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title: "While you were sleeping: 6 June 2016"
description: "Journalist and translator ambushed in Helmand, Clinton poised for California win, and Harry Potter play set for Tuesday opening."
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/2016-06-06-while-you-were-sleeping-6-june-2016/"
published: "2016-06-06T06:15:54"
updated: "2016-06-06T06:15:55"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1006
---

# While you were sleeping: 6 June 2016

> Journalist and translator ambushed in Helmand, Clinton poised for California win, and Harry Potter play set for Tuesday opening.

By John Stupart · Published 6 June 2016, 08:15 SAST · Updated 6 June 2016, 08:15 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| *"It was unknowable then, but so much of the progress that would define the 20th century, on both sides of the Atlantic, came down to the battle for a slice of beach only six miles long and two miles wide."*  **–****President Barack Obama,**on D-Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |
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| \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/072ddf71-0bdc-4d4f-a4ae-f2c083356587.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Get Guptas, duck Zuma: SACP’s obstacle race on state capture](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-06-get-guptas-duck-zuma-sacps-obstacle-race-on-state-capture/)The South African Communist Party is to seek legal and logistical assistance from the South African Council of Churches to pursue its complaints on state capture and the “venal conduct of the Gupta family”. The SACP central committee came out strongly against state capture and what it called “the most brazen forms of buying political influence and of even directly seeking to usurp executive powers”. The SACP now wants to embark on a “mass action” campaign against the Guptas, with the assistance of Cosatu. But it is also trying to avoid pointing fingers at the Guptas’ enablers and whoever gives them inside information on state affairs. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-03-captura-continua-silence-of-the-anc-lambs-as-another-gupta-revelation-emerges/#.V1Dzn_l95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## US Journalist, translator killed in AfghanistanAward-winning US journalist, David Gilkey, and his translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed in an ambush after the Afghan patrol they were embedded with came under shellfire. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award winner is the first journalist killed on assignment for National Public Radio (NPR). [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-06-us-journalist-david-gilkey-translator-killed-in-afghanistan) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Clinton poised for Democratic victoryTuesday's upcoming primaries have set the stage for an inevitable Hillary Clinton primary victory. With the key state of California up for grabs, and Clinton just 29 votes shy of the nomination, Bernie Sanders has vowed to continue fighting until the convention in July. The real fight, however, now lies between Clinton and Donald Trump. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-06-clinton-on-brink-of-primary-history-but-trump-awaits) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Harry Potter play set for TuesdayLondon is poised to launch a Harry Potter production from Tuesday. 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' is set 19 years after the events of JK Rowling's books. Focusing on Potter's challenges raising his kids who need to grapple with the family history, the first 175,000 tickets sold out in 24 hours. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-06-harry-potter-now-a-dad-makes-stage-debut-in-london) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Djokovic claims history at Roland GarrosNovak Djokovic has defeated Andy Murray to become the third person ever to hold four Grand Slam titles at the same time. Djokivic beat Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday, drawing a large heart in the clay upon victory and lying down in it. 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Operation Overlord saw the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe.Today also marks the beginning of the**holy month of Ramadan.**Fact of the day: **There are zero natural Siberian White Tigers.**Humanshave selectively bred every single one. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather & Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 6° max: 22°, sunny CPT: min: 8° max: 22°, sunny DBN: min: 17° max: 22°, sunny EL: min: 14° max: 23°, sunny JHB: min: 4° max: 21°, sunny KIM: min: 9° max: 23°, sunny NLP: min: 6° max: 23°, cloudy PMB: min: 6° max: 26°, sunny PKN: min: 6° max: 20°, sunny PE: min: 12° max: 21°, sunny PTA: min: 6° max: 21°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$49.64Gold=$1,244.20 Platinum=$987.03 R/$=15.09 R/€=17.15 R/£=21.90 $/€=1.13 JSE All Share=54,259.36 DJIA=17,807.06 FTSE 100=6,209.63 [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/sqLRN54NmFUa871UwaY4f5rmY86JsdFnyaV8rmnVwncL83eDR16NFtTlx_GRutSBsADxMzB9oRa7I28S0tWuHGjIcG2H-Cxf04plVLY2B8vky1ZuKBhLSleYWJ0hTDfcnHnnbaIOQpGKUUJvH7YOYlj-UA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Ranjeni-SACP-CC_050616\(1\).jpg)photos by GCIS)" /> \\\| [Get Guptas, duck Zuma: SACP’s obstacle race on state capture](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-06-06-get-guptas-duck-zuma-sacps-obstacle-race-on-state-capture/)  By Ranjeni Munusamy \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/OrrHRo5putpWZjJ7IzE6C_sm3TzBWzfE2n7uQsWHYV4wiM-X7nj2YCu8QZit0z-H_amB-d5-pQMmOHXl6saItEFX8fg7_aTpXkUvhJBtzpohKqI2u2j2BXNFqM0c2NoXfO9UHZ08_OkhWj4T_vkRl32xVnAsGA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Poplak-ANC-Gauteng-Manifesto.jpg)and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa walk onto the FNB Stadium pitch. 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