Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: UKZN in top 2.5% of universities globally
What a huge feat for one of our own academic institutions!
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The sky’s the limit after Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed a deal to buy Twitter for $44-billion earlier this week, and he has now – jokingly – announced his intentions to buy Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in.
Here's the tweet...
Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
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Potholes damaged your car? Did you know you can claim from the municipality? The claims email is [email protected]. Claimants are also urged to visit 6th floor Florence Mkhize Building, 251 Anton Lembede Street, Durban in order to fill in forms provided.
Have a look at the terms and conditions here.
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Olivia Wilde was served legal documents related to the custody of her children with Jason Sudeikis while speaking onstage at CinemaCon.
Sudeikis and Wilde were engaged for seven years before their split in November 2020 and share son Otis, 8, and daughter Daisy, 5. "This is for me? Is this a script?" she said, opening the envelope but not revealing what was inside. "OK, got it. Thank you."
The drama!
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‘Otherworldly’ images captured by a NASA helicopter appear to show a scene straight out of a science fiction film.
It appears like man-made wreckage. However, rather than the photos being linked to aliens, the wreckage is actually the remains of the landing equipment used when the vehicle landed on Mars with the Perseverance rover.
Check the pictures here.
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The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has been ranked in the top 2.5% of universities worldwide. This is according to the 2022-23 edition of the Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings published on Monday, April 25.
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According to these rankings, UKZN is placed 484 out of 19,788 universities worldwide.
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