#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Petrol and diesel prices set to skyrocket at midnight
Updated | By East Coast Breakfast / Lilitha Bodlani
Pick n Pay has been found liable by the Western Cape High Court for damages claimed by Maria Williams and much more...
![petrol price for 95 unleaded will be hiked by R1.71 a litre.](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/juan-fernandez-ZdzO5PgYObA-unsplash.width-800.jpg)
Good morning, KZN.
Here are five things you need to know as you wake up this Tuesday morning...
Read more: #FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Comrades Marathon 2024 will be up run
1.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has launched a crackdown on hijacked buildings; 1,260 government-owned buildings have been flagged as being illegally occupied.
Read more: Zikalala says ‘significant progress’ in battle against construction mafias
![Search for bodies in fire-gutted Marshalltown building continues](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/WhatsApp_Image_2023-09-01_at_09.42.10.original.jpg)
2.
Celine Dion's sister, Claudette Dion, gave an update on her sister's health, saying that they are struggling to find medicine for Stiff Person Syndrome that works, and there’s nothing they can do.
Read more: Celine Dion's sister gives update on the star's health
3.
Pick n Pay has been found liable by the Western Cape High Court for damages claimed by Maria Williams, wife of the late Springbok Chester Williams, who was injured after slipping and falling at one of its supermarkets.
Read more: Plastic bags to be scrapped at Pick n Pay till points
![pick n pay](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/pnp-1-1024x576.original.jpg)
4.
At midnight, the petrol price for 95 unleaded will be hiked by R1.71 a litre. The wholesale price of diesel will be increased by a painful R2.84 a litre. You have been warned - so fill up!
![Diesel price set for cut next week, but petrol may get pricier.](https://turntable.kagiso.io/images/Diesel.original.jpg)
5.
Eskom has implemented Stage 6
https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/lights-out-stage-6-load-shedding-returns/
loadshedding following the loss of a further two generation units on Monday.Read more: Lights out as stage 6 load shedding returns
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