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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: All hail the new King of England

Updated | By Breakfast with Darren Maule / Lilitha Bodlani

All hospitals, clinics, schools, and police stations to be spared from loadshedding, five trucks collided in yet another crash on the N3 southbound in Hilton, and much more.

King Charles and Queen Camilla crowned in historic ceremony.
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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 Monday morning... 

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1. 

The government will likely appeal a ruling by the North Gauteng High Court that all hospitals, clinics, schools, and police stations be spared from electricity disruptions.

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Schools, hospitals and police stations must not be affected by load shedding.
In a shock verdict, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that all hospitals, clinics, schools and police stations should be spared from electricity disruptions. Image: Ashraf Hendricks

2. 

Family and friends of Katlego Bereng, whose body was used as a decoy in convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester's prison break, gathered in Bloemfontein for his funeral on Sunday.  

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Katlego Bereng — whose body was used as Thabo Bester decoy — is laid to rest in Bloemfontein
Earlier this week, residents of Hamilton in Bloemfontein came out in numbers to a memorial service held in honor of the life of Katlego Bereng. Image: Thapelo Morebudi

3. 

Five trucks collided in yet another crash on the N3 southbound in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, leaving one injured.

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Five trucks collided in yet another crash on the N3 southbound in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal, leaving one injured.
Yet another truck accident on the N3 near Town Hill Image: Supplied

4. 

Chaos ensued before a rugby league match between the Catalans Dragons and St Helens on Friday when a bull escaped from a pre-match parade and rampaged around the field.

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5. 

King Charles III was anointed and crowned on Saturday in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years

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Bonus

Amapiano producer and club DJ, the famous DJ Maphorisa, was arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend Thuli Phongolo on Sunday.

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Make sure to catch Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up, Monday to Friday at 06:20.

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