--- title: "While you were sleeping: 12 July 2016" description: "North Korean nuclear site \"active\", Aerosmith's Joe Perry collapses, and a new part of Nativity goes online." 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/2016-07-12-while-you-were-sleeping-12-july-2016/" published: "2016-07-12T06:17:22" updated: "2016-07-12T06:18:26" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 711 --- # While you were sleeping: 12 July 2016 > North Korean nuclear site "active", Aerosmith's Joe Perry collapses, and a new part of Nativity goes online. By John Stupart · Published 12 July 2016, 08:17 SAST · Updated 12 July 2016, 08:18 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"It's only technology if it happened after you were born.”* – **Arthur Levine** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/f7cc389d-9b5e-4b64-a276-413a8b2d5c17.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Hlaudi Motsoeneng, after Icasa ruling: ‘We are not going to change anything’](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-12-hlaudi-motsoeneng-after-icasa-ruling-we-are-not-going-to-change-anything/)The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) on Monday ordered the SABC to scrap its policy on violent protests, but, typically, the public broadcaster remains committed to its controversial position and will challenge the ruling in court. The ANC is trying to intervene, but will only announce its latest position in a media briefing on Tuesday. By GREG NICOLSON. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-12-hlaudi-motsoeneng-after-icasa-ruling-we-are-not-going-to-change-anything/#.V4ReT_l95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## North Korea keeping nuke site openNew satellite imagery by Johns Hopkins University in the United States has revealed North Korean activity at its nuclear test site. Announced late on Monday, the imagery shows a hive of activity at the country's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, including equipment, vehicles and several mine carts. It's unclear, however, whether another test is imminent. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-12-n.-korea-keeping-nuclear-test-site-ready-us-think-tank) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## New British PM on WednesdayTheresa May will be sworn in as Britain's prime minister on Wednesday. Prime Minister David Cameron made the announcement after all other Conservative Party contenders withdrew from the running. Cameron's lapel mic, meanwhile, caught the current PM singing to himself after making the announcement. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-12-theresa-may-to-become-britains-next-pm-wednesday) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Aerosmith's Perry collapsesAerosmith's guitarist, Joe Perry, has collapsed mid-concert while performing with Alice Cooper on vocals and Hollywood star Johnny Depp as fellow guitarist in his side band, Hollywood Vampires. Perry is believed to be recovering well. So well, it seems, that the Vampires will continue with their scheduled tours, starting with today's gig. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-12-aerosmiths-joe-perry-collapses-in-concert) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Bethlehem shrine to be opened to publicMajor restoration work at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank has brought a key part of the shrine back to life. The discovery of a massive angel mural was made through painstaking restoration of its mosaic work but further work is being hampered by limited funding. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-12-hidden-angel-mosaic-at-bethlehem-shrine-sees-the-light) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **28** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The total number of drugs/pharmaceuticals Hitler was taking at certain points in his life as Führer. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1962 the **Rolling Stones** played their first gig. 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