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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Asiana Airlines stops emergency exit seat sales

Updated | By Breakfast with Darren Maule / Lilitha Bodlani

US Securities and Exchange Commission fine consultancy Gartner $2.44-million, Evan Robinson creates the world's first open-source DIY smartphone, and much more...

Asiana Airlines to stop selling seats near emergency exit on Airbus A321s.
siana Airlines will no longer sell tickets for certain emergency exit seats of its Airbus A321-200 aircraft. Image: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto

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Listen here to Darren Maule's Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up:

Good morning, KZN. 

Here are five things you need to know as you wake up this Tuesday morning... 

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1. 

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined consultancy Gartner $2.44-million (R50-million) for its role in State Capture linked to the SA Revenue Service (SARS). 

Read more: SARS: Ramaphosa, Phala Phala tax compliant

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined consultancy Gartner $2.44 million (R50 million) for its role in state capture linked to the SA Revenue Service (SARS).
US fines consultancy Gartner R50 million for role in state capture at SARS. Image: Fani Mahuntsi

2. 

Asiana Airlines will no longer sell tickets for certain emergency exit seats of its Airbus A321-200 aircraft following a recent incident in which a man opened a door during a flight.

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3. 

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that nations who are willing “to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus” will be given nuclear weapons

Read more: UN issues hunger alert for Haiti, Sahel and Sudan

Lukashenko offers nuclear weapons to nations willing ‘to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus’.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed that nations who are willing “to join the Union State of Russia and Belarus”. Image: Stringer

4.

The N2 bi-directional between Spaghetti Interchange and M7 Interchange (Edwin Swales) southbound is closed, while northbound only the left lane is open. Expect heavy delays.

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https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/wc-man-shot-durban-e-hailing-cab/

Highways help to create more areas to travel in especially big cities and towns
Highways help to create more areas to travel in especially big cities and towns. Image/ Unsplash

5.

Capetonian Evan Robinson has created the world's first open-source, DIY smartphone that anyone can build from off-the-shelf components. It's as big as 12 iPhones.

Read more: Taking your phone to the toilet could lead to contamination

Cape Town-based innovator Evan Robinson claims he has developed the world’s first open source, do-it-yourself (DIY) smartphone that anyone can build from off-the-shelf components.
Local innovator develops DIY open source smartphone. Image: Admire Moyo/ IT Web

Bonus:

South African actor Thuso Mbedu was announced as the L'Oréal Paris brand ambassador and spokesperson for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Read more: Thuso Mbedu becomes L'Oréal Paris brand ambassador

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South African actress Thuso Mbedu / Instagram (@thuso.mbedu)

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