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#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Authorities push to crack down on Eskom crime

Vladimir Putin will skip the BRICS summit next month, an explosion has rocked the Johannesburg CBD, and much more...

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

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Eskom canceled coal-supply agreements and construction contracts valued at R11-billion as the South African authorities crack down on crime at the power utility.

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Eskom to post record R21.2 billion loss for the last year.
Eskom to post record R21.2 billion loss for the last year. Image: William Horne

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Vladimir Putin will skip the BRICS summit next month, ending a headache for Cyril Ramaphosa who faced a legal obligation to arrest him on an International Criminal Court indictment.

Read more: Putin won’t travel to SA for BRICS summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend a signing ceremony on the sidelines of the BRICS summit .
Image: Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin

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Las Vegas Police executed a search warrant in connection with the ongoing investigation into the murder of musician Tupac Shakur in 1996.

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Europe is facing a severe heatwave, with temperature records shattered by a 60'C reading, indicating the grip of extreme heat and wildfires on southern Europe.

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5. 

Multiple people were injured following a suspected gas line explosion in the Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday night.

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