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While you were sleeping: 10 May 2017
Trump fires FBI director Comey, Korea mulls Pyongyang trip, and giant bird-dinosaur discovered in China.
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
“The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.”
Leon Trotsky
STORY OF THE DAY
After The Storm: Envisaging a post-Zuma, post-state capture South Africa
By RANJENI MUNUSAMY
There is little doubt that President Jacob Zuma is on the way out. It is a matter of time before the chapter closes on his presidency – either through an early, forced exit or through the slow death of his final term. In December, a new ANC leader will be elected, which will begin the transition to a post-Zuma South Africa. There are various organisations and initiatives working on the country’s recovery and rebuilding processes, including the National Foundations Dialogue Initiative and Save South Africa. But an essential part of the recovery will be the full exposure of the rot of the Zuma years.
Trump fires FBI director Comey
It’s shades of Nixon in the White House today, as President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey. Made famous for scuppering Clinton’s election campaign, Trump had alluded to the “waste” of investigating his Russian ties earlier on Tuesday via Facebook. A few hours thereafter Comey was dismissed. The stench of a cover-up now
Googling Donald Trump’s ongoing Nixon evolution could soon get a lot harder while flying. US authorities announced late on Tuesday that they are considering a Europe-wide expansion of the controversial computer ban. The Department of Homeland Security will confirm the new restrictions
New South Korean president to engage the north
President Moon Jae-In has announced his willingness to engage with North Korea in meaningful dialogue. Moreover, a presidential trip to Pyongyang was a possibility in the “right circumstances”. If realised, the visit and subsequent negotiations would be historic, even if the results were doubtful.
Giant
Some 90 million years ago, a giant bird-like dinosaur roamed what is now Central China. Weighing 3,000kg and measuring 8m, the
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George Washington’s presidential salary in dollars.
FACTS OF THE DAY
Today in 1940 Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The inventor of the cubicle ultimately revealed that he considered it to be “monolithic insanity”.
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