Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: DBN councillor apologises for using the f-word
This was a response to a resident's plea for help during the floods.
Don't get it wrong at at all, it is not a Tuesday.
As you get Wednesday started, here is what you need to know...
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Charlize Theron has pledged to help those affected by the ongoing devastation due to severe floods in KwaZulu-Natal.
To bring immediate support & resources to those in the region, CTAOP created an easy way for everyone to give. 100% of these funds will go directly to this effort – Please help by GIVING what you can, or SHARING this fundraiser to spread the word: https://t.co/GZgvyVa7DI
— Charlize Theron (@CharlizeAfrica) April 18, 2022
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South Africans should brace themselves for further blackouts as power utility Eskom announces it will be implementing Stage 4 load shedding. As far as we know, eThekweni municipality is exempt from loadshedding for the moment.
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Pro-democracy groups led by South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have given Eswatini's King Mswati III a year to abdicate.
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As the French Election continues to be too close to call, Emmanuel Macron has released a series of informal photographs in a bid to garner support from younger voters by posing with his substantially hairy chest exposed.
Emmanuel Macron's hairy chest.
— Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (@HRHCatherine) April 18, 2022
That's it. That's the tweet. pic.twitter.com/FMg0K05tdl
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Messages between Ward 25 councilor Themba Mkhize and a Springtown resident, a woman, asking for help circulated in community groups after he used an expletive in his reply.
In the screenshot, you can see the message asking for assistance, followed by a message saying, "Do not read my message or reply. Many families under your ward lost their homes and lives and you are not doing a thing," to which he replied with the f-word.
@PresidencyZA @News24 @PresidencyZA @SABCNews @Devi_HQ @ANCKZN The image below was sent to me by a concerned Durban citizen, This is the ward councilor Themba Mkhize from the ANC. His response left us speechless! What will the ANC do about this?! pic.twitter.com/CO11IY7NS3
— Raeesa Joosab (@m_raeesa) April 17, 2022
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He has since made an apology for this text.
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