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title: "While you were sleeping: 4 October 2016"
description: "Wits digs in for a hard Tuesday, Trump camp prepares for difficult VP debate, and WikiLeaks turns 10."
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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/2016-10-04-while-you-were-sleeping-4-october-2016/"
published: "2016-10-04T06:05:27"
updated: "2016-10-04T06:05:28"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1054
---

# While you were sleeping: 4 October 2016

> Wits digs in for a hard Tuesday, Trump camp prepares for difficult VP debate, and WikiLeaks turns 10.

By John Stupart · Published 4 October 2016, 08:05 SAST · Updated 4 October 2016, 08:05 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| *"I wouldn’t be able to help myself,”***– Adolf Hitler**, on whether he would return to war if he had made peace with Soviet Russia. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |
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| \|  \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/71ed6773-72bd-44da-92ef-39b3628d380d.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [TRAINSPOTTER: Adam Habib – the rock, the hard place, and the cruel beauty of an uncaring universe](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-trainspotter-adam-habib-the-rock-the-hard-place-and-the-cruel-beauty-of-an-uncaring-universe/#.V_McNvl95hE)Last week, University of Witwatersrand Vice-Chancellor Adam Habib made the Hail Mary desperation play of running an SMS poll, asking students and staff if they were willing to return to classes if the security apparatus standing sentinel throughout the campus remained there to keep them safe. It was another attempt to break the deadlock between students and management, following the renewed bout of #FeesMustFall protests that were the result of Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande’s recommendation that fee increases for 2017 should be capped at 8%. On Monday, a national higher education imbizo took place, which included all “stakeholders”. In the first of a series of profiles of South Africans working the frontlines of our troubled country, RICHARD POPLAK sits down with the VC, a man who finds himself as the face of Power, while wielding none of it. [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-trainspotter-adam-habib-the-rock-the-hard-place-and-the-cruel-beauty-of-an-uncaring-universe/#.V_McNvl95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Wits puts its foot downA statement issued by vice chancellor Adam Habib late last night fixed Wits' eyes forward. Forward, and most definitely open. Citing the 77% of students who are for keeping university doors ajar, Wits campus will reopen, but with a heavy security presence to clamp down on any IRA-esque 'closure cells' roaming the university. Things are about to get very tense, and possibly very weird, at Wits. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-trainspotter-adam-habib-the-rock-the-hard-place-and-the-cruel-beauty-of-an-uncaring-universe/) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Trump's VP to snipe from the trenchesExperiencing the fury of a Clinton campaign in full swing, the Trump camp has taken yet another knock ahead of tonight's vice presidential debate. The Donald J. Trump foundation has received a cease and desist order for any fundraising activities. Combined with the possibility that Trump has paid zero income tax for two decades, and the lunatic ship appears a little leaky. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-clinton-seizes-offensive-as-woes-mount-for-trump) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## US pulls out of ceasefire talks in SyriaThe United States has stopped all attempts to convince Russia to impose a ceasefire on the Syrian regime. Regime forces, backed by Russia, have continued a ceaseless campaign against Aleppo. The target is ostensibly 'jihadists', but as is now the norm in Syria, the victims are generally civilians.[Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-us-drops-russia-talks-as-syria-pushes-aleppo-onslaught) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## WikiLeaks turns 10It has been a decade since WikiLeaks registered its domain in 2006. Berlin will host a commemoration event today, with a video message from Julian Assange beamed in as part of the ceremony. A rare balcony-based viewing of Assange from the Embassy of Ecuador in London was cancelled due to 'security concerns'. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-wikileaks-fetes-10th-birthday-in-defiant-form) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **800** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The number of languages spoken in New York City. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today is **Swedish Cinnamon Roll Day.**There is no reason at all why it could not be your own Cinnamon Roll Day either.The **2****014 ALS ice bucket challenge** has actively helped create a new form of gene therapy to treat the disease. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 4° max: 23°, sunny CPT: min: 16° max: 27°, rainy DBN: min: 12° max: 21°, cloudy EL: min: 14° max: 20°, cloudy JHB: min: 1° max: 23°, cloudy KIM: min: 7° max: 24°, sunny NLP: min:7° max: 20°, cloudy PMB: min: 3° max: 18°, cloudy PKN: min: 6° max: 19°,cloudy PE: min: 14° max: 23°, cloudy PTA: min: 3° max: 23°, cloudy \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$50.67 Gold=$1,311.74 Platinum=$1,006.81 R/$=13.59 R/€=15.24 R/£=17.48 €/$=1.12 JSE All Share=51,658.99 DJIA= 18,235.66 FTSE 100=6,983.52  [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/loGb6G4CwNKJus0_kcoqyIYr-Z7JUc5povrhNG46zlEI_l4gIv05BOo24H7-Zdyk4wOxC2UX24iXE4qUmMCoHnmnk2ZsQdsvhgdTrL7uH__LXQD44J2WJ0JB15_8k6ksLmGf_znScQtySMI=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Poplak-Adam-Habib.jpg)Wits)" /> \\\| [TRAINSPOTTER: Adam Habib – the rock, the hard place, and the cruel beauty of an uncaring universe](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-trainspotter-adam-habib-the-rock-the-hard-place-and-the-cruel-beauty-of-an-uncaring-universe/)  By Richard Poplak \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/U7jASoJRGd32F3sX4gmydYKJq3VL48VLkcsG2mOEQVNIUJfnzU6r8U6Ox7kuurlr1bqsrcupNUoy6FoSXctkgc8KUte3mp7XWxYgYy7_fvF4aVfXpL_o--RF4jaBrlkr248wN61NhL1IL_N6rP2T14xLa2iI=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Marianne-SARSElskieMakwakwa.jpg)Makwakwa. (GCIS, SARS)" /> \\\| [SARS Wars: Makwakwa, Elskie. What more will it take before the Hawks investigate?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-sars-wars-makwakwa-elskie.-what-more-will-it-take-before-the-hawks-investigate/)  By Marianne Thamm \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/CcOWtwrMKoh50QcRWgZNVCmWyqzcHy7wLou5au5ipkKMK_zMR8WH7VU4fOLSmFfGwq1Fxv7uAgQ0strlJ1pdKm5RnrSINjBBrGU_gBDjIX7FdqbKeFqGtVLKpLHrtanQk9Ggbwn8OJ4ZmyK6fQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Nicolson-Fees-forum.jpg)during the third week of ongoing protests against the cost of higher education, Johannesburg, South Africa, 03 October 2016. EPA/CORNELL TUKIRI" /> \\\| [Education imbizo fails, except in highlighting divisions](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-education-imbizo-fails-except-in-highlighting-divisions/)  By Greg Nicolson \\\| \\\| ![Grootes-on-ANC-presser-word-cloud.jpg](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/QmmlQTcAlAz8fpR0JikdGDfvpIk_fJhYIeavJFEyp_oOHp6XqubwYTGts42w6E2bBk5YRGv7asNndyviNHcKcatyD30k3LckJJriSBdTJ8Kr8IP8X_jgfJPkSql72Vjpvj5xLvm8IJgtSxcr9PN1z-0Hss1Y6Leq13iU=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Grootes-on-ANC-presser-word-cloud.jpg) \\\| [ANC post-NEC: Words don’t come easy](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-anc-post-nec-words-dont-come-easy/)  By Stephen Grootes \\\| \\\| ![Photo of Raymond Suttner by Ivor Markman.](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/cArW5ipvL7dm5EOAGPR1cVZU2LMLq_ljKlgYjd3rhhoVYNjkAMJtvvXIHBy8PkBWvZpawZoviDGVzgz9PpdVA8K_ikCve7t9viwzE35AWdMDZM2QdxNop7Fxg6HXa1tLlpcKATOZR9y3YpqrSIx7u2--vA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Suttner-University-crisis.jpg) \\\| [Op-Ed: Universities crisis – what is the way forward?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-op-ed-universities-crisis-what-is-the-way-forward/)  By Raymond Suttner \\\| \\\| ![Photo: Umhlangano, via Instagram](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/PeSHmj6qh0VB1sCN6EWGvCtb4gBDfbsS0ffFnXK2RP3CK_LdrGhD431dkp6TTh5OFEXT2tf4mvHEGmw4QM9bkx19wMe0Afop-90wIn-AJT1KqJVmCTP0liRZaN2GjjMMQUsJ_ZsipnHr-id_gw=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70marelise-umhlangano.jpg) \\\| [‘Make the revolution cute AF’: Will students’ camp campus protests work?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-make-the-revolution-cute-af-will-students-camp-campus-protests-work/)  By Marelise van der Merwe \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/wNtLY-Mcjev4A2eK-nePV2Mpjlpd5wj_6n1FNuGmlKXpvkIy8rjuPsJ5qAKGxbuSJIwZHgTAMCXhhONVOXWNmYy2KAAeDm75ftxGLxkfA1xxd72lD30bx6muTlvUWeG1n2l6mMBYXw_HwUzYmRHispY=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Simon-Kunduz-MAIN-PHOTO.jpg)shows a missile hole in the wall and the burnt-out remains of the the building after a sustained attack on the facility in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan." /> \\\| [Kunduz, Afghanistan: A South African nurse remembers the day the US bombed a field hospital](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-kunduz-afghanistan-a-south-african-nurse-remembers-the-day-the-us-bombed-a-field-hospital/)  By Simon Allison \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/AD73M5DkA-jPnc4awJF4CHKAESJmanksGwkOIklOcToPf9kb2MQpqIp-2C6_5BCrId_SJ1tZKs3hx68_LXHFwQEvh6Af6BCCGlHoq0I9iJuAoHu4LbBDeUxRtRDz2em9n1AaYhLZr4b-S-0LIudeJTLFxrJKTjpqaMnloqveRLFZ0CifWtU=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Greg-Mills-Colombia-Great-Perhaps-MAIN-PHOTO.jpg)peace deal referendum in Bogota, Colombia, 02 October 2016. Colombians voted 'No' to the peace pact signed less than a week ago between the government and the FARC guerrillas, according to official results with 99.64 percent of the votes counted. EPA/LEONARDO MUNOZ." /> \\\| [Winning Colombia’s Peace: A Great Perhaps?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-winning-colombias-peace-a-great-perhaps/)  By OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, DICKIE DAVIS, DAVID KILCULLEN & GREG MILLS \\\| \\\| ![Photo of a Lesotho man by Michael Williams via Flickr.](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/j_w-yDMx-d3G-FeZfdEnhfdvSrYPB9uGicyeE4Q3ziELV8VtQFjwYklGY-F0PHBkv42Y2Ijqvs-4_iDqVrDh1_9OSq92pAvldqI8jmPZOI5iBJwXXB7SMKFFcsudOCC5hFbF0P6RZh0baV3-wkzMyA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Flessner-Lesotho-at-50.jpg) \\\| [Lesotho at 50: The Politics of Dysfunction or the Dysfunction of Politics?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-lesotho-at-50-the-politics-of-dysfunction-or-the-dysfunction-of-politics/)  By John Aerni-Flessner \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/QTb9O9--szwtkaTpAC3WOF6mWEav7DzdUKoOcpfBoIJ7KR-NYvRTwppZiJniA1UBk2Eg7AWMWM3MCIHEAHbA641nI6BhzGXDRlpLTY7tjc-SqfHgmZUNT-DgnSsCxAfo3Q=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70tsepo-M.jpg)to pay must pay, says Equal Education general secretary Tshepo Motsepe. Photo: Ashleigh Furlong" /> \\\| [GroundUp: Students are aiming at the wrong target, says Equal Education's Tshepo Motsepe](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-03-groundup-students-are-aiming-at-the-wrong-target-says-equal-educations-tshepo-motsepe/)  By GroundUp \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/yHfidqpTUfG6BDfAU37BmnLFx55D8EmgGQTNiJ2hAnAC37bmguizKG9IYdqMDjpRDJCNLdDbdmxvyuVv7kWydRI8SxZ0lBDI8DHgfK6Ireu0M_OYTh2i_USj1FqL3DxM4W3_yn46QIGCyA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70UCTShutdown-3930.jpg)the M3 highway and onto upper campus where they disrupted classes. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks" /> \\\| [GroundUp: Mayhem at UCT](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-03-groundup-mayhem-at-uct/)  By GroundUp \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/KsynU3XMo0WcWqYKRq1rTUsmIQy14KrtNEn5n1jLp5WlvZcHQwZipCLdGc7qh09tuMI7v4jQMMYAuzOMVJEEn9MM5JSZsz4JeDykqR0-gStXK5Krm_JUWeIHN4FJHtr0FAZCOASAnOI=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70UCT-dissenters.jpg)protesters blocked entrances and disrupted classes. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks" /> \\\| [GroundUp: UCT students speak out against disruptions](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-03-groundup-uct-students-speak-out-against-disruptions/)  By GroundUp \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/TM6RvqeiJmVQRxYLLWzpq7bvjHvc_PTZAJsz_43X8VCwj0Mx0BR7pWO7gKFtyRTBmID1xPi6pUu1d0A3swxLCGU8dKMW36LEk8jqvRpQJUWsYKKNf1FOqwIoPBbpcg8ADC9svFYck2WYSbBYEIe2NDA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70ant-ryder-cup-golf-fans.jpg)Ryder Cup 2016 at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota, USA, 02 October 2016. The Ryder Cup 2016 runs from 29 September to 02 October. EPA/TANNEN MAURY" /> \\\| [Ryder Cup: What makes American golf fans so distinctly unlikeable?](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-04-ryder-cup-what-makes-american-golf-fans-so-distinctly-unlikeable/)  By Antoinette Muller \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/3X43bBKPHhPPdERC8JLBLybf8QMuC3tfZk2moEX-NKKFWeyAMqFucdQ41d2hXpez_uWiujtOQo0fXdWBN2zGtkhDG_y6TCMGA95B9DCGn4AIbP-u9jmB67W4-nM7IP4ekW7BjA=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70h_53045490.jpg)the two Swiss alps peaks Tour d'Ai and Tour de Mayen, at 2,330 meters above sea level, in front of the Geneva Lake, in Leysin, Switzerland, Saturday, 01 October 2016. Balancing the 'slackline' or 'highline' is a training method for climbers to improve their equilibrium sense. To avoid the danger of falling down, the athlete is secured with a rope. EPA/NICOLAS SEDLATCHEK" /> \\\| [While you were sleeping: 3 October 2016](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-03-while-you-were-sleeping-3-october-2016/)  By John Stupart \\\|### **OPINIONISTA**\\\| ![Jay-Naidoo-new-profile-photo.jpg](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/WvXT2WOZQgy3H3h6dYT9luLln4qnIZ_8DDdxa4b67E254AJH50Rsa6fdjW-a_l2wrjOME3eipOGvwfMMdKWRxz7edorqpkaZzS4Jvdm3s3zJXekbK-grq88DAq6P2F0jVlqBbOkzRuodhQM5Qcq8j4Et3NFaXw=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Jay-Naidoo-new-profile-photo.jpg) \\\| [Good Governance is our right, not a privilege](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-10-03-good-governance-is-our-right-not-a-privilege/)  By Jay Naidoo \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Mamphela-bio.jpg](//ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/xljck3EsogmCsyMqM_2tOCtWqaxpIn5ipxwN6cm6xGNvv2BvO4z3rkbH1S7yetOkUNdGPSe5Ngi_ZQRgx-BwqFtjURurxCfQ7sh6TjLsR7GYEk8vbk0aMzYhtrvILOSnu22jug5q=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Mamphela-bio.jpg) \\\| [Re-imagine and Rebuild Education in South Africa: A Tribute to Es’kia Mphahlele](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-10-04-re-imagine-and-rebuild-education-in-south-africa-a-tribute-to-eskia-mphahlele/)  By Mamphela Ramphele \\\| \\\| ![Andrew-Gasnolar.jpg](//ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/cnzJMe5IeOuJwixwgqYzGgVpmc1V5lHSR0O69vHPSv4YxfErHqiMgrGyrsuoDQlPi8GBL-mdQ91Xyh8nL_4jbZvf4HV62C-BL4rgQguraU_xBZOqbL0XSs9vlD9Bww0meH8scbtJBKPt=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Andrew-Gasnolar.jpg) \\\| [Trapped in a cycle of despair](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-10-04-trapped-in-a-cycle-of-despair/)  By Andrew Ihsaan Gasnolar \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |