--- title: "While you were sleeping: 2 August 2016" description: "Venezuelan opposition wins major case, and Buffett challenges Trump." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "Newsdeck" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-02-while-you-were-sleeping-2-august-2016/" published: "2016-08-02T06:13:41" updated: "2016-08-02T06:14:18" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 738 --- # While you were sleeping: 2 August 2016 > Venezuelan opposition wins major case, and Buffett challenges Trump. By John Stupart · Published 2 August 2016, 08:13 SAST · Updated 2 August 2016, 08:14 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"The ANC, which is my organisation, has lost its historical perspective.”* *–* Former Deputy President **Kgalema Motlanthe** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/5ed316cc-5a1d-4dca-b019-d76c80e1b5d7.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [LGE 2016: Payback time from the ANC’s old leaders](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-02-lge-2016-payback-time-from-the-ancs-old-leaders/#.V6AN_Lh9600)It is an old maxim in politics that one should keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Less known is its counterpart: that you have to be really close behind someone to hurt them. The behaviour of the ANC's former leaders over the last few days has shown this to be true. During an election campaign one expects opposition parties to do everything to sabotage each other. But when your own former leaders do it to you just before an election, then you know it could be a self-inflicted wound. And the wounds inflicted by Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki might haunt the ANC for some time to come. By STEPHEN GROOTES. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-02-lge-2016-payback-time-from-the-ancs-old-leaders/#.V6AN_Lh9600) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Venezuela opposition clears recall hurdleVenezuela's opposition has moved one step closer to enabling a referendum on recalling President Nicolás Maduro. According to polls, around 64 percent of Venezuelans want Maduro removed. The entire debacle erupted in the wake of food shortages and a general economic meltdown under Maduro's leadership.[Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-02-venezuela-recall-clears-hurdle-but-obstacles-remain) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Buffett challenges Trump over taxBillionaire Warren Buffett has challenged Donald Trump to reveal his tax returns. Long resistant to the idea, Trump has declined with the excuse that he is being audited. Buffett, meanwhile, replied that this was a "weak excuse", pointing out that he was also under audit. Whether any Trump voter actually*cares* about Trump's taxes is a question not yet asked. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-02-us-billionaire-buffett-challenges-trump-to-reveal-tax-returns) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Mugging scene for Rio opening ceremonySpectators to Rio's opening ceremony have seen what they described as a mugging scene. According to local reports, Gisele Bündchen is shown being mugged by a robber to the theme of 'Girl from Ipanema'. The idea is for Gisele to then forgive the mugger and everyone goes about their lives, but the entire thing, if it survives to the live ceremony, promises to be utterly hilarious. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-02-mugging-scene-in-rio-games-ceremony-sparks-controversy) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## F1 boss's pilot arrestedA Brazilian pilot working for Bernie Ecclestone's family has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of his mother-in-law. The pilot was believed to have known the Ecclestone family's routines, and was the mastermind behind the kidnapping and the $36.6 million ransom demand. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-02-f1-boss-ecclestones-pilot-held-for-mother-in-law-kidnap) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **7cm** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The movement north each year of Australia. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1998 saw the start of the **Second Congo War.****Diamonds do not last forever.** In fact, if left long enough, they will decay into graphite. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather & Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 2° max: 19°, sunny CPT: min: 9° max: 21°, rainy DBN: min: 16° max: 22°, rainy EL: min: 16° max: 24°, cloudy JHB: min: 2° max: 19° sunny KIM: min: 3° max: 20°, sunny NLP: min: 7° max: 22°, sunny PMB: min: 6° max: 21°, cloudy PKN: min: 5° max: 21°, sunny PE: min: 14° max: 24°, cloudy PTA: min: 3° max: 20°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$42.26 Gold=$1,353.90 Platinum=$1,158.80 R/$=13.92 R/€=15.54 R/£=18.34 €/$=1.11 JSE All Share=53,126.80 DJIA= 18,404.51 FTSE 100=6,693.95 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick### **FEATURES**\\\| ![Image](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/PqzpadDvHWxS4MSEFTqthPXEIMRELHbi6DfvL-mpqaFO01GA9Jiujpk0UsNcZTdTR6lNAQM_za6OC3O_WIWElRD42Hjxe_rxxLbFtcas4L4GPLYXxq_WE1v80qkFWHWZI_7WFGEBenN4ZPBf5FI=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Payback-time-Grootes.jpg)Greg Marinovich)" /> \\\| [LGE 2016: Payback time from the ANC’s old leaders](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-02-lge-2016-payback-time-from-the-ancs-old-leaders/) By Stephen Grootes \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Gsc70MakYfxTggWwCaep2pUVtQgfVY4SbkOk2dwFeKuOb1Mosl2XDke0AoghIDs4vAvmWdXIe_DYjhykSunxf9qialHAywEy-ugHcPlruj52XA0LQWe_ByVb1er-CQtsltA7irbgNTUKmTOMyjXY0tpUemhaAyPa4g=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70New-nuclear-costs-Chris-Yelland.jpg)angle lens shows two cooling towers of the nuclear power plant Grafenrheinfeld, Germany, 31 May 2016. 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