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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: KZN Health MEC to explain woman waking up at Phoenix mortuary

Updated | By Breakfast with Darren Maule / Lilitha Bodlani

Emergency teams rushed to a Durban suburb after a dead body was found floating in a river, five people were arrested after they were allegedly caught in the act of printing birth certificates, and much more...

A close-up of the foot of a dead person in a morgue. A blank tag is attached to the toe.
DA urges KZN Health MEC to explain after woman says she ‘woke up’ in hospital mortuary Image: l RICH LEGG

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Here are five things you need to know as you wake up this FRI-YAY morning... 

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The DA believes that the KZN Health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane, has a case to answer after a woman claimed to have woken up naked and covered with a blanket at the Phoenix mortuary.

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A close-up of the foot of a dead person in a morgue. A blank tag is attached to the toe.
DA urges KZN Health MEC to explain after woman says she ‘woke up’ in hospital mortuary Image: l RICH LEGG

2. 

Emergency teams rushed to a Durban suburb on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a report of a dead body floating in a river. Turns out it was a movie prop left after filming in the area.

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3. 

Mexico’s largest airline has offered to fly two Olympic divers to this year’s World Championships for free after government funding cuts forced them to sell their gold medals.

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Mexico’s largest airline has offered to fly Olympic divers Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez to this year’s world championships for free. Image: Xu Chang/Xinhua

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Five people were arrested after they were allegedly caught in the act of printing birth certificates and identity documents from a flat in the Joburg CBD.

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Five arrested for allegedly producing fake birth certificates at a Joburg flat.
Five people were arrested after they were allegedly caught in the act printing birth certificates and identity documents from a flat in the Joburg CBD. Image: SAPS

5. 

Africa’s first locally produced COVID-19 antigen test has hit the shelves in time for the start of flu season. The kit provides results within 15 seconds and works with an app to divulge whether the user has COVID-19 or normal flu.

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The home test kit, developed by University of the Western Cape (UWC) alumnus Ashley Uys and his team, is also the first home-grown Covid-19 test to be approved by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra). Image: Supplied

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