Cape Town’s CBD will be a flurry of uniforms, shiny medals, fancy dresses, and a State of the Nation Address. With President Zuma poised to give his address, all speculation is focused on everything but the speech itself. Protests are expected, and teargas seems a grim inevitability with 6,000 police barricaded throughout Cape Town.

One final day of overpriced Cape Town hotel rates, and one final day for the Mining Indaba’s be-suited masses to fling business cards at one another. Tensions between a highly regulated government and mining companies have dominated the Indaba this year, with investors having a gloomy outlook despite promises of a commodity boom. The Indaba ends at noon, giving the VIPs just enough time to get out of the city before the SONA Gestapo descend.

The United States has announced that a bombing raid has killed 11 al-Qaeda members in Syria, including Abu Hani al-Masri, a long-time veteran of the terrorist group. The bombing occurred in the group’s stronghold in Idlib a week ago but was only announced late on Wednesday. Stay tuned for the inevitable Trump tweet taking credit for the flight, target, and accuracy.

The United States Treasury has announced that Boris Johnson, the white-haired eccentric British politician/former mayor, has renounced his American citizenship. Possibly seen as a Trump snub, the reality is that Johnson began the process several years back and probably did it to avoid the taxes every American must pay, even if living abroad.

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