--- title: "While you were sleeping: 30 August 2016" description: "Dramatic rescue operations saves thousands, actor Gene Wilder passes away, and ex-KKK leader endorses Trump." 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/2016-08-30-while-you-were-sleeping-30-august-2016/" published: "2016-08-30T06:09:33" updated: "2016-08-30T06:10:40" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 744 --- # While you were sleeping: 30 August 2016 > Dramatic rescue operations saves thousands, actor Gene Wilder passes away, and ex-KKK leader endorses Trump. By John Stupart · Published 30 August 2016, 08:09 SAST · Updated 30 August 2016, 08:10 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *“I cried, I cried… it was such an emotional experience and it wasn’t just about hair. It was what my perception of beauty was and had been for all of my life and then I look at myself in the mirror and I’m like, ‘That doesn’t look like what I thought was beautiful'.”* –**Teyonah Parris** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/219d7781-c2cb-43fa-8fe6-c787f70766db.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Treasury vs Eskom: A government at war with itself](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-29-treasury-vs-eskom-a-government-at-war-with-itself/#.V8T3afl95hE)South Africans were treated to an extraordinary sight on Monday night: the sight of a government at war with itself. The sight of the National Treasury telling the nation that Eskom was lying. At the same time, Eskom was accusing the National Treasury of “gaming”, of playing games with regulations and laws, all to protect itself. If ever you wanted proof that the instability in the ANC was going to have an impact on government, on governance, on our everyday lives, this was it. By STEPHEN GROOTES. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-29-treasury-vs-eskom-a-government-at-war-with-itself/#.V8T3afl95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Over 6,500 refugees rescued at seaRoughly 6,500 refugees were rescued off the Libyan coast overnight. Forty operations spanning several nations and organisations helped in what became one of the busiest days in sea rescue history. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-30-some-6500-migrants-rescued-off-libya-coastguard) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Apple faces historic fineThe EU is expected to rule today on Apple's history of tax avoidance. In doing so, the tech giant could face billions of Euros in penalties, making it the largest in European history. Paying back a fine this enormous could prove tricky to finance, but there's absolutely an app for that. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-30-eu-ruling-expected-tuesday-on-possible-fines-for-apple-sources) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Gene Wilder passes awayThe comedian famous for playing the original Willy Wonka and the Waco Kid in 'Blazing Saddles' has passed away. Wilder, aged 83, died on Monday from complications arising from Alzheimer's. Tributes worldwide have been ceaseless since the news first broke. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-30-gene-wilder-30-years-of-laughter) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## **Ex-KKK leader endorses Trump**David Duke, a former wizard in the Ku Klux Klan, has officially made a call for Americans to vote for Donald Trump. Duke famously supported the Orange Menace months ago during campaigning, but the official seal of racist approval was only published on the fine platform of Buzzfeed.com overnight. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-08-30-in-robocall-ex-kkk-leader-duke-urges-vote-for-trump) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **12** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The minimum height of power lines in Mozambique. 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