--- title: "While you were sleeping: 28 November 2016" description: "Zuma on the ropes at NEC meeting, Fillon wins French primary vote, and baby pygmy monkey reunited with mum." 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/2016-11-28-while-you-were-sleeping-28-november-2016/" published: "2016-11-28T06:08:42" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 638 --- # While you were sleeping: 28 November 2016 > Zuma on the ropes at NEC meeting, Fillon wins French primary vote, and baby pygmy monkey reunited with mum. By John Stupart · Published 28 November 2016, 08:08 SAST ## Content *“Tut, man, don't sprawl there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.”* **Aesop** ![Elections aftermath: Why did the ANC ignore its own research?](//i1.createsend1.com/ei/d/C8/F4D/49B/csimport/849x493q70Ranjeni-ZumaNEC_2711161.050410.jpg) STORY OF THE DAY [The Endgame: Zuma on the ropes as ANC tactical manoeuvre unfolds](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ddjkihd-l-u/) By RANJENI MUNUSAMY For the first time since his election as leader of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma is facing a rebellion inside the party’s national executive committee (NEC) – a structure that has the power to recall him as president of the Republic. A two-day NEC meeting has been extended into Monday as heated battles continue behind closed doors over whether to vote Zuma out of office. The president and his allies are trying to defer the vote but his detractors have a fall-back plan should their bid to remove him fail in the NEC. Whatever happens on Monday, this power play signals the endgame for Jacob Zuma. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY. [Fillon secures conservative vote](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ddjkihd-l-x/) François Fillon has secured the conservative vote in France's presidential primaries. Fillon, an amateur rally driver, endorses strong nationalist roots, but has a considerably calmer tone than his current rival in next year's elections, Marine Le Pen. [Trump notes millions of 'illegal' votes, slams recount](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ddjkihd-l-m/) America's next president has publicly announced that he would have won the popular vote if millions of 'illegal' votes were not counted. One would think he'd be happy, then, when Hillary Clinton announced her support of a recount movement currently gaining steam. Instead, Donald Trump labelled Clinton's efforts 'sad'. [American Cubans celebrate Castro's death](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ddjkihd-l-f/) The streets of Little Havana in Miami have seen two days of relentless celebrations by its Cuban community. While tears and mourning characterised the mood of people on Cuba's streets, Miami's expats are overjoyed. Chants of "Fidel, you tyrant, take your brother too!" dominated Sunday's celebrations. The dictator, it seems, was not missed worldwide. [Tiny monkeys reunited in Australian zoo](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ddjkihd-l-z/) Two Australians have been arrested and their stolen miniature monkeys returned to safety at the Symbio Wildlife Park near Sydney. The pygmy marmosets included a suckling infant, who has now rejoined its mother. The adult father marmoset remains missing. The 23- and 26-year-old suspects are believed to have been motivated by money. That, and sheer stupidity. — IN NUMBERS 66 The number of words in Eisenhower's D-Day speech should the invasion fail. FACT OF THE DAY Today in 1987 **South African Airways Flight 295 'Helderberg'**crashed in the Indian Ocean. There were no survivors. Towns near Fukushima are now being plagued by hordes of rampaging,**radioactive wild boars**. Where are Asterix and Obelix when you need them? 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