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title: "While you were sleeping: 29 September 2016"
description: "Wits votes on its future, shooting injures three in USA school, and Bangladesh on a knife edge ahead of England tour."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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author: "John Stupart"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-29-while-you-were-sleeping-29th-september-2016/"
published: "2016-09-29T06:12:48"
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---

# While you were sleeping: 29 September 2016

> Wits votes on its future, shooting injures three in USA school, and Bangladesh on a knife edge ahead of England tour.

By John Stupart · Published 29 September 2016, 08:12 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| “Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air and drink the water.” **–****Carl Sagan** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |
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| \|  \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/93a0d9bd-3d2f-4d23-832c-a8a4cca4c0eb.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [Op-Ed:](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-28-op-ed-hlaudis-new-appointment-is-invalid-and-will-prove-costly-to-the-sabc/#.V-yE9Pl95hE)[Hlaudi’s](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-28-op-ed-hlaudis-new-appointment-is-invalid-and-will-prove-costly-to-the-sabc/#.V-yE9Pl95hE)[new appointment is invalid and will prove costly to the SABC](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-28-op-ed-hlaudis-new-appointment-is-invalid-and-will-prove-costly-to-the-sabc/#.V-yE9Pl95hE)The appointment of the disgraced Hlaudi Motsoeneng as the head of corporate affairs at the SABC after the Western Cape High Court confirmed that his appointment as Chief Operation Officer was irrational, and thus invalid, is almost certainly also irrational and hence invalid. While probably not in contempt of the order issued by the High Court that invalidated Mr Motsoeneng's appointment, the move by the SABC does show contempt for the Public Protector, for the proven facts, and for the settled legal principles. By PIERRE DE VOS.  [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-28-op-ed-hlaudis-new-appointment-is-invalid-and-will-prove-costly-to-the-sabc/#.V-yE9Pl95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Wits votes on its futureStudents at Wits have been encouraged to participate in an SMS-based poll today. The question? Should the university resume academic activity or continue its shutdown? The poll is a move by the university's administrators to establish whether the FeesMustFall comrades speak for the majority of the university, forcing the latter's hand. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-29-students-encouraged-to-participate-in-wits-university-shutdown-poll) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Amnesty accuses Sudan of chemical attacksAmnesty International has released a report accusing the Sudanese regime of using chemical weapons. The attacks, numbering over a score, targeted the Sudan Liberation Army - Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) rebel group, but also killed innocent civilians, including children. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-29-amnesty-accuses-sudan-of-deadly-darfur-chemical-attacks) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Three injured in school shootingA teenager has injured two students and a teacher at South Carolina elementary school after possibly murdering his own father. The suspect, who was home-schooled and had zero affiliation with the school, was arrested without incident. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-29-three-injured-in-us-school-shooting-after-teen-suspect-kills-father) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Bangladesh confident of security ahead of tourBangladesh has assured England that unprecedented security has dominated preparations ahead of its tour, starting on Friday. The month-long tour of three ODIs and two tests will keep at bay the possibility of Bangladesh becoming shut out of international sport. That's assuming, of course, all goes off without a hitch. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-29-cricket-bangladesh-assures-england-as-tour-begins) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **2.1m** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The distance with which a bug zapper can spray a filthy mist of bug body parts. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today sees **DM's own Marianne Thamm** launch her book '[Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-09-27-video-between-the-lines-hitler-verwoerd-marianne-thamm/)' at the Book Lounge in Cape Town.The **Algerian National Anthem**was originally written in blood on a prison wall. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 4° max: 23°, cloudy CPT: min: 11° max: 19°, cloudy DBN: min: 16° max: 23°, cloudy EL: min: 13° max: 20°, cloudy JHB: min: 4° max: 23°, cloudy KIM: min: 6° max: 23°, cloudy NLP: min: 15° max: 20°, cloudy PMB: min: 7° max: 24°, cloudy PKN: min: 15° max: 25°, cloudy PE: min: 14° max: 20°, cloudy PTA: min: 11° max: 28°, cloudy \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$48.11 Gold=$1,322.81 Platinum=$1,027.75 R/$=13.65 R/€=15.31 R/£=17.78 €/$=1.12 JSE All Share=51,773.50 DJIA= 18,300.65 FTSE 100=6,849.38  [Source](http://dailymaverick.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f&id=6c17d969dc&e=371f6bebf2) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Now on Daily Maverick### **FEATURES**\\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vIT1jRjowu-p_4rsyLOr17jNtGurT8KwzHb7oWF1e4et0myvarn2htW1K2RjzeA-BEzuJqp_vIeM-BhFE_htr30PKlIIHcDucAPAZ_l2d_Vnbl_rytu1tpB2XtWR6BkPSt5NlfdbqIRahbA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70De-Vos-Motsoeneng.jpg)the corporation’s first quarterly media briefing in Johannesburg on Wednesday, 28 January 2015. 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