Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Loadshedding Stage 2 until Wed (hopefully)
It was announced on Monday afternoon...
Monday in the bag; now you've got to take on Tuesday.
Here are the stories you should at least know as you start the day.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has put Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia on high alert after a wild poliovirus case was detected in Malawi.
The WHO said additional vaccinations for children under the age of five in Malawi and neighbouring countries would be administered shortly.
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2.
Michael Schumacher's Ferrari F300 from the 1998 championship has been put up for sale for the princely sum of $4.9-million (R70-million) via exotic car sales house duPont Registry.
DuPont Registry has listed Schumi's '98 Ferrari F300, the VERY car that was raced by the motoring legend himself at the 98' Luxemburg GP and 98' Japanese GP. It would surely look good in your garage, or maybe your living room, as long as you're able to part with $4.9M (Rs 37.3cr) pic.twitter.com/ebiclTLwH9
— PowerDrift (@PowerDrift) March 4, 2022
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3.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has explained SA's decision to abstain from voting on last week’s UN resolution on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
He says SA has placed itself on the wrong side of history. Yet SA is firmly on the side of peace at a time when another war is something the world does not need, nor can it afford.
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Thai police said cricket superstar Shane Warne died of natural causes. His family lamented a "tragedy we will never come to terms with".
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Eskom has announced Stage 2 load shedding from Monday afternoon at 5pm after Unit 3 broke down at the Medupi power station.
They shared on Twitter: "This requires Stage 2 loadshedding to be implemented continuously starting at 17:00 this afternoon until 05:00 on Wednesday."
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