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While you were sleeping: 21 November 2016
Trump finishes weekend of major meetings, Obama threatens to speak out, and NASA upgrades your weather forecasts.
Monday, 21st November
“I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you f**k with me, I’ll kill you all.”
General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis
STORY OF THE DAY
Out-trumping Trump: Zuma boards another populist flight of fancy
By RANJENI MUNUSAMY
President Jacob Zuma has gone from linking the ANC’s political term to the return of the Son of God to now comparing himself to Jesus. He
Trump wraps marathon weekend of meetings
Donald Trump has wrapped up a weekend of meetings with cabinet prospects. These included Governor Chris Christie, Rudy Giuliani, and former Marine Corps general, James Mattis. Mattis has been tipped for a probable Secretary of Defence position.
Obama warns he may ‘speak out’ against Trump
President Barack Obama has cautioned he might speak out against Trump should he violate “core values”. The statement, if carried out, would fly in the face of a long-held tradition among ex-presidents not to criticise their successors. Something which Thabo Mbeki and South Africa clearly does not abide by.
Former Greek president Costis Stephanopoulos has died at age 90. The statesman passed away of pneumonia in Athens on Sunday night. Stephanopoulos was Greek’s president between 1995 and 2005.
NASA launches revolutionary weather satellite
Tired of your weather forecasts constantly getting it wrong? NASA has your back. On Sunday the space agency launched the GOES-R (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites), which should beam back high-resolution imagery of major storms every 30 seconds.
IN NUMBERS
6,000
The average number of birds vaporised by the Ivanpah Solar Plant each year.
FACT OF THE DAY
Today is World Television Day. Celebrate by going out for a walk.
Stephen Hawking held a party for time travellers. He sent the invitation out the day after. Nobody attended.
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Weather
BFN: min: 17° max: 30°, rainy
CPT: min: 14° max: 25°, cloudy
DBN: min: 20° max: 35°, PM rain
EL: min: 18° max: 26°, PM rain
JHB: min: 16° max: 28°, PM rain
KIM: min: 22° max: 33°, AM rain
NLP: min: 14° max: 33°, PM rain
PMB: min: 12° max: 35°, cloudy
PKN: min: 15° max: 29°, cloudy
PE: min: 16 max: 22°, cloudy
PTA: min: 16° max: 18°, PM rain
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