--- title: "While you were sleeping: 14 February" description: "Valentine's day deadline for Zuma looms, Israeli police indict Netanyahu, and Giant London Glasshouse reopens." 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/2018-02-14-while-you-were-sleeping-14-february/" published: "2018-02-14T05:59:56" lang: "en-ZA" word_count: 678 --- # While you were sleeping: 14 February > Valentine's day deadline for Zuma looms, Israeli police indict Netanyahu, and Giant London Glasshouse reopens. By John Stupart · Published 14 February 2018, 07:59 SAST ## Content **Wednesday, 14 February 2018** *"Who, being loved, is poor?"* **Oscar Wilde** ![Image](https://i2.createsend1.com/ei/d/04/1BB/827/csimport/849x493q70carien-tomorrow-never-dies1.052711.jpg) STORY OF THE DAY [Tomorrow Never Dies: Waiting for Zuma to fall on his sword](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojjlutd-l-p/) By CARIEN DU PLESSIS There was no way that a week’s worth of playing see-saw with South Africans’ feelings was ever going to culminate in something as polite as a pre-planned morning briefing by President Jacob Zuma to announce his resignation. Zuma’s response to the ANC’s call for him to step down is still anybody’s guess. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING [Zuma's pride faces off against South Africa](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojjlutd-l-x/) Wednesday was the deadline set by the ANC for President Jacob Zuma to step down or be pulled down. The Presidency has scheduled an announcement for this morning where, one hopes, Zuma will announce his retirement. But at this point, all indications are of a man obsessed with self-enrichment, so all options remain possible. Someone should tell Zuma that Robert Mugabe's rule was a cautionary tale, not an instruction manual. [Israeli police recommend indictment of Netanyahu](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojjlutd-l-m/) Israel's police have recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted. Bibi is implicated in a string of corruption and graft charges. The country's attorney general must now decide whether to enact formal legal charges or not. For his part, Netanyahu remained defiant, stating that "over the years, I have been the subject of at least 15 enquiries and investigations," and that all of them had "come to nothing". [US judge blocks Trump Dreamer sabotage](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojjlutd-l-c/) A second American judge has blocked President Donald Trump's order to end the "Dreamer" programme. Protecting immigrants who had been brought to the states as children, the Dreamer programme was protected on Tuesday, effectively keeping roughly 690,000 Dreamers in the United States. Angry Tweets are doubtless en route. [Giant London Glasshouse to reopen](http://email.touchbasepro.com/t/d-l-ojjlutd-l-q/) The world's largest Victorian glasshouse will once again be open to visitors. Based in London's Kew Gardens, the throwback to yesteryear can fit three jumbo jets inside and houses over 1,000 species of plants. Shut in 2013, the newly renovated glasshouse should resemble its 1863 opening heyday. A South African Encephalartos woodii is taking pride of place in the structure. Those in London would do well to gird one's parasol and have a look-see. — IN NUMBERS 138,99m The height of Kingda Ka, the world's tallest rollercoaster. FACTS OF THE DAY Today is **Valentine's Day.**Buy your overpriced commercial holiday confectionary asap! Or wait a day and get it all at seriously reduced prices. Croatia has a museum called **Froggyland**. It consists entirely of stuffed frogs in humanlike positions. 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