--- title: "While you were sleeping: 5 February 2018" description: "D-Day looms for Zuma and De Lille, Patriots lose Super Bowl 52 to Eagles, and Tehran closes schools due to pollution." 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/2018-02-05-while-you-were-sleeping-5-february-2018/" published: "2018-02-05T05:31:09" updated: "2018-02-05T05:51:14" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 795 --- # While you were sleeping: 5 February 2018 > D-Day looms for Zuma and De Lille, Patriots lose Super Bowl 52 to Eagles, and Tehran closes schools due to pollution. By John Stupart · Published 5 February 2018, 07:31 SAST · Updated 5 February 2018, 07:51 SAST ## Content **Monday, 5 February 2018** *"A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth's atmosphere."* **New York Times, 1936** ![Image](https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/d/E7/DDF/A43/csimport/849x493q70Poplak-Vrede-main-image1.035351.jpg) STORY OF THE DAY [TRAINSPOTTER: Cow Patsy – How Ace Magashule, and his Gupta dairy scam in Vrede, explain Jacob Zuma’s final hours](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-oydmtk-l-p/) By RICHARD POPLAK For the past 23 years, ANC warlord and Free State Premier Ace Magashule has presided over a medieval dead zone, in which his courtiers ran around getting loaded, while the serfs got properly screwed. Now, Ace has re-upped an ancient political paradox: he has risen to become one of the most powerful people in the land, at the same time as his dreadful little fiefdom is coming under unprecedented scrutiny. With President Jacob Zuma’s head on the block, this is the story of a country in transition, about how the balance of power is shifting under the ANC’s new leadership. And how it still has a long way to go. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING [D-Day looms for Zuma](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-oydmtk-l-x/) A meeting has been scheduled today for the ANC's National Working Committee after what appeared to be an impasse was reached at President Jacob Zuma's residence in Pretoria. Yesterday's meeting, and whatever was discussed, triggered the NWC meeting for today. On the agenda must surely be Zuma's exit, which one way or another seems to be very much on the cards. With the President surviving so many attempts at his removal, however, don't count your Luthuli House chickens before they leave the bloody Presidency. [Fresh bribery allegations laid against De Lille](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-oydmtk-l-m/) Gauteng businessman Anthony Faul has filed an affidavit alleging that Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille demanded a R5-million bribe in exchange for a contract award. Ever defiant, De Lille denied "with contempt" that she ever made the advance on Faul. The DA disagreed, laying charges of bribery and corruption against her. This week is a big one for the ANC, but it may well be a turning point for the DA as well. [Eagles stun Patriots for Super Bowl victory](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-oydmtk-l-c/) The Philadelphia Eagles have scraped a victory against the New England Patriots at Super Bowl 52. Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady was sacked in the last minutes of the fourth quarter. A fumble and Eagles recovery later, and Philadelphia had achieved victory from the jaws of defeat. Justin Timberlake dominated the half-time show with a touching tribute to Prince. [Pollution closes Tehran schools](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-oydmtk-l-q/) A thick fog of polluted air will shut down schools in Iran's capital today. Low rainfall and the onset of temperature inversion has caused pollution concentrations to reach 144 microgrammes. The World Health Organisation's accepted maximum is just 25. Along with the school closures, traffic limits will be imposed throughout the city. — IN NUMBERS 60,000 The rough number of newly identified Mayan ruins discovered in Guatemala. FACTS OF THE DAY Today in **1971 Apollo 14 astronauts**land on the moon. 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