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title: "While you were sleeping: 17 October 2016"
description: "Battle for Mosul begins, lander hurtles towards Mars surface, and Neil Tovey suffers heart attack."
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/2016-10-17-while-you-were-sleeping-17-october-2016/"
published: "2016-10-17T06:13:05"
updated: "2016-10-17T06:14:25"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 1037
---

# While you were sleeping: 17 October 2016

> Battle for Mosul begins, lander hurtles towards Mars surface, and Neil Tovey suffers heart attack.

By John Stupart · Published 17 October 2016, 08:13 SAST · Updated 17 October 2016, 08:14 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| *“My calamity is at hand!"*  **–** **John Stubbs**, incorporating a pun into having his hand cut off for seditious writing in 1589. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \| |
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| \| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| \\\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/9fe5e720-e391-4e90-8a73-09846d288312.jpg) \\\| \\\| --- \\\|\\\| ## [As South Africa enters a Thuli-less era, Pravin steps into the breach](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-17-as-south-africa-enters-a-thuli-less-era-pravin-steps-into-the-breach/#.WAQ_nYN95hE)Thuli Madonsela left the office of the Public Protector in dramatic style on Friday with a final media briefing and two court applications preventing her from releasing her much awaited “state capture” report into the dealings of the Gupta family. For seven years, she was the epitome of South Africa’s “protector”. There have been concerns in society about what would happen when Madonsela goes. Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan answered the question. He used South Africa’s court system to break open the Gupta chamber of secrets – a manoeuvre that corners President Jacob Zuma and his friends. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.  [Read more](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-17-as-south-africa-enters-a-thuli-less-era-pravin-steps-into-the-breach/#.WAQ_nYN95hE) \\\| \\\| --- \\\| \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Battle for Mosul beginsMore than 25,000 Iraqi troops have been allocated to the recapture of ISIL's last major Iraqi stronghold. The offensive, called Operation Conquest, technically began in March, but has only become a full-fledged campaign now. The drive to take back the city, however, could last months. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-17-mosul-offensive-a-decisive-moment-in-anti-is-campaign-us-defense-secretary) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Republican office firebombedA Republican Party office in North Carolina was hit with a petrol bomb overnight. Donald Trump blamed the attack on Democratic Party supporters, who, he said, commited the crime "because we are winning". Nobody was injured during the attack. Nonetheless, moonbat Republicans do appear to be rivalled in craziness this weekend by moonbat Democrats. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-17-republican-party-office-in-north-carolina-firebombed) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Mars lander sent to the planet surfaceA European lander has been sent on a million kilometre mission to the surface of Mars. Its mission: To search for traces of life on the Red Planet. With at least half of all US and Russian missions to send landers to the surface having failed, this expedition is certainly fraught with innumerable dangers. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-17-europe-steers-lander-towards-mars-surface) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ## Tovey suffers heart attackFormer Bafana Bafana captain, Neil Tovey, has collapsed during training after having what is being reported as a heart attack. Currently the technical director for the national team, Tovey has been hospitalised previously for heart problems. He is currently in a stable condition in hospital. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-17-south-africa-icon-tovey-suffers-heart-attack) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **$250,000/year** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| One of the yearly spend requirements to qualify for an Amex Black Card. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Facts of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| Today is **Ernie Els' birthday.**The Big Easy was born in 1969.The **velociraptor sounds** in Jurassic Park are actually mating noises of tortoises. \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # Weather \\| \\| --- \\|\\| # Financial Data \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| BFN: min: 12° max: 26°, sunny CPT: min: 12° max: 23°, sunny DBN: min: 15° max: 20°, cloudy EL: min: 14° max: 20°, cloudy JHB: min: 14° max: 27°,cloudy KIM: min: 14° max: 27°, sunny NLP: min: 14° max: 21°, cloudy PMB: min: 10° max: 18°, rainy PKN: min: 15° max: 28°, cloudy PE: min: 15° max: 21°, sunny PTA: min: 16° max: 31°, cloudy \\| \\| --- \\|\\| Oil=$51.95 Gold=$1,251.03 Platinum=$935.74 R/$=14.31 R/€=15.59 R/£=17.41 €/$=1.09 JSE All Share=51,146.78 DJIA= 18,138.38 FTSE 100=7,013.55  [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/F34y1UJpnjUvZmucoB7BKJ6u9YxjzO3SmxKvTqgdYkvvEybETJT8dbM7eamXPV6fRU_J_nhnAmdaFrIaRH06_vS-2wFsxAxr8zt3ZJnEgj6Jx75JcowHx_3N88WMCp6ncG7vm4tvYJ9q=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70DM-Pravin-Thuli.jpg)Protector Thuli Madonsela (Greg Nicolson / Daily Maverick)" /> \\\| [As South Africa enters a Thuli-less era, Pravin steps into the breach](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-10-17-as-south-africa-enters-a-thuli-less-era-pravin-steps-into-the-breach/)  By Ranjeni Munusamy \\\| \\\| --- \\\| --- \\\| \\\| ![Image](//ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/9hhAq0-x3cy30X7_AEuJf0zL1NbMBHeRvOo60x6hBgHITbNq4rI_SDqA0m6I2WHWsrLG2rUcjPyoWWFw25sPaVbhMDnCIE2JmihVlxC2LaReKyscH70uvlWYZodZjQ1D2xWtiksQUR_KZo4T6AWoFV3g8Xxve1eA85t4=s0-d-e1-ft#http://images.www.dailymaverick.co.za/images/resized_images/80x70q70Grootes-Ramaphosa-Shields-Gordhan.jpg)party’s newly appointed Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa at the National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Bloemfontein on December 18, 2012. 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