---
title: "While you were sleeping: 22 September"
description: "Charlotte protests see 1 killed, Wits & NMMU students target media, and Zuckerberg pledges a fortune to fight disease."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "South Africa"
author: "John Stupart"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-22-while-you-were-sleeping-22-september/"
published: "2016-09-22T06:12:01"
updated: "2016-09-22T06:12:54"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 764
---

# While you were sleeping: 22 September

> Charlotte protests see 1 killed, Wits & NMMU students target media, and Zuckerberg pledges a fortune to fight disease.

By John Stupart · Published 22 September 2016, 08:12 SAST · Updated 22 September 2016, 08:12 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| *"Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense."* ***–*****Helen Rowland** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |
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| \|  \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/bce5f727-d31f-490d-a186-5ae39bf1111e.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Own Goal: Minister of Police flouted the law, rendering Hawks head a lame duck](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-21-own-goal-minister-of-police-flouted-the-law-rendering-hawks-head-a-lame-duck/#.V-NKf_l95hE)The hasty appointment of Lieutenant-General Mthandazo Ntlemeza as head of the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation in September 2015, circumventing various legislative requirements, technically renders Ntlemeza a lame duck. Minister of Police Nathi Nhleko twice flouted correct procedures, first by not subjecting Ntlemeza to the required competency assessment, and second by contravening the SAPS Act in failing to notify Parliament timeously of Ntlemeza’s appointment. Like Hlaudi Motsoeneng – another “irrational appointment” – are Ntlemeza’s days numbered? By MARIANNE THAMM. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-21-own-goal-minister-of-police-flouted-the-law-rendering-hawks-head-a-lame-duck/#.V-NKf_l95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Second night of violence in CharlotteA protester has been shot dead by another civilian during a second night of unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina. Protests erupted in the US city after the fatal shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, 43, by police. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-22-protester-fatally-shot-by-civilian-amid-charlotte-clashes-city) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Media targeted at Wits, NMMU protestsProtesting students at the aforementioned universities are venting their frustrations on the media. Despite Wits and NMMU student leaders' demand that the revolution not be televised, there were simultaneous pleas for journalists to act as a buffer between police and the students. Brick sponges, then. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-22-media-in-the-firing-line-at-student-protests) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Rocket attack in Iraq possibly chemicalA rocket fired by ISIL forces at US troops may well have contained a chemical payload. The rocket fragments showed signs of mustard gas, while earlier an airstrike in Mosul targeted a suspected Daesh chemical facility. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-22-chemical-agent-possibly-found-on-rocket-fired-at-us-troops-in-iraq) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Zuckerberg donates billionsMark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, pledged $3 billion over the next decade to eradicate or combat all diseases worldwide. The first $600 million portion would be used to establish a 'Biohub' in San Francisco. From there, eradicating, or at least minimising and managing, serious disease and illness would be the next step. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-22-zuckerberg-fund-pledges-3-bn-to-banish-disease) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **97%** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Time Warner's percentage profit margin on its high speed internet. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1991 saw the **Dead Sea Scrolls** being made available to the public for the first time in history.The NFL's Minnesota Vikings stadium costs more than a **NASA mission to Pluto.** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 11° max: 26°, sunny CPT: min: 12° max: 19°, cloudy DBN: min: 18° max: 21°, rainy EL: min: 14° max: 20°, cloudy JHB: min: 12° max: 25°, sunny KIM: min: 12° max: 26°, sunny NLP: min: 14° max: 33°, sunny PMB: min: 12° max: 23°, cloudy PKN: min: 13° max: 29°, sunny PE: min: 13° max: 18°, cloudy PTA: min: 9° max: 27°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$47.06 Gold=$1,333.73 Platinum=$1,051.55 R/$=13.56 R/€=15.17 R/£=17.68 €/$=1.11 JSE All Share=50,757.82 DJIA= 18,293.70 FTSE 100=6,834.77  [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick### **FEATURES**\\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/sYf5XmErcQgOJZRQVMZPhz5SQQ_FS-0DJVn0nFGUQp2Zx50jy7sh77yIfy7_i6_GeVJnNwi67fPnd9YW5tPTKhNtSLCJI-9vaMEO8mAHfJduHXgNw6qnvgdNYKKyU7A3xh7ir5DZkjvtAzrATk-L0Yo=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Marianne-HawksNPAignore.jpg)Mthandazo Ntlemeza (eNCA)" /> \\\| [Own Goal: Minister of Police flouted the law, rendering Hawks head a lame duck](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-21-own-goal-minister-of-police-flouted-the-law-rendering-hawks-head-a-lame-duck/)  By Marianne Thamm \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/QCw6TejSME8MzKpquc4FW2Oxl96yDVnWBBITSyBApnZjrNUAhWL4m95AQT-2fNcyKtQs-Hz4aDfEbIB3xdK22z60mQu_xYjsc9757gFte9ChyaTUH213PYDrfqC7ltUn0utGUhZeXn8IYv8ytUGxdQD9uvo=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Greg-WITS-essay-MAIN-PHOTO.jpg)appears in this picture that an officer helped a student. Police tried to arrest other students, however, who said they had done no wrong. (Greg Nicolson)" /> \\\| [In pictures: Police take on Wits students](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-21-in-pictures-police-take-on-wits-students/)  By Greg Nicolson \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/UB_Teek68QFyC6IlHk55sfgMFsGhp7bDrd5XLQKX5kIxoSGe8tfzN2W-AUD0d_iycKm4gUx0XL2wfvOZZDD33CQl31AemDjBp7ZHGqqoEhdZ0pjCESnUgUcwXMPyr5ECREYMyNWXYkAyEXukuNTkTnIT-JdYr-cSCA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70grootes-Zuma-ANC-out-of-options.jpg)leaders during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 20 September 2016. 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