#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Jerry Springer has passed away
Mattel unveiled a new Barbie doll this week, Avian influenza has been detected on two commercial poultry farms in the Western Cape, and much more.
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Here are five things you need to know as you wake up on Fri-Yay...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa made a promise at a Freedom Day celebration speech that new power generation will enable the country to get out of loadshedding.
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Mattel unveiled a new Barbie doll this week representing a person with Down syndrome, as it seeks to allow more children to see themselves in the popular figure.
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Avian influenza has been detected on two commercial poultry farms in the Western Cape. Approximately 120,000 birds have died or have been destroyed.
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Longtime US talk show host Jerry Springer, whose show became a symbol of low-brow television with its on-air fights, swearing, and infidelity revelations, has died at the age of 79, US media reported Thursday.
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Pelé, the nickname of the late football legend, has officially entered the dictionary as a synonym for ‘unique’.
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