--- title: "While you were sleeping: 18 July 2016" description: "Turkey purges 'virus' through arrests, women bare all against Trump, and major doping report due to hit today." 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/2016-07-18-while-you-were-sleeping-18-july-2016/" published: "2016-07-18T06:12:01" updated: "2016-07-18T06:12:27" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 1090 --- # While you were sleeping: 18 July 2016 > Turkey purges 'virus' through arrests, women bare all against Trump, and major doping report due to hit today. By John Stupart · Published 18 July 2016, 08:12 SAST · Updated 18 July 2016, 08:12 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *“Yessir, it's a hard taskmaster, that guilt. I say, feel it, and wriggle a little bit if you have to, but then put it away. Get on with what you can change.”* **–****LaVyrle Spencer** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ## [Mandela Day: Extraordinary times demand extraordinary leadership](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-18-mandela-day-extraordinary-times-demand-extraordinary-leadership/#.V4xHH_l95hE)“France is in tears, it’s deeply distressed, but it’s strong and will always be stronger – I assure you of that – than the fanatics who seek to attack it today.” This was French President Francois Hollande hours after a man ploughed a 19-ton truck into crowds of people in Nice, killing 84. In recent weeks, a series of stunning events occurred around the world, from a number of terror attacks to the leadership overhaul in the United Kingdom, police killings in the United States and an attempted military coup in Turkey. It is a time when nations are searching for hope and good leadership. This Mandela Day should not just be about charity but the essence of Nelson Mandela. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-18-mandela-day-extraordinary-times-demand-extraordinary-leadership/#.V4xHH_l95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Purge in Turkey underwayOver 6,000 judges, military personnel and assorted prosecutors have been detained in an effort to stamp out all coup plotters. Terming them a "virus", President Tayyip Erdo?an appears hell-bent on hammering out all resistance to his rule in the wake of Friday's coup attempt. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-17-turkey-detains-6000-in-purge-after-failed-coup) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Baton Rouge killer a former MarineThe man who shot and killed three police officers in Baton Rouge had served in the US Marine Corps for five years. According to reports, Gavin Eugene Long had not been in any trouble before with authorities, and had pursued several relatively normal interests. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-18-baton-rouge-suspect-was-marine-who-served-in-iraq) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Naked art installation a Trump protestArt blended with politics on Sunday on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Protesting the rampant misogyny of Donald Trump, over 100 women posed naked in an art installation by Spencer Tunick. The artist said he believed simply voting was not enough to fight Trump's "idiotic thinking". [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-18-over-100-nude-women-pose-against-trump-in-cleveland) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Major Russian doping report due todayThe "nuclear option" of all doping reports is due to be published today. Investigated by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, the report is expected to illustrate "credible and tangible" evidence that doping was an ingrained, government-endorsed activity in Russia. With just days before the Rio Olympics, this could very well upset the athletic apple cart. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-18-olympics-stakes-high-as-russia-doping-report-released-monday) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **50m** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The length which squids can often propel themselves out of water. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today is **Mandela Day**. Also, it happens to be Nelson Mandela's birth date. Madiba was born in 1918.Fact of the day: **Ripe cranberries** will bounce like a rubber ball. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather & Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 4° max: 19°, sunny CPT: min: 11° max: 19°, cloudy DBN: min: 15° max: 21°, cloudy EL: min: 17° max: 25°, cloudy JHB: min: 4° max: 19°, cloudy KIM: min: 6° max: 21°, cloudy NLP: min: 3° max: 23°, sunny PMB: min: 5° max: 22°, sunny PKN: min: 5° max: 19°, sunny PE: min: 15° max: 21°, cloudy PTA: min: 5° max: 19°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$47.61Gold=$1,337.45 Platinum=$1,091.90 R/$=14.57 R/€=16.08 R/£=19.23 $/€=1.10 JSE All Share=53,088.46 DJIA=18,516.55 FTSE 100=6,669.24 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick## Features\\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/f5gQvZLcGoe9dFfPLL5JM2ccXZu71FQfhNP_oJ_59ecjsdyNM3ZHLhkk8p-4cDOXWENvFeokiRv0ykRCQiAqYaBRR9Sitcav0sqAU4W8uGO0M-kWHYCr-5okNHV7AvQCaXSYrgA7z1Sdhoj_LknXS2z_4o0GXywE=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Ranjeni-Mandela-day-leadership.jpg)his retirement from public life at his foundations offices in Johannesburg, June 1, 2004. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings" /> \\\| [Mandela Day: Extraordinary times demand extraordinary leadership](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-18-mandela-day-extraordinary-times-demand-extraordinary-leadership/) By Ranjeni Munusamy \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Pq5NS6wLaYIeP8MZoM5lnNUYsOq75gnPpYTvtVQb6ww1UGE8Wg-IGzbTwQqmyVmWQ4-4r_YTluIvio7OW1JD2kW9EULCFo3kpTuoz8Bc2455BCUSo6VHkCkVy4JWSpux1OQyd_8o7qP9uxa38-L0DBwswN26QS-8POqddzA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Kevin-An-apartheid-murder-reckoning.jpg)apartheid forces in 1983." /> \\\| [An apartheid murder reckoning: Does the NPA have the courage?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-07-17-an-apartheid-murder-reckoning-does-the-npa-have-the-courage/) By Kevin Bloom \\\| \\\| ![Photo by Gavin Fordham.](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/8xTOmubipuRHnJzO5n0tDTbeTIqYpQxJ_iYUB46Lu5zVxVpg-BQqVhb3OVRzeEZrZWcgJRaloSUphzu2p0WxT8xI4adi0KKx6jxdevxvibgX4XXMv0tS6jCYODJRKjDwnx8cSMDDgoaQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70DirkdeVos-Eskom.jpg) \\\| [Op-Ed: Eskom has us over a barrel. 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