ECR's Top 5: DKS stories you missed out on this week
Updated | By Darren, Keri and Sky
With Spring starting this weekend, here's some impactful stories you might have missed out on this week.
We've picked out the top five stories from this week on Breakfast.
Read more: ECR's Top 5: DKS stories you missed out on in the last week of August
1.
Politics in South Africa is very much like a game of chess. You need to know how to counter your opponent's move and also know what they could be possibly doing.
Read more: Current state of SA addressed as Adriaan Basson chats with DKS
So the Breakfast team managed to find the one person who can shed light on this as well as inform us about a summit on Thursday, 1 September.
News24 editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson sat down with the team and spilled all the tea that's going on in SA.
2.
During the week, DKS spoke to Mark Leather again as there were new developments in the Alexandra Morozova case.
LISTEN: Mark Leathers chats to DKS about his client Alexandra Morozova
On Monday, Darren, Keri, and Sky started the debate about Russian athlete Alexandra Morozova's participation at the Comrades Marathon on Sunday.
Was it right for her to compete in the race, knowing full well that she is Russian?
3.
In what can only be described as violent scenes, political party Congress of the People (COPE) had a disaster of a week.
A clip has gone viral of a couple of members in the party coming to blows during a media briefing on Wednesday.
WATCH: Fists of fury occurs at COPE media briefing
Have a look at the video that was taken by Newzroom Afrika.
WARNING: The video below contains scenes of violence
[BREAKING NEWS] COPE members physically attack each other during their media briefing.
— Newzroom Afrika (@Newzroom405) August 31, 2022
Tune into #Newzroom405 for more details. pic.twitter.com/5ZfRYu4nXS
4.
Jenna Challenor is a long-distance runner from Durban. She finished in 4th place at this year's Comrades Marathon.
Her video went viral even before she crossed the finish line.
LISTEN: Jenna Challenor goes viral for finishing Comrades by crawling
So Darren, Keri, and Sky got her in studio and this is how the interview went:
5.
Darren, Keri, and Sky wanted to address the elephant in the room regarding Alexandra Morozova.
Was it right for her to compete in the race, knowing full well that she is Russian?
Read more: Was it right to give Alexandra Morozova the green light to compete at Comrades?
Listen to the conversation DKS had about the controversial Comrades moment:
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