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While you were sleeping: 30 November 2016
World mourns Brazilian team crash disaster, Trump announces victory lap, and Michelle Obama not to run for president.
Wednesday, 30th November
“I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now.”
Louisa May Alcott
STORY OF THE DAY
ANC’s post-truth: Brutal NEC gambit initiates Zuma’s slow, messy demise
By RANJENI MUNUSAMY
There have been many heated national executive committee (NEC) meetings in the ANC’s nearly 105-year existence. It is rare, however, for NEC members to openly accuse each other of being “counter-revolutionaries” and “acting on behalf of your handlers”. The debate over the call for President Jacob Zuma to step down was so intense that two NEC members reportedly nearly came to blows. Compared to the surgical strike against Thabo Mbeki in 2008, Zuma appears to be invincible. In truth, the rebellion against Mbeki began years before his recall. Now that the revolt against Zuma has gone to the highest level of the ANC, he is in for a hell ride as his term inelegantly disintegrates. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
Tuesday’s plane crash left most of
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Michelle Obama not keen on
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Smokers under 50 have greater chance of heart attack
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IN NUMBERS
27
The number of times the Gävle Goat has been burned down since 1966. The Gävle Goat is a giant, highly-flammable goat structure built each Christmas in the Swedish city of Gävle.
FACT OF THE DAY
Today is Regina Mundi Day. Regina Mundi is the largest Roman Catholic church in South Africa.
All the flags on the moon are now white due to radiation from the sun and a lack of atmosphere.
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