here are five things you need to know as you wake up on Monday... 

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At least 26 people are dead and dozens more are hurt after powerful storms and at least one tornado pummeled the southern United States on Friday night.

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2.

Banyana Banyana goalkeeper Andile Dlamini received the 'SA Sports Star of the Year' at the annual SA Sports Awards on Saturday night.

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3.

The ANC is mulling the implications of the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin a few months before the Brics summit in South Africa.

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4.

The DA has welcomed the decision by newly appointed Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille to scrap the R900-million sponsorship deal with English football club, Tottenham Hotspur.

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Yesterday marked three years since South Africa was placed under Covid-19 lockdown. 

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Members of the South African military patrol the streets as a nighttime curfew is reimposed amid a nationwide coronavirus disease lockdown.
Three years since South Africa was placed under lockdown. Image: Siphiwe Sibeko

Bonus:

Three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay a fine of nearly $1-million for racist and homophobic comments aimed at Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

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Fernando Alonso isn’t fazed by Red Bull’s copycat comments about his AMR23 as he says the differences are clear to see, especially as Mercedes also claim “half” the car is theirs.
Fernando Alonso on Red Bull’s copy quips- But Mercedes say 50 percent is their car. Image: Alamy

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