--- title: "While you were sleeping: 13th February 2017" description: "North Korea sends a Trump-sized missile test across the ocean, Adele and Beyonce clean up at the Grammys, and jazz legend Al Jarreau dies at 76." 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/2017-02-13-while-you-were-sleeping-13th-february-2017/" published: "2017-02-13T06:00:46" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 855 --- # While you were sleeping: 13th February 2017 > North Korea sends a Trump-sized missile test across the ocean, Adele and Beyonce clean up at the Grammys, and jazz legend Al Jarreau dies at 76. By John Stupart · Published 13 February 2017, 08:00 SAST ## Content **Monday, 13th February 2017** *"Out of my way, you drunken swabs!"* **Lord Kitchener to journalists in Sudan** ![Image](https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/d/A2/331/82C/csimport/849x493q70Ranjeni-SONA-aftermath1.050432.jpg) STORY OF THE DAY [#SonaMustFall: Don’t normalise Zuma’s security creep](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-hjtkyky-l-k/) By RANJENI MUNUSAMY The annual Opening of Parliament has gone from an event of national pride and pageantry to an undignified fiasco. It is just another thing that the wrecking ball that is the Jacob Zuma Presidency has ruined. If a president has to hide behind armed troops in order to face the nation, perhaps he should not be doing so at all. At this rate Zuma could roll up to the entrance of the National Assembly in a military tank next year and, perhaps the year after, the Special Forces will do an aerial manoeuvre to drop him at the podium in the House. Or maybe a hologram Jacob Zuma will pummel us with a 5,000-word treatise. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING [North Korea sends a Trump-sized missile test](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-hjtkyky-l-u/) North Korea announced today that it had successfully tested a ballistic missile. Launched on Sunday, the Pukguksong-2 medium range missile travelled roughly 500km before plunging into the Sea of Japan. The launch has been seen as a direct challenge to President Trump, and possibly South Korea's interim president. [Adele and Beyonce big winners at the Grammys](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-hjtkyky-l-o/) Adele, Beyonce and the late David Bowie all received top honours at the Grammys this year. Adele nabbed a total of six Grammys, ranging from Record of the Year to Best Short Form Music Video. David Bowie's Blackstar, his final album, was awarded Grammys in all five categories in which they had been nominated. Bowie had previously won just a single Grammy. [Jazz legend Al Jarreau dies at 76](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-hjtkyky-l-b/) Al Jarreau, a seven-time Grammy award winning jazz artist, has died just days after announcing his retirement. Jarreau died in a Los Angeles hospital after being treated for fatigue. The artist had long suffered from exhaustion on tour and had announced his ceasing of all tour activity last week. Jarreau had just been honoured by President Barack Obama during an International Jazz Day ceremony. [Down Syndrome model debuts at NY fashion week](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-hjtkyky-l-n/) Madeline Stuart, a 20-year-old Australian model with Down Syndrome, has smashed stereotypes by debuting at New York Fashion week. 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