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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: National Assembly passes NHI Bill

Talks over South Africa hosting a Formula 1 race paused, not terminated, Ecuadoran woman wakes up inside coffin at her own wake, and much more.

President Cyril Ramaphosa at the National Assembly, sitting in the Good Hope Chamber March 2022
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Good morning, KZN. 

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

Read more: #FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Clive Barker to have provincial funeral

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The National Assembly has approved the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, taking the ANC-led government one step closer to its plans for achieving universal health coverage.

Read more: Ramaphosa signs Electoral Amendment Bill into law

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Motorsport South Africa chairperson Anton Roux said that talks over South Africa hosting a Formula 1 race is paused, not terminated. This is because of our stance with Russia.

Read more: Brad Binder ready to muscle in on Ducati's Mugello stranglehold

Motorsport SA chief provides HOPE for rumoured F1 comeback.
Motorsport SA chief provides HOPE for rumoured F1 comeback. Image: Motorsport SA (MSA) / Twitter screenshot

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A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador astonished her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake, prompting a government investigation into the hospital.

Read more: Ecuadoran woman wakes up inside coffin at her own wake

4. 

The ninth accused in the Thabo Bester Escape appeared in the Bloemfontein High Court on Tuesday. He is accused of having assisted Dr Nandipha Magudumana in obtaining a decoy corpse from a mortuary.  

Read more: Thabo Bester escape: 4 of 5 former G4S employees denied bail

Thabo Bester in court
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5. 

Sir Paul McCartney revealed there’s a “new” Beatles tune coming, thanks to AI technology.

Read more: Rolling Stones working on new project with Paul McCartney

https://www.ecr.co.za/east-coast-gold/report-rolling-stones-working-new-project-paul-mccartney/

Bonus: 

US prosecutors who indicted Donald Trump used his own words - and notes jotted down by his lawyers - to build the historic case against him.

Read more: Trump faces biggest legal threat as documents case opens in court

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