--- title: "While you were sleeping: 3 July 2017" description: "Eight wounded in mosque shooting, FARC leader hospitalised, and Chinese super-rocket fails." 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/2017-07-03-while-you-were-sleeping-3-july-2017/" published: "2017-07-03T05:56:04" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 801 --- # While you were sleeping: 3 July 2017 > Eight wounded in mosque shooting, FARC leader hospitalised, and Chinese super-rocket fails. By John Stupart · Published 3 July 2017, 07:56 SAST ## Content **Monday, 3 July 2017** *“The behaviour of any bureaucratic organisation can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.”* **Robert Conquest** ![Image](https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/d/4F/C80/828/csimport/849x493q70Carien-polcon1.051122.jpg) STORY OF THE DAY [ANC Policy Conference 2017: Ramaphosa gets a battle cry – ‘Radical Socio-Economic Transformation’](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kdullit-l-x/) By CARIEN DU PLESSIS Halfway through the ANC’s policy conference, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa laid bare the lines of the proxy battles set up in the ANC’s national policy conference by saying branches have called for “radical socio-economic transformation”. Up to now, President Jacob Zuma’s camp has been forcing “radical economic transformation” on party members as the ultimate policy goal. Now it’s about seeing which of the two will prevail. [Eight wounded in France mosque shooting](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kdullit-l-m/) Two suspects emerged from a vehicle in south-east Avignon, opening fire on a group near the mosque. Eight people were wounded, including a child. At present the state prosecutor has ruled out terrorism as a motive, arguing that the mosque's proximity to the shooting was coincidental, not deliberate. [FARC leader has a stroke](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kdullit-l-c/) FARC's rebel leader Rodrigo Londono was hospitalised on Sunday for a stroke. Believed to be in a "satisfactory" condition, the leader, known as "Timochenko" is expected to leave hospital on Tuesday, with prospects high of a full recovery. With all of FARC's guns handed into the United Nations, Timochenko's ability to navigate Colombian politics without violence will continue unhindered, it appears. [Qatar set to give deadline the middle finger](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kdullit-l-q/) Qatar has appeared defiant in the face of an extended deadline for it to meet a set of demands by Saudi Arabia. It is currently facing regional isolation and the 13 demands include the shut-down of Al Jazeera, the restriction of diplomatic ties with Iran, and the closure of a Turkish military base. Also included is a demand to sever ties with Islamic State, al-Qaeda and Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. Qatar in return has flatly denied allegations that it funds extremism. Saudi pots calling the kettle black, then. [Chinese heavy-lift rocket fails](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-kdullit-l-a/) On Sunday China announced the failure of its new, heavy-lift rocket. Capable of taking 25 tonnes into orbit, the Long March-5 Y2 clearly was incapable of doing so at the weekend. An "abnormity" was detected, with Chinese officials providing no further details. "Great bloody expensive explosion" probably does not appear on the post-mission report. — IN NUMBERS 46 The increased likelihood (percent) of divorce between couples who spend over $20,000 on their weddings. 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