Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: Nomusa Dube-Ncube set to become premier of KZN
Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has made a return to rugby, Australian airline Qantas has asked senior executives for help and much more.
Happy Woman's day
As we celebrate woman on Tuesday, here are five things you need to know before you wake up:
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Nomusa Dube-Ncube was set to become the next premier of KwaZulu-Natal after the ANC's national leaders chose her as their preferred candidate for the position. She said 'will not disappoint the people of KZN'
Read more: Nomusa Dube-Ncube chosen as ANC’s candidate for KZN premier
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Tributes have been paid from around the world to Olivia Newton-John, who has died from cancer aged 73. The British-born Australian singer and actress was best known for playing Sandy in Grease, one of the most successful film musicals ever made.
Read more: Olivia Newton-John’s songs of healing
Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts and won countless hearts as everyone’s favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of “Grease,” has died. She was 73 https://t.co/XXgcTmYLN7 pic.twitter.com/VgX2pBz5yb
— TIME (@TIME) August 9, 2022
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Former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has made a return to rugby in South Africa and will coach the national deaf sevens team. De Villiers, who coached the Springboks between 2008 and 2011, will take the coaching reins with immediate effect.
Read more: Red-carded Springbok Arendse banned for four matches
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The founder of a pimple-popping YouTube channel said she lost an income stream worth nearly six figures a month when the site said her content was "too graphic" to make money.
Read more: Conjoined twins separated with help of virtual reality in Brazil
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Australian airline Qantas has asked its senior executives to help out as airport baggage handlers as it struggles to manage a staff shortage. The airline has called on at least 100 senior staff to join its outsourced ground handling teams at Sydney and Melbourne airports for three months.
Read more: Ryanair drops Afrikaans test after backlash from South Africans
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