--- title: "While you were sleeping: 23 August 2016" description: "Mashaba elected mayor in tragic council meeting, Trump demands Clinton organisation closure, and Lochte loses lots." 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/2016-08-23-while-you-were-sleeping-23-august-2016/" published: "2016-08-23T06:08:34" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 812 --- # While you were sleeping: 23 August 2016 > Mashaba elected mayor in tragic council meeting, Trump demands Clinton organisation closure, and Lochte loses lots. By John Stupart · Published 23 August 2016, 08:08 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *“I know there are people who don't read fiction at all, and I find it hard to understand how they can bear to be inside the same head all the time.”*? **Diane Setterfield** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/bb24f4ea-7c5d-487c-b6da-fb90c45a53f4.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Mayor Herman Mashaba: We’ll bring change to Joburg](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-22-mayor-herman-mashaba-well-bring-change-to-joburg/#.V7u9Cvl95hE)The DA on Monday took its third metro from the ANC following the local government elections. After a disrupted, delayed, and tragic day, Herman Mashaba was elected executive mayor of Johannesburg after opposition parties united against the ANC, writes GREG NICOLSON. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-22-mayor-herman-mashaba-well-bring-change-to-joburg/#.V7u9Cvl95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## DA takes the wheel in JoburgAfter a marathon session at Johannesburg's council meeting, and the passing away of a councillor, the ANC has lost control of the city. For the first time since the end of apartheid an opposition party has become the ruling one in Johannesburg. With Herman Mashaba now elected mayor, all eyes will be on the DA to prove itself. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-22-in-fresh-blow-to-anc-opposition-takes-power-in-johannesburg) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Israel retaliates against PalestineIsraeli forces have launched strikes against Palestinian positions in response to a rocket attack in Sderot. In mounting the attacks Israel has drawn the verbalised ire of Turkey. Regardless, Israeli officials remained adamant that they would retaliate in the event of future attacks. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-23-israel-launches-dozens-of-gaza-strikes-draws-turkish-ire) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Trump demands closure of "corrupt" foundationNot content with being moderate for a week, Donald Trump has lashed the Clinton Foundation, demanding it be closed. Trump was alluding to "corrupt" donations made by Saudi Arabia. Although he may have a point, closing the Clinton Foundation, a key HIV/AIDS treatment organisation, to make said point would endanger millions of lives. At least, this is what the Clinton campaign machine argues. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-23-trump-demands-closure-of-corrupt-clinton-foundation) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## **Lochte loses sponsors**Another day, another batch of sponsors have dropped US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte. In the wake of Lochte's fabricated story about being mugged at gunpoint in Brazil, Speedo and Ralph Lauren, amongst others, were major sponsors to announce their cancelling of his sponsorship. For Lochte, being lofty and wafty about the truth has not paid off at all. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-23-olympics-sponsors-drop-lochte-after-rio-scandal) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **94%** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The effectiveness of a fecal transplant in curing the bowel disease CDI. Antibiotics are just 30% effective. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today is **International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.**A**derailed train car hit a bar in Iowa**. The name of the bar? DeRailed. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather & Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 2° max: 14°, sunny CPT: min: 11° max: 17°, cloudy DBN: min: 13° max: 18°, sunny EL: min: 12° max: 20°, cloudy JHB: min: -1° max: 21° cloudy KIM: min: 2° max: 18°, cloudy NLP: min: 6° max: 17°, cloudy PMB: min: 3° max: 16°, cloudy PKN: min: 5° max: 19°, cloudy PE: min: 12° max: 17°, rainy PTA: min: 2° max: 21°, cloudy \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$49.39 Gold=$1,339.35 Platinum=$1,104.40 R/$=13.60 R/€=15.39 R/£=17.86 €/$=1.11 JSE All Share=52,828.93 DJIA= 18,547.78 FTSE 100=6,828.54 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick### **FEATURES**\\\| ![Photo: The new Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba (Greg Nicolson)](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/0dW3ie6nVJCDxtqTAMT5gtII-tB5G_x7cboa3YjJ4fPvEh4cUihtkJ7JfOqgLjtGx4336nSdBWx70ZcLd0-QfA-2CM3Ex-Ate2qGL55Z_VB25iJ-T7bqdrLgBXRTiISNeYR0RuswKDehHTZh=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Greg-Mayor-Mashaba.jpg) \\\| [Mayor Herman Mashaba: We’ll bring change to Joburg](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-22-mayor-herman-mashaba-well-bring-change-to-joburg/) By Greg Nicolson \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/SoN9mszAc0Um4Nwtdxkxnv187bE71GdvMATp8kUX287eSNw9tsGshLXwrDV_gt7Vy_rveoo8CRCRPSGEo77ihVsJfP4ODu1vGok5ZxOQaRYZpxqivjRdtimqd-gv0jWgJG3OkZ-U7q4vG5LpcBf8-HNHpPszsTQ7OeVf=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Merten-Analysis-Business-As-Usual.jpg)Ramaphosa at the National Conference of the African National Congress (ANC) in Bloemfontein December 18, 2012. 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