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‘Hefty’ fuel hike, Big space rock, Leopard population ‘crashing’: Your Wednesday Briefing
What you need to know about today.
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Good afternoon.
Here’s what you need to know:
Local or breaking news
• Valskermspringer land op Graceland se gholfbaan
• Leechelle se operasie ’n groot sukses
National news
• ‘Hefty’ fuel hike just the beginning of tough times for consumers
• New study shows elephant numbers down by 75%
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• WATCH: Residents help themselves to goods from overturned truck
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• Key leopard population ‘crashing’, study warns
• Limpopo man found ‘sucking blood’ from victim
International news
• Big space rock to streak past Earth on Wednesday
An asteroid stretching 650 metres (2,000 feet) across is on track to whoosh past Earth on Wednesday at a safe — but uncomfortably close — distance, according to astronomers.
• French ‘human hen’ artist hatches first chick
A French artist who has spent three weeks sitting on 10 eggs hatched his first chick Tuesday.
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