#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnowAsYouWakeUp: Taxi driver caught on camera
Sirens ring out as nuclear-armed North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan, Wedding bells as Springbok No.9 gets married and much more.
Greetings to you all and happy Hump-day.
As we halfway into the first week of October, here are five things you need to know before you wake up:
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1.
You are waking up to the decreased price of 95 Unleaded petrol of R1.02 per litre, while 93 Unleaded is down by 89 cents. The price of 500ppm diesel, on the other hand, is up by 10 cents per litre
Read more: SA sees another petrol price drop, diesel goes up
A video that has recently emerged showing a taxi driver trying to run over a Durban metro police officer.
— Vehicle Trackers (@VehicleTrackerz) October 3, 2022
The driver keeps driving forward slowly, pushing the officer, who appears to be writing a ticket.
Eventually the officer moves out of the way & waves for the driver to go on. pic.twitter.com/DFTLrW7wYJ
2.
The taxi driver caught on video deliberately bumping a traffic warden in Durban on Monday has been brought up on five charges including attempted murder.
Read more: Taxi driver killed in single-vehicle crash in Durban
3.
Sirens ring out as nuclear-armed North Korea fires a ballistic missile over Japan. It is the first time in five years that the secretive state has launched a projectile over Japan, sparking condemnation from Tokyo.
4.
Springbok scrum-half Faf de Klerk finally said I-do to his long-time girlfriend Miné van Niekerk at La Paris Estate in Franschhoek on Saturday 1 October.
Read more: The Faf de Klerk and Nic White moustache slap is taking over South Africa!
5.
The winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature is due to be announced on Thursday, 6 October, and bookies are calculating the odds for each potential laureate. South African novelist and short story writer Ivan Vladislavic were given 25-1 odds to win the prize
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Image Credit: Image: Twitter/ Vehicle Trackers