--- title: "While you were sleeping: 18 April 2016" description: "Pro-Zuma breakaway faction threatened at rally, Depp's dogs result in guilty plea, and Semenya cleans house at Stellenbosch." 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/2016-04-18-while-you-were-sleeping-18-april-2016/" published: "2016-04-18T05:59:43" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 1000 --- # While you were sleeping: 18 April 2016 > Pro-Zuma breakaway faction threatened at rally, Depp's dogs result in guilty plea, and Semenya cleans house at Stellenbosch. By John Stupart · Published 18 April 2016, 07:59 SAST ## Content | \| \\| **Monday, 18th April***“People who mistake facts for ideas are incomplete thinkers; they are gossips.”* – **Cynthia Ozick** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/9359748b-0c04-4629-ad5a-3b117935739b.jpg) \\| \\| --- \\| \\| [Threat of pro-Zuma breakaway emerges as reality bites ANC at manifesto launch](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-18-threat-of-pro-zuma-breakaway-emerges-as-reality-bites-anc-at-manifesto-launch/) It will be written off as a logistics cock-up. Transport hitches, miscommunication, bad service providers – there have been all sorts of excuses from the ANC for the poor showing in Nelson Mandela Bay. The bad turnout at the ANC’s manifesto rally provided a strong dose of reality, showing the level of discontent in the party. Still, the ANC cannot purge itself of its biggest liability. While it has been reported that a secret mission is under way to dislodge President Jacob Zuma, there are also alleged threats of a mass breakaway should the ANC attempt to get rid of its leader. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.--- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Splintering of ANC revealed** During the poorly attended ANC manifesto rally this weekend, it was apparent a strong pro-Zuma faction appeared willing to break away from the party should #1 be removed. Despite increasingly robust sentiment towards Zuma's removal, and a feeling of grumbling discontent underpinning the weekend's rally, a Gupta-sponsored, Zuma-supporting breakaway faction would be an interesting by-product, to say the least. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-18-threat-of-pro-zuma-breakaway-emerges-as-reality-bites-anc-at-manifesto-launch/#.VxRO8TB9600) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Impeachment green light for Brazil** Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is in for one rough week after the Lower House of Congress authorised an impeachment trial by the Senate. In doing so, Rousseff is more than likely to be booted out of power. Few tears, it seems, shall be shed in the process. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-18-brazils-impeachment-what-happened-and-whats-next) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Ecuador quake kills 246** A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake has left Ecuador devastated. Searching for survivors in the rubble, it appears as though the death toll is likely to climb from the quake, which only lasted a single minute. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-18-ecuador-digs-for-survivors-after-quake-kills-246) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Depp's wife pleads guilty to forging dogs' docs** In less-critical news, Amber Heard, Johnny Depp's wife, has pleaded guilty to forging quarantine documents for her two pooches. The couple flew into Australia to attend court proceedings, despite vowing never to return Down Under. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-18-pin-to-desktop-x-johnny-depps-wife-pleads-guilty-in-dog-case-down-under) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Semenya brings glory over athletic weekend** Caster Semenya cleaned up three individual titles in four hours at the South African Track and Field Championships in Stellenbosch. Scoring impressive results in the 400m, 800m, and 1,500m runs, Semenya could well be a brilliant light for South Africa's hopes for Rio gold. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-18-shes-back-semenya-records-treble-feat-with-olympics-preparation-firmly-on-track/#.VxRQTjB9600) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **3** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The percentage of Switzerland's population who regularly eat cat or dog meat. It's[especially popular](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/11/27/swiss-under-pressure-to-ban-the-eating-of-dogs-and-cats/) over Christmas. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Today in 1980 Zimbabwe came into being as a nation.**Formally replacing Rhodesia,Canaan Banana was the new country's first president.**Fact of the day: Princess Diana was smuggled into the**Royal Vauxhall Tavern by Freddie Mercury and other British celebrities in the late 1980s. 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