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While you were sleeping: 04 May 2016

While you were sleeping: 04 May 2016
By John Stupart
04 May 2016
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Trump triumphs in Indiana, Navy SEAL killed in Syria, and Atletico Madrid to Champion's League final.

“Oh! It makes me mad to think what great issues lie in the hands of a few stupid and obstinate men!”

– Emily Hobhouse, in a letter to Jan Smuts

 

Story of the Day

Stalingrad Strategy: A few moves and pawns still remain on Zuma’s chess board 

Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba might have plowed through one of the flanks of President Jacob Zuma’s seven-year, massively costly legal bid to shrug off more than 783 charges of fraud, racketeering and corruption related to the Arms Deal, but a few obstacles still remain. Defending the last remaining ramparts of the Stalingrad Strategy the president has employed to delay last Friday’s judgment are his hand-picked doorkeepers, NPA head Shaun Abrahams and his Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Nomgcobo Jiba. By MARIANNE THAMM.
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While you were sleeping

Trump trumps Cruz

Donald Trump has become the presumptive winner of the Republican nomination following a highly successful Indiana primary. The Orange Menace’s only real contender, Ted Cruz, has since suspended his campaign. Up next: locusts and frogs. Read more
 

Navy SEAL killed in ISIL attack

A US Navy SEAL has been killed during an ISIL offensive just north of Mosul, Iraq. While aiding Peshmerga forces in defending a position, the Special Forces soldier was overrun by ISIL attackers. Read more
 

WhatsApp blockade ends in Brazil

The Facebook-owned messaging service was suspended for failing to reveal user data involved in the prosecution of a drug deal. WhatsApp argued that they had no technical means of assisting authorities in cracking the messenger. End to end encryption can generally be fickle like that. Read more
 

Atlético Madrid through to Champions League final

Despite losing to Bayern Munich 2-1 last night, a crucial lone goal by Antoine Griezmann edged them into the final. Winning on aggregate, Atlético will face either Manchester City or Real Madrid. That semi-final shall be decided tonight. Read more
 

In Numbers

28
The number of rockets launched by SpaceX up to May 2016. The organisation will launch another in just over a day’s time.

Facts of the Day

Today in 1953 Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer prize for his classic The Old Man and the Sea.

Fact of the day: Boeing used to use ferrets to carry wires through otherwise-inaccessible parts of its aircraft.

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Photo: President Jacob Zuma, NPA head Shaun Abrahams, NPA deputy head Nomgcobo Jiba. (Reuters, GCIS, EWN) Stalingrad Strategy: A few moves and pawns still remain on Zuma’s chess board 
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Photo by Shaun Swingler / Daily Maverick Chronicle. Ridealong: Into the heart of Cape Town’s gangland 
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Photo: International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane delivers her budget vote speech at the Old Assembly Hall in Parliament, Cape Town, 3 May 2016. (Photo: Dirco) Parliamentary diary: A handy platform for electioneering 
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All photos by Bheki C Simelane Bheki’s Ordinary People: On Julius Malema and the EFF 
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Photo: A photograph made available 19 April 2016 shows a woman using a cellphone in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 15 April 2016. EPA/LEGNAN KOULA ISS: Data key to unlocking Africa’s development prospects 
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Jorgo Riss, the director of Greenpeace EU, addresses a news conference to comment on the findings from analysis of the negotiating texts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), at the Résidence Palace in Brussels, Belgium, 02 May 2016. Greenpeace Netherlands has made these documents publically available to bring some much-needed transparency to the debate on the TTIP. Greenpeace has had its grave concerns for environment and public health confirmed, and has invited others with expertise in different areas to view the documents and analyse the impact of this trade deal, Greenpeace said. EPA/LAURENT DUBRULE While you were sleeping: 03 May 2016 
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