---
title: "While you were sleeping: 23 September"
description: "500 million hacked at Yahoo, Charlotte protests continue, and Reagan's stuff makes a ton of cash."
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/2016-09-23-while-you-were-sleeping-23-september/"
published: "2016-09-23T06:13:18"
updated: "2016-09-23T06:15:53"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 819
---

# While you were sleeping: 23 September

> 500 million hacked at Yahoo, Charlotte protests continue, and Reagan's stuff makes a ton of cash.

By John Stupart · Published 23 September 2016, 08:13 SAST · Updated 23 September 2016, 08:15 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| *“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”* ***–*****Thomas Pynchon** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |
| --- |
| \|  \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/275b3325-7b61-4ed3-960b-e287c9cf310f.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Zupta](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-zupta-contagion-hard-questions-anc-must-ask-but-cant/#.V-SbxPl95hE)[Contagion: Hard questions ANC must ask, but can’t](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-zupta-contagion-hard-questions-anc-must-ask-but-cant/#.V-SbxPl95hE)ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Thursday joined the procession of prominent people in society voicing concern about the state of the ANC and the country. “We cannot pretend we do not have problems and we cannot pretend things are not wrong,” she said before calling for “a whole layer of fresh leadership”. Part of the pretence is as a result of the constant dodging of questions about critical issues in the country. This week President Jacob Zuma fobbed off another parliamentary question on his contact with the Guptas. And the ANC will again let it pass. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.  [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-zupta-contagion-hard-questions-anc-must-ask-but-cant/#.V-SbxPl95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Yahoo suffers massive hackIf you had a Yahoo account in 2014, now may be a good time to change passwords. At least 500 million Yahoo users are affected by a major hack, which the company revealed late on Thursday. Yahoo suspect the attack was state-sponsored. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-yahoo-hack-hit-500-mn-users-likely-state-sponsored) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Third night of protest in CharlotteProtesting in Charlotte, North Carolina, entered a third night on Thursday. Hundreds of protesters marched on Charlotte's police station, chanting "resistance is beautiful". They demanded officials release footage of the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott, whose killing sparked the unrest. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-third-night-of-protests-in-us-city-amid-heavy-security) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Major ivory bust in New YorkAuthorities in New York City have seized around $4.5 million in ivory. Comprising mostly carved items, statues and larger pieces, the haul was found in a store in Manhattan. District Attorney Cy Vance described the sale of ivory as "immoral". [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-new-york-seizes-4.5-mn-worth-of-elephant-ivory-items) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Reagan auction reaches $6 millionA fortune has been raised at an auction of Reagan property. This included a piece of the Berlin wall, a pair of cowboy boots, and a diamond-encrusted ring worn by Nancy Reagan. If this is what boots fetch, imagine the fortune to be paid when Donald Trump puts his tanning bed on the block. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-reagan-auction-raises-astounding-6-mn) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **10,000** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The number of surveillance cameras in Manhattan that have facial recognition technology. This does not include private-use security cameras. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 1889 **Nintendo was founded.** Initially making playing cards, the company now focuses on Pokémon and Zelda games.**Treadmills were used as a form of punishment**for prisoners in the 1800s. They were used to power grain mills (hence the term 'treadmill'). \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 7° max: 26°, sunny CPT: min: 10° max: 18°, cloudy DBN: min: 17° max: 18°, rainy EL: min: 12° max: 20°, cloudy JHB: min: 12° max: 27°, sunny KIM: min: 11° max: 25°, sunny NLP: min: 15° max: 21°,cloudy PMB: min: 11° max: 15°,rainy PKN: min: 15° max: 27°, sunny PE: min: 13° max: 18°, cloudy PTA: min: 14° max: 30°, sunny \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$47.62 Gold=$1,341.04 Platinum=$1,060.31 R/$=13.62 R/€=15.29 R/£=17.82 €/$=1.12 JSE All Share=51,895.18 DJIA= 18,411.97 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](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/yKvjXC0v4S-QV6HJF3y8hF1tGYIZ14Wyf65N3EhoV2H8kolvHVvfiyJobUce3hiU76apVC_e7gYG7iPhmiPkNZxi548YetRQqSWZcRlPsRnLp07Z9v-CW-oXWboFGkkTIfcuEwKymS1ycvtu9Bt5=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Ranjeni-Questions-ANC.jpg)Resources Mosebenzi Joseph Zwane. 23 september 2015. (Photo: GCIS)" /> \\\| [Zupta Contagion: Hard questions ANC must ask, but can’t](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-zupta-contagion-hard-questions-anc-must-ask-but-cant/)  By Ranjeni Munusamy \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/eynHG64q_th9GnuKKPxayQMJe2iLTyLZDIQ-fWzBgKa0Y_b0rMjU-c_YNTMYmaCRLFw2vf-yxaHm3QwMotFu-t0INkPbeK1t-AEsUKn6VAzrJUWm0BdM4E8DmiwcL8fkWht9Qg68P6T1BnE=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Marianne-Priority.jpg)Berning Ntlemeza (CityPress)" /> \\\| [Analysis: For Hawks and NPA some crimes are more of a priority than others](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-analysis-for-hawks-and-npa-some-crimes-are-more-of-a-priority-than-others/)  By Marianne Thamm \\\| \\\| ![Photo: Giant Flag satellite image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/AvsyebVKiGbuwtnU0sP8jLJgAgMQ9okZMs9l2m4UAaBzi1DSnsNCvc80MOWE1dj-No-GOk8evlZUggEfNc8aW_-NZ5i1y05wSRnkabr-k1Z1ld5CTgjocDN4OoorajQMgGiQjeHSUL0EJw=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Bloom-cactusflag.jpg) \\\| [Cactus flag: What if South Africa was a plant?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-cactus-flag-what-if-south-africa-was-a-plant/)  By Kevin Bloom \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/lozTch7YDBFY1vCnrWeQT5WWUICO8Lg49ZzkXyjxxP_FzjtA5hbmuZwdWSXhh0VZ31UTtY6ZbT7RTK8nWuBJYukP7b-wnI_7PxUQzQSItheqnAE7kdD_6PnEzGqmDisJhiEYRCsqhlRLVFwnJPn9ADZ8HZP42uWXhg8=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70GroundUp-parly-picket-MAON-PHOTO.jpg)outside Parliament. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks" /> \\\| [GroundUp: Students and academics picket at Parliament](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-groundup-students-and-academics-picket-at-parliament/)  By GroundUp \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/U2SP8d2pfMyuzLtI4ygCDHuu1eARw0LdyRdhDaKvaLR4sEUyt_VPoxNn_i9JnrF6lWaCM6di5Oe7pg95DOc41orf1v8F3CxOXX7mmivJum8PYScfsqvuXK0EUd_8sezna1gcVA2M8qg=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Drews-CitesCop.jpg)elephant as they offload them from a container to a burning site at the KWS headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, 20 April 2016. Containers loaded with ivory tusks from various parts of the country such as Mombasa, Voi, Nanyuki and other places are being offloaded at the burning site ahead of the ivory burning event on 30 April 2016 where 105 tonnes of ivory is set to be burned. This would be the single biggest haul ever to be burned. EPA/DANIEL IRUNGU" /> \\\| [Op-Ed: Calls for greater protection for African elephants could re-open international ivory trade](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-op-ed-calls-for-greater-protection-for-african-elephants-could-re-open-international-ivory-trade/)  By Carlos Drews \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vemFaBfOBXF0sOixvb-g6l6U5MZPRSQVt-wCgH15SZgph68RmvN3X3swuo-mYSC9CSuwVlY5TWl_5utBnH7kchHA4EBhW2ROiQ-5lE7p_WxGhU_HFjyOFlNDwkIx9_7R9txSaQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70amaB-cites.jpg)National Park, about 840 km outside Harare, October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo" /> \\\| [amaBhungane: Threat to Africa’s elephants a headache for CoP17](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-amabhungane-threat-to-africas-elephants-a-headache-for-cop17/)  By AMABHUNGANE \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Hh-sSnW2XkMzyz4uxGyFbwuFHtrtD5FYlI-Ht0z_ccOCRgHjov0xQF04bi3lhVKq4ZuCn1_0FDIDm4Rvu3JP_pWX8n-auQwqm0by5o7ig8O74OiZtKWRg6NzBvxU8e8yJZA1pd24LzfUaNM8Rnej=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Ant-ODI-summer-points.jpg)match - Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa - 28/08/2016. South Africa's Temba Bavuma plays a shot. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko" /> \\\| [Cricket: Five talking points ahead of South Africa’s ODI summer](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-23-cricket-five-talking-points-ahead-of-south-africas-odi-summer/)  By Antoinette Muller \\\| \\\| ![Letter-to-the-editor-Mbadlanyana.jpg](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/BcaZoqY78NfB6Xe1o7TofJmSHcv9l1yqiMBSzQHlXGWSGUPUzoG2OywWcP9ypK4VW_gPeX1XBAlvCEursjyFEBwH-yHY-H8RUE70TwI05W5P2ZxMv4CP0GfLWTLjC7ZIB2oe2BkxEIhbX2LTx5L8DDEhYWjLwP_-E6M=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Letter-to-the-editor-Mbadlanyana.jpg) \\\| [Letter to the editor: Parliament is not out of order!](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-22-letter-to-the-editor-parliament-is-not-out-of-order/)  By Daily Maverick \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/oM4PUwYD1lqqY_neUagz7m2JRxmIqLblucEtbadZdu58nAZ5-OvpoVCMvwqrvoV0rE7rlV804zPoOPs8rH9W0Q2kqtcnJsuRQ9xLGujd-VkO347iWu8y21nCAzv019kODEJnUtA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70h_530287032.jpg)Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) and Peter Thomson (2-L), President of the 71st session of the General Assembly, after addresses the General Debate of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 20 September 2016. EPA/JUSTIN LANE" /> \\\| [While you were sleeping: 22 September](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-22-while-you-were-sleeping-22-september/)  By John Stupart \\\|### **OPINIONISTA**\\\| ![Jay-02.jpg](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/uFdGeAAER6nT6RVhLMm96p_b3L-v7jXBibR9MHqa80Dc08D7sfbXdS7_kGc6rgUKs_GIlJnJIa9EA-P9a4m2z2ZdMkbiq87L2DoDo5IHBB4CrTMITmYeGLKk_XZCqNTk=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Jay-02.jpg) \\\| [Ancient Wisdoms for Modern Times – my meeting with Dominique (T8aminik) Rankin, Grand Chief of the Algonquin](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-09-23-ancient-wisdoms-for-modern-times-my-meeting-with-dominique-t8aminik-rankin-grand-chief-of-the-algonquin/) By Jay Naidoo \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![tokelo-nhlapo.jpg](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/UbX1EBoDHfFdIFxXF5_xPO1KYXYuaBv9TKfTCp-9LkeAwFQ7Al79KhXNdwiNzfJXv42o_nmXlRauMk_c6TBpNiwXQFw79qIOEB_qKpagv2ZnZD1uMyHiDrX6T4WiARBmy9M3a3TKbw=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70tokelo-nhlapo.jpg) \\\| [No heritage without land](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-09-22-no-heritage-without-land/)  By Tokelo Nhlapo \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |