Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Tom Cruise is in Ladysmith, KZN
The actor is truly all over KZN for 'Mission: Impossible 8'!
Happy Tuesday, we can only hope that things have calmed down after the Oscars saga...
There are other things happening in our country and across the world and we have them here for you.
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Census field workers employed by Stats SA have threatened to withdraw the remainder of their services due to a lack of payment from a temporary job described as dangerous, poorly managed, and filled with inaccurate data.
This is as Statistics South Africa has failed to pay salaries since February to numerous recruited residents.
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The e-hailing driver app Bolt says it has permanently blocked drivers who threatened and intimidated the drivers who opted to work during last week’s three-day e-hailing strike.
Uber responded to the strike by increasing base fares for short rides but did not change its pricing model.
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A paralysed man uttered his first words in months with the help of a brain implant: “I want a beer.” According to Swiss sources, he asked to listen to the band Tool and for a head massage from his mother. He also ordered curry.
A brain implant hadn’t been tested on a “completely locked-in patient”. The possibility of it working was even unknown until recently.
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Maybe there is light in the horrible Russian war tunnel: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to accept a neutral status as part of a peace deal with Russia, but any agreement would have to be put to the Ukrainian people in a referendum.READ MORE: Tom Cruise: "South Africa is incredible and it would be nice to live here!"
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Hollywood actor Tom Cruise landed at Ladysmith Airfield on Monday morning. Six helicopters and three planes, including a Boeing Stearman, arrived prior to his landing, along with crew members.
Tom Cruise spent the day scouting out locations in the Drakensberg to shoot scenes for the new 'Mission: Impossible' movie.
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