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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.
John Stupart
By John Stupart
15 Apr
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"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

Story of the Day

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.
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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.
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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.
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In Numbers

32
The percentage of homebuyers in the United States who are Millennials. This is larger than any other such-defined generation.

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Original Photo: Some of the thousands of ANC supporters wait for party<br />president, Jacob Zuma, to address them during the launch of the 2009<br />presidential election manifesto in East London, South Africa, 10 January<br />2009. The ruling ANC(African National Congress) are facing a challenge to<br />their 14 year's of power from COPE, a break away from the ANC. EPA/KIM<br />LUDBROOKHurricane Zuma brings dark cloud over ANC manifesto launch 
By Ranjeni Munusamy
Photo: Dr Robert Gallo by Tulane Public Relations via FlickrA) Meet Dr Gallo B) Stop talking about Thabo Mbeki 
By Marelise van der Merwe
Photo: A man pushes a shopping cart across a street in the suburb of<br />Gotso on the outskirts of Bloemfontein, South Africa, 22 June 2009.<br />EPA/OLIVER WEIKEN.Monster Drought, act II: South African grocery bill numbers just don’t add up 
By Marianne Merten
Photo: The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) is taking the Minister of<br />Police to the Equality Court because, the organisation says, resources are<br />not allocated fairly between wealthy and poor neighbourhoods. Photo<br />courtesy of SJC.GroundUp Report: Police resource allocation is an apartheid remnant 
By GroundUp
Photo: Southern Sudanese leader of the Sudan People’s Front and<br />opposition Sudan Liberation Riek Machar addresses journalists at a news<br />conference held in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, 18 September 2015. Machar<br />arrived in the capital earlier in the week to meet with President Omar<br />Al-Bashir to duscyss issues relating to the implementation of the peace<br />agreeement signed between Machar and President Salva Kiir of South Sudan<br />EPA/STRSouth Sudan: A new dawn after years of wasted lives? 
By Simon Allison
Photos: Ripisai Manonge, 80, surveys maize grain salvaged from her<br />fields in Buhera, south-eastern Zimbabwe, 17 March 2016. (Photos by<br />Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)Zimbabwe’s Thirstlands: Where drought shrivels lives and crops 
By GODFREY MUTIZWA
Photo: Maria Sharapova of Russia reacts during a training session<br />prior the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament at Melbourne Park,<br />in Melbourne, Australia, 16 January 2016. Maria Sharapova revealed that she<br />failed a drug test being tested positive for Meldonium at the Australian<br />Open at a press conference in Los Angeles, US, on 7 March 2016. The<br />anti-ischemic drug Meldonium has been added to the latest list of forbidden<br />susbtances issued by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA). EPA/FILIP SINGERDopes in Sport: Anti-doping agency falters on meldonium testing 
By Antoinette Muller
Photo by Simon Morris via Flickr.ICASA sanctions SA Post Office following complaints by publishers 
By Chris Yelland
Photo: Air Vice Marshal Tayo Oguntoyibo (2-R), the Air Component<br />Commander of the Nigerian Air Force and the leader of the operation for<br />Mali holds a pre-flight briefing with pilots, during the take-off of the<br />formation to Mali, in Abuja, Nigeria, 19 January 2013. Nigerian Air Force<br />(NAF) in continuation of its forces deployment to Mali sent two Alpha Jets<br />to strengthen the Ecowas intervention force battling extremist rebel forces<br />in Mali’s northern flank. EPA/JOHNSON TONYICG: Implementing Peace and Security Architecture (III), West Africa 
By International Crisis Group
Photo: The newly elected top six-members of the ANC (L-R) Deputy<br />Secretary General Thandie Modise, Secretary General Gwede Mantashe,<br />Chairperson Baleka Mbethe, President Jacob Zuma, pose for pictures during<br />the third day of a leadership conference in Polokwane December 18, 2007.<br />REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko'Deliberately misinterpreting' ConCourt judgment is a criminal offence – Advocates for Transformation 
By News24
A tourist woman takes selfies in front of Mossack Fonseca headquarters<br />at Panama city on April 13, 2016. Police on Tuesday raided the headquarters<br />of the Panamanian law firm whose leaked Panama Papers revealed how the<br />world's wealthy and powerful used offshore companies to stash assets.<br />Ed Grimaldo / AFPWhile you were sleeping: 14 April 2016 
By John Stupart

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