#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Ramaphosa addresses nation regarding state capture
Springbok wing Sbu Nkosi reportedly sent home early from the Bulls’ overseas tour, Eskom planning a whole week of power cuts, and much more.
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What a weekend we had after Every Caller Wins on Friday! Here's five things you need to know as you wake up from a good weekend:
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Chinese President Xi Jinping created history by becoming the first leader of the ruling Communist Party after party founder Mao Zedong to be re-elected for an unprecedented third term in power with the prospect of ruling China for life.
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Eskom is planning a whole week of power cuts to help build up its emergency generation reserves. Loadshedding will take place every day of the week. From Monday to Thursday, Eskom is planning stage 3 and stage 4 cuts. If all goes to plan, it will be able to implement stage 2 cuts on Friday afternoon.
Read more: Eskom ramps up power cuts to stage 4
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Springbok wing Sbu Nkosi was reportedly sent home early from the Bulls’ overseas tour for breaking team protocols. According to Sunday newspaper Rapport, Nkosi was told by Jake White to return to SA after the 16-Test-capped speedster missed a team meeting in Ireland on Wednesday, 12 October. Nkosi reportedly was late in rejoining the team, having had permission to visit a friend the day before.
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Vogue and Anna Wintour sever ties with Kanye West after his antisemitic rant. Vogue and Wintour have no intention of working with Kanye again after he ranted about Jewish people in a tweet on October 9. The tweet was removed by the social media platform for violating its guidelines and Twitter later confirmed to Buzzfeed News that he'd been banned from the platform. Earlier this month, Adidas announced it was reviewing its relationship with Ye.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on Sunday after submitting to Parliament the government's response to the Zondo Commission's findings. He said that, through the implementation of the state capture report, South Africa was in a new chapter of fighting corruption. Ramaphosa said some 1,044 entities were likely involved in state capture. He said the government would apply all the commission's recommendations on the country's beleaguered intelligence sectors.
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