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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Phoenix residents stand together to deliver their message to eThekwini Municipality

Updated | By Darren, Keri and Sky

Dane van Niekerk has been left out of South Africa's squad for the Women's T20 World Cup, Mining company lost a piece of radioactive equipment in Australia and much more. 

Phoenix residents hold candlelit protest to shine light on service delivery woes.
Candlelight Peace Protest in Phoenix took place on Sunday. The aim was to peacefully express their concerns to government with water, electricity and other social ills within the community. Image: IOL/ Supplied

Good Mauling, KZN!

Here are five things you need to know as you wake up this Wednesday morning...

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Too late now, but the department of mineral resources and energy announced a 28c/l increase on the retail prices of 93 and 95 grades at midnight on Tuesday, January 31.

Read more: Diesel price drops, petrol price up ahead of festive season

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Phoenix residents held a candlelit peace protest to deliver their message to the eThekwini Municipality in an attempt to address the national issue of water and electricity outages.

Read more: DA to protest water, electricity outages in Phoenix

Phoenix residents hold candlelit protest to shine light on service delivery woes.
Candlelight Peace Protest in Phoenix took place on Sunday. The aim was to peacefully express their concerns to government with water, electricity and other social ills within the community. Image: IOL/ Supplied

3. 

Dane van Niekerk has been left out of South Africa's squad for the Women's T20 World Cup after failing "to meet the minimum criteria for fitness".CSA said Van Niekerk, 29, did not achieve the required time for a two-kilometre run. She ran a PB 9min 48sec for 2km and failed CSA’s “fitness test” that says she had to go 9:30.

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Van Niekerk did not meet CSA's fitness requirements as she has been recovering from a broken ankle.
Van Niekerk did not meet CSA's fitness requirements as she has been recovering from a broken ankle. Image: Firdose Moonda

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Elvis' ex wife Priscilla Presley filed a legal challenge over the "validity and authenticity" of her daughter Lisa Marie's will that removed her and former business manager, Barry Siegel, as co-trustees of the estate

Read more: Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, dead at 54

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A mining company lost a piece of radioactive equipment in Australia that prompted a public health scare and has authorities combing a 1 400 KM long road to retrieve it. It's about the size of a jelly bean and could kill thousands.

Read more: Search underway for illegal mining operators in KZN

Australia mining company sorry for losing radioactive device.
A mining corporation apologized for losing a highly radioactive capsule over a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) stretch of Western Australia. Image: The Associated Press

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