--- title: "While you were sleeping: 11 March 2016" description: "North Korea talks nukes some more, Australia gets tough on bikers, and Man United performance \"shambolic\"." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "Newsdeck" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-11-while-you-were-sleeping-11-march-2016/" published: "2016-03-11T05:58:18" updated: "2016-03-11T06:01:55" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 660 --- # While you were sleeping: 11 March 2016 > North Korea talks nukes some more, Australia gets tough on bikers, and Man United performance "shambolic". By John Stupart · Published 11 March 2016, 07:58 SAST · Updated 11 March 2016, 08:01 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"I think Islam hates us."* – **Orange Menace** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/bdd9d241-db03-47a7-8de5-1ff65619984f.jpg) \\| \\| --- \\| \\| [Motlanthe’s throwdown: ANC could end up a “dead organisation”](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-11-motlanthes-throwdown-anc-could-end-up-a-dead-organisation/) South Africa is so desperate for strong political leadership that some people are looking to the former presidents for guidance and perhaps even a return to active politics. Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe both left the political stage before their time was up. Both of them understand the workings of the ANC intimately and also know how complex it is to lead the government machinery. And both Mbeki and Motlanthe know their successor very well and were defeated by him. While Mbeki is busy revising his legacy, Motlanthe delivered some hard truths this week about the state of the ANC. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY. \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **North Korea orders more nuke tests** Dear Leader Kim Jong-un has instructed his officials to conduct more nuclear tests. Thursday's launch of two short-range ballistic missiles appeared to have stirred Uncle Kim's loins for upping the nuclear rhetoric. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-11-north-korean-leader-orders-further-nuclear-tests) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **UN to send peacekeepers home for atrocities** United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the intention to send home any peacekeepers found guilty of repeated sexual abuse crimes while on deployment. The UN made this decision on Thursday, which triggered strong opposition from Egypt and Russia. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-10-opposition-to-sending-home-un-peacekeepers-over-sex-abuse) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Australia declares war on bikers** Foreigners who have been part of biker gangs responsible for a host of illegal activities beware. The Australian government has shredded the visas of 81 known members of biker gangs. Twenty-seven of them have already been deported, with the remainder in some form of custody or other. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-11-australia-declares-war-on-biker-gangs-tears-up-visas) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Van Gaal admits Man United "blown away"** Manchester United's manager has conceded that a constant press by Arsenal utterly disrupted their game, leading to a convincing 2-0 defeat at Anfield. The Europa League ending received its most scathing review from former player, Paul Scholes, who labelled Man United's performance "shambolic". [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-11-football-van-gaal-admits-man-utd-blown-away-by-liverpool) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **9** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The number of cases argued before the Supreme Court by Ted Cruz. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Today is Moshoeshoe Day in Lesotho.**It honours the day the country's founder died in 1870. **Fact of the day: Norway will be the first country to abandon FM radio entirely.**In 2017 it will adopt Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB). 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