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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Pakistan's former prime minister arrested

DJ Maphorisa has been released on R4,000 bail, Lionel Messi's two-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain is set to come to an end, and much more...

Pakistan former Prime Minister Imran Khan arrested.
A screen grab from a video statement by former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan filmed in an unknown location in Pakistan and released on social media on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Image: Imran Khan /Twitter

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Good morning, KZN. 

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

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1. 

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested at the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday, in a dramatic move that threatens to spark nationwide protests.

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2. 

Amapiano DJ and producer DJ Maphorisa has been released on R4,000 bail as the assault case against him was postponed in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.

Read more: DJ Maphorisa released on R4,000 bail after alleged assault

DJ Maphorisa
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3. 

Tom Hanks has written his first novel as a "release from the never-ending pressure" of making movies.

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4. 

Lionel Messi's uninspiring two-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain is set to come to an end with a move to join Cristiano Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia rumoured to be on the cards.

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5. 

A US jury of his peers has found Donald J Trump guilty of sexually abusing magazine writer E Jean Carroll. Trump is now a registered sex offender.

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Bonus

The IFP-led Alfred Duma (Ladysmith) Local Municipality says it is working around the clock to repair a power station that mysteriously caught fire on Sunday night, plunging the entire town and its industrial area into darkness.

Read more: Stage 6 blackouts ‘until further notice'

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