--- title: "While you were sleeping: Thursday 20 April 2017" description: "Venezuela vows to continue protests, Williams confirms pregnancy, and Bill O'Reilly canned." type: "NewsArticle" publisher: "Daily Maverick" site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za" section: "South Africa" author: "John Stupart" author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/" canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2017-04-20-while-you-were-sleeping-thursday-20-april-2017/" published: "2017-04-20T06:00:58" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 680 --- # While you were sleeping: Thursday 20 April 2017 > Venezuela vows to continue protests, Williams confirms pregnancy, and Bill O'Reilly canned. By John Stupart · Published 20 April 2017, 08:00 SAST ## Content **Thursday, 20 April 2017** *“There is nobility in the struggle, you don't have to win.”* **Sharon Pollock** ![Image](https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/d/E5/532/48A/csimport/849x493q70Poplak-on-NDZ1.050845.jpg) STORY OF THE DAY [TRAINSPOTTER: On the road with Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the president-elect South Africa can’t afford](http://subscriptions.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-klfdky-l-u/) By RICHARD POPLAK Four weeks ago, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was familiar, and yet unknown. A month into her re-entry into South African politics, a picture has formed. It’s not a good one. The former African Union chairperson is an extension of the Zuma looting project – she and her former husband share the same friends, the same rhetoric, and the same dark outlook: what remains of the ANC will swallow what remains of the South African state. [Venezuela to see fresh protests today](http://subscriptions.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-klfdky-l-o/) Despite several deaths, Venezuela's opposition has vowed to continue protests throughout Thursday. At least eight people including a policeman have been killed in clashes thus far. The country appeared fed up with President Nicolas Maduro and a declining oil-based economy. South African opposition could do well to take some notes. [Williams confirms pregnancy](http://subscriptions.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-klfdky-l-b/) Hours after Serena Williams posted a telling Snapchat selfie, her spokesperson confirmed the tennis champion's pregnancy. In an email statement, the agent said: "I'm happy to confirm Serena is expecting a baby this Fall." This would also mean that Williams was expecting when she destroyed all opposition at the Australian Open. [Mali state of emergency extended](http://subscriptions.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-klfdky-l-n/) A 17-month state of emergency in Mali has been extended for another 10 days. In what is by now a routine extension, Malian officials noted that terrorist groups and armed militants still plague the country. Five soldiers were killed and 10 others injured in an attack in Timbuktu on Tuesday. [Bill O'Reilly dropped by Fox](http://subscriptions.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-klfdky-l-p/) Infamous Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly has been sacked by his network. The Trump-supporting, sexual-harassing firebrand departed amidst a cloud of allegations, scandal, and plummeting advertising sales. For Fox, it was the last factor that ultimately proved too damaging to its reputation to retain O'Reilly. — IN NUMBERS 34 The percentage of Americans who have no savings at all. FACTS OF THE DAY Today is **Adolf Hitler's birth date**. 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