#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnow: Janusz Walus has been placed on parole and released from hospital
Eskom implemented Stage 6 loadshedding, Ukrainian President dubbed 'Person of the Year' for 2022, and much more.
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Here are five things you need to know as you wake up this Thursday...
1.
Chris Hani's killer Janusz Walus has officially been placed on parole and was released from hospital on Wednesday after the stabbing a week ago. He has been granted South African citizenship to complete his parole period. What will he do?
Read more: Janusz Walus placed on parole
2.
Eskom implemented Stage 6 loadshedding from midday on Wednesday. EskomSePush and PowerAlert.co.za has calculated South Africa has endured over 3,214 hours or 144 days of loadshedding in 2022 alone.
Read more: Eskom ramps load shedding up to stage 6
3.
Yes, stage 6 is bad and the economy pays the price, but to put it in perspective: Zimbabweans are being subjected to 19 hours of power cuts a day at the moment, because there is insufficient water in the Kariba Dam to drive the nation’s main hydropower plant.
4.
Two employees at a glass manufacturer were sacked after testing positive for cannabis and took their case to the labour court. They said the Constitutional Court had ruled dagga was a herb, not a drug, but the judge said this was untrue. Much like you can't go to work drunk, you also can't go to work high, unless you work on a Marijuana farm.
Read more: Efforts underway to root out aquatic weeds at Inanda Dam
5.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was named 'Person of the Year' for 2022 by Time magazine.
Read more: Zelensky tells G20 'now is the time' to end Russia's war
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