--- title: "While you were sleeping: 17May 2016" description: "Metre taxis in Uber clash, ISIL is losing territory, and Sheffield Wednesday can taste the Premier League" 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/2016-05-17-while-you-were-sleeping-17may-2016/" published: "2016-05-17T06:16:10" updated: "2016-05-17T08:44:47" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 1009 --- # While you were sleeping: 17May 2016 > Metre taxis in Uber clash, ISIL is losing territory, and Sheffield Wednesday can taste the Premier League By John Stupart · Published 17 May 2016, 08:16 SAST · Updated 17 May 2016, 10:44 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone."* **– Charles Churchill** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/c510f4f9-b058-4798-92a7-97292d02b74d.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [TRAINSPOTTER: Judge Cred – Two court cases you didn’t know about that have set South Africa free](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-17-trainspotter-judge-cred-two-court-cases-you-didnt-know-about-that-have-set-south-africa-free/)Every time anyone even vaguely associated with the government goes inside a courtroom, or a near a courtroom, or so much as mentions the word “courtroom”, the legal equivalent of midgets getting shot out of a cannon ensues. How many times are we supposed to watch high-ranking ANC members, or the sleazebags they cover for, humiliated by someone wearing a robe? Soon, we shall be forced to etch the following onto Luthuli House’s coat of arms: We fought the law, and the law won. By RICHARD POPLAK. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-17-trainspotter-judge-cred-two-court-cases-you-didnt-know-about-that-have-set-south-africa-free/#.VzqKcZF9600) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Taxis clash with Uber drivers, againA group of metered taxi drivers confronted and "clashed" with a group of Uber drivers who were leaving a meeting in Gauteng. They were consulting Gauteng transport MEC, Ismail Vadi, on a process to formalise the Uber trade. Although nobody was injured, the metered taxi drivers should definitely get three stars for their behaviour. Maybe two. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-17-south-african-cabbies-scuffle-with-uber-rivals) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## ISIL territory vastly reduced – PentagonThe United States' department of defence has claimed ISIL now controls less than half the territory it had claimed in Syria and Iraq. For the latter, the terrorist organsation now holds 40 percent less territory, while the figure in Syria is hovering around 16-20 percent. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-17-is-has-lost-nearly-half-the-area-it-once-claimed-in-iraq-pentagon) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Fishing ban to save porpoisesMexican officials have proposed a major fishing ban in the Gulf of California. The intention is to attempt to save the vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise. With just 60 left in the wild as a result of Chinese poaching of the totoaba, which catches the porpoises as a side effect, the World Wildlife Fund has led the call to save them from extinction. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-17-fishing-ban-to-save-porpoises) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Sheffield Wednesday to play-off finalSheffield Wednesday has made it to a Championship play-off final, with the possibility of entering the Premier League on the line. Wednesday drew 1-1 with Brighton late last night. If they prove victorious in the final, they could be in the line for £170 million in additional funds upon entering the Premier League. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-05-17-football-wednesday-sail-through-to-play-off-final) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **1:3,934,300** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The odds of an American citizen dying of Ebola. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1900 **British troops relieved the besieged town of Mafeking** during the Second Boer War.Fact of the day: **Men are four times more likely than women** to be struck by lightning. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 9° max: 23°, sunny CPT: min: 15° max: 28°, cloudy DBN: min: 19° max: 25°, cloudy EL: min: 17° max: 25°, cloudy JHB: min: 8° max: 23°, sunny KIM: min: 11° max: 24°, sunny NLP: min: 8° max: 26°, sunny PMB: min: 7° max: 24°, cloudy PKN: min: 9° max: 24°, cloudy PE: min: 15° max: 24°, cloudy PTA: min: 9° max: 24°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$49.24Gold=$1,275.91 Platinum=$1,051.10 R/$=15.63 R/€=17.70 R/£=22.52 $/€=1.13 JSE All Share=52,412.68 DJIA=17,680.27 FTSE 100=6,151.40 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **FEATURED** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/3tqBOHaiEZNv1N5ZuEAD5JUS1mrUeWSoaVvmA0hQjs7CsYF9I7JtytuLzQ1NGx5DOM_alNui7gs7b3QqR9CXjxzIUOlkN_0odDPHOzI-N3TjMd_RZWxn_Ki-Us5ewx52vV4S47nk4ykHy-fsRpBDwJJRHsS0bkD9UX56=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Poplak-on-two-investigative-cases.jpg)the SA Editors' Forum at the presidential guesthouse in Pretoria on Friday, 20 February 2015. 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He is 57 years old and has silicosis from working underground in the gold mines for 22 years. He did not receive any compensation for his illness and is unable to support his family without a job. He has to walk with crutches because his toes became infected and were amputated. 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