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title: "While you were sleeping: 15 April 2016"
description: "Clinton & Sanders lock horns in crucial debate, Guptas cash still good for Oakbay acquisition, and toddler-seeking shoes on show in Geneva."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "South Africa"
author: "John Stupart"
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published: "2016-04-15T05:50:54"
lang: "en-ZA"
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# While you were sleeping: 15 April 2016

> Clinton & Sanders lock horns in crucial debate, Guptas cash still good for Oakbay acquisition, and toddler-seeking shoes on show in Geneva.

By John Stupart · Published 15 April 2016, 07:50 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| *"In Nairobi people don’t riot. I don’t think it even occurs to them that the government should be providing services. They just look to the NGOs and the Western donors for that."*  – **Michela Wrong** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |
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| \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/70c55284-6090-49bb-89c0-2d40e4729963.jpg) \\| \\| --- \\| \\| [Hurricane Zuma brings dark cloud over ANC manifesto launch](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-15-hurricane-zuma-brings-dark-cloud-over-anc-manifesto-launch/)  Had this not been an election year, the conversation around President Jacob Zuma might have been markedly different within the ANC. Of course there would still be haranguing of those who challenge the party line and declarations of eternal loyalty from his devotees. The president’s stomping on the Constitution and allegations about his questionable relationship with the Gupta family are disastrous for the ANC’s image and election campaign. But the ANC has to beat down dissent and show some leg in Nelson Mandela Bay this weekend. But how long before the great deluge comes? By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.--- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Clinton and Sanders trade blows in New York debate** Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders traded verbal blows last night in a crucial pre-primary vote for both. For Clinton, winning a single state, despite her lead in the polls, would halt Sanders' seven-state winning streak. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-15-clinton-sanders-trade-blows-in-high-stakes-ny-debate) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Major quake hits Japan** A major earthquake has hit Japan's Southwestern Kyushu Island. The 6.5 magnitude quake killed nine and injured over 760. It is feared the death toll could rise as soldiers and rescue officials continue their search through the debris. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-15-strong-quake-in-southwestern-japan-kills-nine-topples-homes) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Gupta-owned Oakbay completes late transaction** Despite no bank wishing to do business with the company, Oakbay successfully completed a R2.1bn takeover of Optimum Coal Holdings. It was unclear how the transaction would take place, what with at least one bank refusing to meet with Oakbay at all. 'Money in a sock' may be a feasible option at this point. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Geneva inventions show amazes** The International Exhibition of Inventions, a technological convention highlighting some upcoming everyday life innovations, has amazed visitors. Shoes that can locate lost toddlers and a couch that can morph into a coitally-friendly shape are among some of the life-critical novelties on show. Sadly, a solution to end to world hunger was not exhibited. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-15-the-skys-the-limit-at-geneva-inventions-show) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **32** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The percentage of homebuyers in the United States who are Millennials. This is larger than any other such-defined generation. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Daily Maverick's Podcast \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **This week's audio blast: [Panama Papers: who creates tax havens](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=a76e51adcf&e=79d93694e7)** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Today in 1912 the Titanic sank.**Now,104 years later, you can [gain insight](http://time.com/money/4283738/titanic-most-expensive-ticket/)into what a first class ticket would have bought you.**Fact of the day: That chlorine smell you detect in the pool is not actually the smell of chlorine.**They are chloramines, which occur when chlorine reacts with human sweat, oil or urine.--- \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 15° max: 27°, cloudy CPT: min: 15° max: 23°, cloudy DBN: min: 21° max: 33°, cloudy EL: min: 21° max: 34°, cloudy JHB: min: 13° max: 28°, cloudy KIM: min: 17° max: 29°, cloudy NLP: min: 11° max: 29°, sunny PMB: min: 13° max: 31°, cloudy PKN: min: 12° max: 28°, sunny PE: min: 18° max: 26°, sunny PTA: min: 14° max: 28°, cloudy \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$44.38 Gold=$1,225.93 Platinum=$988.40 R/$=14.54 R/€=16.38 R/£=20.59 $/€=1.12 JSE All Share=52,848.00 DJIA=17,947.93 FTSE 100=6,365.10: [Source](http://emma.thewww.dailymaverick.co.za/servlet/link/3890/618590/129788333/3233800) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **FEATURES**\\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/y-cMSBV4VKLjVs0nKgXPHZbvnJVmwAKbFuEmFQlHvcNkfLBA12yIIWLngyRfU81JMM0jwk6lv2sjm33yP5VBE4j761V0e0R1ItotxZEQ2mHB5GCiSmRV_MfhpqOaPDHRVMRjpgEJQUIgbuM-d30mF2Sya7A=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Ranjeni-ANC-manifesto-Zuma.jpg)president, Jacob Zuma, to address them during the launch of the 2009 presidential election manifesto in East London, South Africa, 10 January 2009. The ruling ANC(African National Congress) are facing a challenge to their 14 year's of power from COPE, a break away from the ANC. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK" /> \\\| [Hurricane Zuma brings dark cloud over ANC manifesto launch](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-15-hurricane-zuma-brings-dark-cloud-over-anc-manifesto-launch/)  By Ranjeni Munusamy \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Photo: Dr Robert Gallo by Tulane Public Relations via Flickr](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/KvoBu_B939abfZ10DOjTvfsrhJwCsivdmlEz87W4gqVsLXGIBDwr8CgXkCm5WGws1YCODVidd95S8llzBLQu-tTjaQq7-jW7X_-Zy2MtzcY_8TVeLLkWxvlvI-mnELKlqPMRYYLC6M6mb87vXtUcC-AI=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Marelise-Dr-Gallo-subbed.jpg) \\\| [A) Meet Dr Gallo B) Stop talking about Thabo Mbeki](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-15-a-meet-dr-gallo-b-stop-talking-about-thabo-mbeki/)  By Marelise van der Merwe \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Qq-bb4NWIt6R7l9aBebKCoJcz2wTHNwaIumvEN8lwy4NsxazNPEFYnDZoLovhUKiAsIxk89ATebvTIfuOPRa4_CxT9inNTpdxizD4_drGwQTf3Posa1WTjFlLrYf3Wl1VcVC0tUvz_f-7plczt1huA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Merten-food-insecurity.jpg)Gotso on the outskirts of Bloemfontein, South Africa, 22 June 2009. 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Photo courtesy of SJC." /> \\\| [GroundUp Report: Police resource allocation is an apartheid remnant](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-14-groundup-report-police-resource-allocation-is-an-apartheid-remnant/)  By GroundUp \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/eiyRDVMVaVJ8EdFYYie9THpWxyui6LgAp-LwS3c22Ohakd_sm5aaaB_OoWJBKLBPtxq4PdFa5h1gZzRQnGiohqZB9g-uG1It7DKbxd9-pn9-Tjv6O9YTZPGJfNUw84uMIdrveYgJd7vsYRsTYi3D=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Simon-Allison-S-Sudan.jpg)opposition Sudan Liberation Riek Machar addresses journalists at a news conference held in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, 18 September 2015. Machar arrived in the capital earlier in the week to meet with President Omar Al-Bashir to duscyss issues relating to the implementation of the peace agreeement signed between Machar and President Salva Kiir of South Sudan EPA/STR" /> \\\| [South Sudan: A new dawn after years of wasted lives?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-14-south-sudan-a-new-dawn-after-years-of-wasted-lives/)  By Simon Allison \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ecDfa-Jp6hVTLzyk37LeEzCJqdFNoUGymWhVZfDkj8_zcTMdUjOGWPzxlYjI5Bl1szDHaOSTTNfqh0rOUxbFb_hx-7j-ayPATCUSjp6IT37qDAIwbWdcyLY0gTdGNSof3qeGJDvf89KIoBxPQGRd2g=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Godfrey-Zim-MAIN-PHOTO.jpg)fields in Buhera, south-eastern Zimbabwe, 17 March 2016. (Photos by Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)" /> \\\| [Zimbabwe’s Thirstlands: Where drought shrivels lives and crops](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-15-zimbabwes-thirstlands-where-drought-shrivels-lives-and-crops/)  By GODFREY MUTIZWA \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/GKk5nU82XPxjeoPF8JJGXgKh9GE2kDrK5_fq_FPHBHtMtS1Vg_8p3ws9LHyqttwEbKapvyM8W1bestuy9REXtYIIUK2QBDZNXbDyVo0LLCjEJiTZ3mvtc3c5dCA64L9uEP0poVPQaw=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Ant-meldomium.jpg)prior the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia, 16 January 2016. Maria Sharapova revealed that she failed a drug test being tested positive for Meldonium at the Australian Open at a press conference in Los Angeles, US, on 7 March 2016. The anti-ischemic drug Meldonium has been added to the latest list of forbidden susbtances issued by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA). EPA/FILIP SINGER" /> \\\| [Dopes in Sport: Anti-doping agency falters on meldonium testing](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-14-dopes-in-sport-anti-doping-agency-falters-on-meldonium-testing/)  By Antoinette Muller \\\| \\\| ![Photo by Simon Morris via Flickr.](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ipRNjH8ZdC6cddc_STnY7vg7wdpkdC0NisFCfhLHQ3w7JO635mKss-3xGzsbvxkVodixqEhAxxIE36nMIh56vqfvjnlSUPMdMI6s69nJsLKe--RNWUduRqostKA8hLjtY4Mw9pD1Mi7aFHaahi_6BDS8CjOpJg=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Yelland-ICASA-sanctions-SAPO.jpg) \\\| [ICASA sanctions SA Post Office following complaints by publishers](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-14-icasa-sanctions-sa-post-office-following-complaints-by-publishers/)  By Chris Yelland \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/aaXt3CuxMVwvKyX8ji3B58-47DI0Z9EJaXgu-nN9zSLnIaGJS7kpb8Rvr9XvsCRXvbHrQm3T9Z9R_3WrCvT_dHxMUigsgOAw4zJ7o1mi8i2rU9sIarR5I0NY0xPAs1ZaHkhGNyacgCIvj-o=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70ICG-Ecowas-subbed.jpg)Commander of the Nigerian Air Force and the leader of the operation for Mali holds a pre-flight briefing with pilots, during the take-off of the formation to Mali, in Abuja, Nigeria, 19 January 2013. Nigerian Air Force (NAF) in continuation of its forces deployment to Mali sent two Alpha Jets to strengthen the Ecowas intervention force battling extremist rebel forces in Mali’s northern flank. EPA/JOHNSON TONY" /> \\\| [ICG: Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (III), West Africa](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-14-icg-implementing-peace-and-security-architecture-iii-west-africa/)  By International Crisis Group \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/McouSKgfY2DSdo3nygtAY8g50tKZbZDjILd887OweDLdtk_-fRLf3jThN-5Xb3GJoqVyZFH4lS4-CBnURCulP4akopAauAEFzaIOUP6Y2YR7GJ3m4yMOlJHKJK0pbwCw57WE7gOOjm_bASxfEZiGHiVRoC5U4w=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70advocates-for-transformation.jpg)Secretary General Thandie Modise, Secretary General Gwede Mantashe, Chairperson Baleka Mbethe, President Jacob Zuma, pose for pictures during the third day of a leadership conference in Polokwane December 18, 2007. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko" /> \\\| ['Deliberately misinterpreting' ConCourt judgment is a criminal offence – Advocates for Transformation](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-14-deliberately-misinterpreting-concourt-judgment-is-a-criminal-offence-advocates-for-transformation/)  By News24 \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wrtyQpkScTilm_dMIJHpwuMDWzzdHPPRoFbTHxHCA9D2pQ3eQrMUBxMhYxsMeRUlacjjFZXTX5_fJRIVp8ewdfCC8xMybPpZJk5MoHaYXci2PWpgqba_GMbni2dl7EGPqA7c=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70000_9M588.jpg)at Panama city on April 13, 2016. Police on Tuesday raided the headquarters of the Panamanian law firm whose leaked Panama Papers revealed how the world's wealthy and powerful used offshore companies to stash assets. Ed Grimaldo / AFP" /> \\\| [While you were sleeping: 14 April 2016](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-14-while-you-were-sleeping-14-april-2016/)  By John Stupart \\\|**OPINIONS**\\\| ![gustav-swart.jpg](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/30BW68RZkUxMs2rhd7pMpjYXHHc4H0RUuEbmz0rbEnljjP6gI2a6bvHXA2nllmQ-DcCaBjeM62aKLbWe3otuJ0O311o6RZTWeVhCin68SEsoU_MtBSEcyTmKx34ImlGYO426B96Q=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70gustav-swart.jpg) \\\| [True Lies](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-04-14-true-lies/)  By Gustav Swart \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |