--- title: "While you were sleeping: 16 March 2016" description: "Clinton & Trump win big on Tuesday, Chicken born with dinosaur feet, and Williams to quarter-finals at Indian Wells." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "South Africa" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-16-while-you-were-sleeping-16-march-2016/" published: "2016-03-16T06:19:05" updated: "2016-03-16T06:24:40" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 1032 --- # While you were sleeping: 16 March 2016 > Clinton & Trump win big on Tuesday, Chicken born with dinosaur feet, and Williams to quarter-finals at Indian Wells. By John Stupart · Published 16 March 2016, 08:19 SAST · Updated 16 March 2016, 08:24 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."* –**Martin Luther King Jr.** --- \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/be64a756-c818-4ab1-843a-3170f2556f4e.jpg) \\| \\| --- \\| \\| [State Capture: Hawks up the Gordhan ante while multiple allegations around Guptas remain untested](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-15-state-capture-hawks-up-the-gordhan-ante-while-multiple-allegations-around-guptas-remain-untested/#.VujNPvl95hE) In another country, as allegations of state capture and corruption by one influential family continue to mount, it would seem apt that its Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) moved swiftly to investigate such serious claims and direct threats to a sovereign democratic state. In South Africa however, the Hawks, as the DPCI is known, have decided that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is a more worthy public target. It appears that we have lost all pretence and fallen down the rabbit hole. By MARIANNE THAMM. \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Trump and Clinton big winners in Florida** The United States presidential election looks set for an orange vs blonde affair. Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton captured Florida in their respective campaigns last night. In doing so, Trump's lead resulted in Marco Rubio's exit from the Republican ball pit. Trump does not, however, appear to have enough votes to secure the Republican nomination outright. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-16-big-primary-wins-propel-trump-clinton-towards-november-clash) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Go grandmaster defeated by the machines** Go champion Lee Sedol has been defeated in his final match against Google-powered artificial intelligence. AlphaGo has triumphed over Sedol in the fifth and final match. Sedol noted that he would not be eager to repeat the experience. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-16-56e8c9194dfc3) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Sony to release VR headset in October** PlayStation VR headsets will retail in October for $399. At this price, Sony has effectively slashed the entry price for VR headsets by half when compared to Rift. Oculus, at $599, does not look so great from a price perspective either. Regardless, the future, it seems, is virtual reality. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-16-playstation-virtual-reality-gear-to-launch-in-october) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Chicken hatched with dinosaur feet** Scientists in Chile have manipulated a chicken embryo to prove an evolutionary link. When intentionally stunted, genetically-speaking, the legs of a chicken appear to revert to its genetic ancestor, a Theropoda dinosaur. Although a humble start, expect a theme park island by the close of the century. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-16-scientists-develop-chick-with-dinosaur-feet-study) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Serena Williams to quarter-finals** Serena Williams defeated 70th ranked Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2, 6-2 at Indian Wells. Advancing with ease, Williams will now face Simona Halep. This is Williams' second time appearing in the California desert tournament since she ended a boycott of the event. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **1777** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The year in which the last attempt to ban coffee happened. Frederick the Great declared that beer was superior to coffee and that the latter's consumption was causing a downturn on the former. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Today in 2014 saw Crimea vote in a referendum to secede from Ukraine.** **Fact of the day: Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear bomb in the world, created seismic shocks on its third passage across the earth.** Ride along. By murder rate, Cape Town is the ninth most dangerous city in the world. One of the leading drivers of this violence is the gangs that terrorise the Cape Flats and surrounds. [In the pilot episode of this new web series](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-14-while-you-were-sleeping-14-march-2016#.VuY6Tfl95hF), Chronicle's Shaun Swingler takes you behind the scenes into the operations of the Cape Town Metro Police Gang and Drug Task Team, to show what it's like to battle gangsterism, crime and drug abuse in one of the most notoriously violent places on earth. --- \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather & Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 18° max: 25°, rainy CPT: min: 15° max: 27°, cloudy DBN: min: 15° max: 31°, rainy EL: min: 18° max: 26°, cloudy JHB: min: 15° max: 28°, sunny KIM: min: 20° max: 29°, rainy NLP: min: 18° max: 31°, cloudy PMB: min: 14° max: 29°, rainy PKN: min: 16° max: 29°, rainy PE: min: 19° max: 24°, cloudy PTA: min: 17° max: 28°, rainy \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$38.42 Gold=$1,230.14 Platinum=$957.80 R/$=15.95 R/€=17.71 R/£=22.54 $/€=1.11 JSE All Share=52,253.79 DJIA=17,194.03 FTSE 100=6,139.16 : [Source](http://emma.thewww.dailymaverick.co.za/servlet/link/3890/618590/129788333/3233800) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **FEATURES**\\\| ![Photo of Pravin Gordhan by Greg Nicolson.](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Y4tIYTzLcZO98Iq8KoTVJugdkZJcDo46rtisGBvbapN8rSDpB663RII7vnkxj6prm3Zfry5Tzrf58q2FJIHN4RIv3Kw_5JJPqdpKULKZqcXsKHViVbUjp0XyJXRATXIN8Hy2tVN-jBmXX-75KzDvG6WJ0xU=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70marianne-hawks-up-the-ante.jpg) \\\| [State Capture: Hawks up the Gordhan ante while multiple allegations around Guptas remain untested](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-15-state-capture-hawks-up-the-gordhan-ante-while-multiple-allegations-around-guptas-remain-untested/) By Marianne Thamm \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Photo: Atul Gupta, President Jacob Zuma (Sapa)](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/QvVmyJPlnb2jyJyHPNK4RvTAhEqx6QAB66M67IH2aEDEXj28gj9mA6a9i_AOxLuCQaPlDWxj5zT0U8vX3DT-ceZxCWpwj-rzONr_cR3AVVSNUqvyf9WdOuwCrlh9wetUavhO4fW09I8NSbNbo5MN=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70editorial-zuma-guptas.jpg) \\\| [Editorial: An Act of Wilful Sabotage, Part Two](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-03-16-editorial-an-act-of-wilful-sabotage-part-two/) By Daily Maverick \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/c6R86uaP7Fd0K3pbdWyCftR70hoMtkV0w8P4z8hjB0cQlhFDYPtihx3hZfXtsobJ-hNryJllLTzUBVPKQQUq1Wj-CLjsO0YSOdQ9UnwkywdWxLBQtEhBBj4FQEapRZPpDCNptqwGkJJo4f-n6V0=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Poplak-state-bashing.jpg)after receiving victory greetings at the Defence Ministry, in Khartoum April 20, 2012. 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