#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Umlaas Road set to be closed for 3 months
The latest data released by the Central Energy Fund, Elon Musk has laid off more than 6,000 people at Twitter since taking over and much more.
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Here are five things you need to know as you wake up on Thursday morning...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised heads will roll over the escape of convicted killer and rapist Thabo Bester from a prison in Mangaung, with three people arrested so far.
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The latest data released by the Central Energy Fund on April 12 predicts more pain at the pumps in May - with a significant petrol price hike looking likely.
Read more: Fuel prices set to drop in April
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Elon Musk has laid off more than 6,000 people at Twitter since taking over the social media company - that constitutes some 80% of staff!
Read more: 'Someone else' could be running Twitter this year, says Musk
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The northbound off-ramp of the Umlaas Road (Umbumbulu) interchange will be closed for three months from April 14.
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A stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game has been discovered at the famed Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula
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