--- title: "While you were sleeping: 29 September 2016" description: "Shimon Peres dies aged 93, Canada seals a major LNG project, and Porto slain by Leicester's momentum." 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/2016-09-28-while-you-were-sleeping-29-september-2016/" published: "2016-09-28T06:14:42" updated: "2016-09-28T06:15:08" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 1012 --- # While you were sleeping: 29 September 2016 > Shimon Peres dies aged 93, Canada seals a major LNG project, and Porto slain by Leicester's momentum. By John Stupart · Published 28 September 2016, 08:14 SAST · Updated 28 September 2016, 08:15 SAST ## Content | \| \\| *"Everywhere I go, people love me! My future is in my hands... Everywhere where I am, I produce miracles!... There's only ONE Hlaudi in South Africa, me... I want to recognise those people, the board members, who recognise this wonderful person called Hlaudi!"* **–** SABC's Joseph Goeb... **Hlaudi Motsoeneng** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| | | --- | | \| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/f03e6d2b-a71c-4eed-88ef-ca71e53e0ba4.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Out,](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-27-out-hlaudi-proud-i-perform-miracles-wherever-i-am/#.V-szE_l95hE)[Hlaudi](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-27-out-hlaudi-proud-i-perform-miracles-wherever-i-am/#.V-szE_l95hE)[& Proud: ‘I perform miracles wherever I am’](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-27-out-hlaudi-proud-i-perform-miracles-wherever-i-am/#.V-szE_l95hE)Hlaudi Motsoeneng is special. Special, special, special. Special like no one else. It’s not just the chutzpah, the arrogance, the thick skin, the divinity which he ascribes to himself. It takes a special kind of person to get the Public Protector, the ANC, the DA and the Presidency to all agree that they don’t like you. And then to emerge out of it laughing, winking, cracking jokes, stealing funerals. He is, in some ways, the worst that we as South Africa have to offer in the Zuma era. And that’s before we even start on the “concerned citizen” brought in to bolster his legal case. Who is a fugitive from the US. Folks, I’m not Richard Poplak. But what you are about to read may just completely and utterly warp your sense of reality. By STEPHEN GROOTES. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-27-out-hlaudi-proud-i-perform-miracles-wherever-i-am/#.V-szE_l95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Shimon Peres passes awayFormer president of Israel and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres has died at age 93. After spending two weeks in hospital in a critical condition, Peres passed away peacefully in his sleep. As the last remaining founding father and co-architect of the Oslo Accords, expect a flood of messages to Israel today. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-28-israeli-ex-president-shimon-peres-dies-doctor) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Lester Holt in his own debate hotseatPresidential debate moderator Lester Holt has been panned for his hands-off approach to Monday's debate. Holt was criticised by media and Donald Trump himself for often asking idiotic questions or simply allowing the candidates too much time to ramble. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-28-us-debate-moderator-lester-holt-gets-grilling-of-his-own) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Canada signs billion dollar gas projectCanada has approved a $27 billion liquid natural gas pipeline along its Pacific Northwest coastline. The LNG project will be conducted by Malaysia's Petronas, and has caused an environmentalist outcry. The Canadian government, meanwhile, has stressed the importance of sustainable and "parallel" development of the environment while also exploiting natural resources. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-28-canada-approves-36-bn-lng-project-eyes-asia) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Leicester triumph over PortoLeicester City have continued their unbeaten path through the Champion's League by defeating Porto 1-0. Islam Slimani, the 'Dragon Slayer', scored from a 25th minute header, confirming his reputation for scoring against Porto. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-28-football-leicesters-dragon-slayer-slimani-cuts-down-porto) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **25%** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The portion of time the United States has been a country during Queen Elizabeth's reign. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today in 2008 **SpaceX launched the first private spacecraft**, the Falcon 1, into orbit.The **Pirahã tribe in the Amazon** have no known instances nor concept of suicide. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 8° max: 20°, sunny CPT: min: 11° max: 19°, cloudy DBN: min: 16° max: 20°, rainy EL: min: 14° max: 21°, cloudy JHB: min: 5° max: 22°, cloudy KIM: min: 7° max: 20°, sunny NLP: min: 17° max: 28°, rainy PMB: min: 11° max: 16°, rainy PKN: min: 16° max: 30°, cloudy PE: min: 14° max: 19°, cloudy PTA: min: 12° max: 26°, cloudy \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$45.74 Gold=$1,326.73 Platinum=$1,025.62 R/$=13.47 R/€=15.11 R/£=17.53 €/$=1.12 JSE All Share=50,899.66 DJIA= 18,235.49 FTSE 100=6,807.67 [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick### **FEATURES**\\\| ![Photo: SABC Group Executive for Corporate Affairs, Hlaudi Motsoeneng.](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/UZVkH7hQktgNFJ0gLnTbeZrwcVmCEsif2O503e7eIUfnXb8ORR3v8mWlMiUZLW4sF-VrU2THN615jzURNsZzko6pSX9F07dH_WxU3BMToK18rnCynJnZyYF0EjoafXh_RehmccrNO7Ng7uD1DdAoTRA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Grootes-Hlaudi-miracles.jpg) \\\| [Out, Hlaudi & Proud: ‘I perform miracles wherever I am’](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-27-out-hlaudi-proud-i-perform-miracles-wherever-i-am/) By Stephen Grootes \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Photo: A frame grab from CCTV interview with President Jacob Zuma.](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/jij2f_RQHwGZ3Re6PBrfT7VYcq5L9WzOb4sEMNPoXjSZP_e1A6ZWdvLKAmgULCbJlzhqOhmHHgqkdQM_TPXddWN2HXlPRWbduD6xHZNIJ5Qm4pDYquwIzINIdS55ftsZw0M0FJUtwDkghA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Poplak-Zumatrump.jpg) \\\| [TRAINSPOTTER: How Jacob Zuma channelled Donald Trump in the worst TV interview in history](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-27-trainspotter-how-jacob-zuma-channelled-donald-trump-in-the-worst-tv-interview-in-history/) By Richard Poplak \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/_R74gCRMJqIbZaq5WJcRCscuCrn6UB3XnTdB8tROSKcLutMhMj_x75ohZwLjk46AlAOlNdy4IvnHApBv1T32Y65HN7xvhHm3dTZjEOugzBLllqQtRviKmpm4wtV830CY3yFd1sMSlQLb3XOrMJxN0-jxOg=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70GregN-Students-only-start.jpg)grenade during the 3rd day of #feemustfall demonstration, against fee increases at universities across the country were announced, in Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 September 2016. 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