Brexit Quagmire Worsens. Facebook's Ban On White Nationalism

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [FIRST THING With John Stupart]( Thursday, 28 March 2019 “Knowledge is not made for understanding; it is made for cutting.” Michel Foucault Story of the Day [Death Squads & Covert Units: Nathi Nhleko’s not-so-hidden hand in State Capture to be revealed]( By Marianne Thamm A key to former president Jacob Zuma’s State Capture political project required the placing of pliant and ruthless individuals in key positions, particularly law enforcement agencies, and who were able to do Zuma’s bidding. Former IPID head, Robert McBride, was due to testify at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry in February, but his much-anticipated appearance was postponed to a later date. At least 30 high-profile officials have been named by McBride, including former minister of police Nathi Nhleko. WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING [Brexit stalemate stales further]( A series of motions before the House of Commons last night could have yielded some manner of decision on the Brexit deal, except that British MPs failed to reach a majority on any of them. The result was ever-fading chances that some sort of resolution on a Brexit deal, or even no Brexit at all, would materialise before the 12 April deadline. A lengthy delay or hard Brexit are now the two likeliest options. [Facebook bans white nationalism]( Although the first question should be why Facebook hadn't already banned white nationalism, the social media giant has now done so. White nationalism posts and articles encouraging white separatism are now verboten. Whether this filters down to South Africa's own special crop of white nationalists will be entirely up to your "report post" clicks. [Boeing claims fix was 'close](' Despite taking weeks to release a fix for Boeing's 737 Max ant-stall software poblems, and despite two of the models crashing within months of each other, the aerospace giant has argued that it was "agonisingly close" to finding a fix. The update, which now allows pilots to "outfly" the stabiliser auto-correction, could see a halt to the haemorrhaging sales and lost revenue of airlines worldwide. Should regulators approve the fix and the 737 Max, "agonisingly close" could be changed to "just a bit late and a few hundred lives later". [Trump demands Russia leave Venezuela]( Donald Trump has demanded that 100 Russian troops entering Caracas leave immediately. Furthermore, he added that "all options" would be considered for making that happen. The troops arrived last week in two aircraft dramatically escalating the country's deepening crisis and bolstering Nicolas Maduro's grip on power. Picture of the Day By EPA-EFE/Zsolt Czegledi Debrecen Zoo’s one-week-old ring-tailed lemur cubs and their mother are presented to the media in the zoo, which is 221km east of Budapest, Hungary, 27 March 2019. [Fight for the Facts]( In an age where it’s difficult to tell the difference between real politics and fake news, quality independent journalism is more important than ever. Daily Maverick has become renowned as a news source that you can trust because our journalists tirelessly research and investigate the stories we publish. [Click here to sign up]( to become a Maverick Insider and help us Defend Truth. In Numbers 40% The drop in internet traffic when Google went down for five minutes in 2013. Facts of the Day Today in 1871 the Paris Commune is formerly established. Following the Falklands War, all English music was banned in Argentina. 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