Portugal's pooch party, IPID's dirty dealings explained

[Help a friend procrastinate at work.]( [Daily Maverick] TGIF, 27 September 2019 WHILE YOU WERE WORKING [IPID's pressure points revealed at Zondo]( IPID's Limpopo chief has revealed how former police minister Nkosinathi Nhleko and former Hawks leader Berning Ntlemeza allegedly pressured him to turn on his colleagues. The pair allegedly wanted wanted Robert McBride and another senior colleague implicated in wrongdoing. Greg Nicolson explains the day at the Zondo Commission. [Low-risk, high stakes for Boks vs Namibia]( By all rights South Africa should be handing Namibia a five-point drubbing this weekend. A drastically-changed Bok squad will be facing their neighbours this Saturday, however, and with it a risk of losing structure. That said, with a very obvious need for a bonus point, South Africa will not be letting up on the gas in Japan any time soon. — [Animal-friendly party could be pivotal in Portugal]( The People-Animals-Nature party could be set to be the kingmakers in Portugal's elections next week. The party is calling for an end to bullfighting and lower taxes on pet food, among other things. The organisation has been gaining significant support from pro-environment, young voters. Their manifesto essentially boiled down to "a clear change in our productivist, oil-dependent, highly carbonised economy". [eSports gets serious about viewer numbers]( Major video games publishers are pairing up with broadcast experts to help boost advertising revenue in eSports. The growing industry of streaming professional videogames has seen the likes of Nielsen, who will track accurate viewer numbers and help properly gauge market potential. A massive ESL-launched Counter-Strike tournament in 2020 will see Nielsen figure out whether the viewership for eSports is more Superbowl-level and less lawn bowls league. — Featured Articles [Khuba was not for turning, State Capture Commission hears]( [Khuba was not for turning, State Capture Commission hears]( BY Greg Nicolson [Inside Douglas Craigie Stevenson’s plan to rescue Cell C]( [Inside Douglas Craigie Stevenson’s plan to rescue Cell C]( BY Ray Mahlaka [Britain’s secret Saudi military support programme]( [Britain’s secret Saudi military support programme]( BY Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis Opinionistas [While global trading elephants, the US and China, butt heads, how should small countries like SA respond?]( BY Donald MacKay [Taking a proper gander at Chinese propaganda]( BY Mike Wills — [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( Copyright © 2019 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick Afternoon Thing subscriber list. Want to advertise in this mail? [Talk to us.](mailto:advertise@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=Advertising%20query%3A%20Afternoon%20Thing) [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](