SABC stage parliamentary walkout

[Daily Maverick] AFTERNOON THING with JOHN STUPART Wednesday, 7th December 2016 Give the gift of cheeky this xmas and capture those special moments with [Cheeky Baby Cards.] WHILE YOU WERE WORKING [SABC walk out of hearing] The SABC's delegation has staged a walkout during its parliamentary hearing today. Led by the spirit of Goebbels himself, Hlaudi Motsoeneng staged the walkout of the ad hoc committee proceedings. A major sticking point was the SABC's refusal to hand over 10 of 15 crucial documents pertaining to ongoing investigations into the board. [Time names Donald Trump Person of the Year] Love him or hate him, the Sentient Naartjie has been one of the most focal individuals in modern history. As such, Time has named Trump as their Person of the Year for 2016. The group hailed Trump's unprecedented election victory as having "redrawn America's political rules". [Plane crashes in Pakistan] A plane carrying 47 passengers has crashed. The ATR-42 prop plane was flying from Chitral to Islamabad. The mountainous area of Chitral, combined with intermittent winter fog, could have been partly to blame for the aircraft's crash. Locals have reported the aircraft as "in flames", with rescue personnel hurriedly searching for survivors. [Dark matter 'smoother' than thought] A research study released today has revealed that dark matter is significantly less 'clumpy' than previously thought. Using Europe's Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers are now theorising just what this means. One such possibility is that dark matter can take more than one form. Regardless, further research must become another matter of concern, however dark it may be. — Give the gift of cheeky this xmas and capture those special moments with [Cheeky Baby Cards.] FEATURED ARTICLES [Channelling Mandela: Ramaphosa and Kathrada’s truths of our time] [Channelling Mandela: Ramaphosa and Kathrada’s truths of our time] BY Ranjeni Munusamy [House of Cards: General Ntlemeza – the Hawks head, a one-man wrecking ball] [House of Cards: General Ntlemeza – the Hawks head, a one-man wrecking ball] BY Marianne Thamm [Marikana: Sikhale Sonke withdraws from Lonmin mediations] [Marikana: Sikhale Sonke withdraws from Lonmin mediations] BY Greg Nicolson OPINIONISTAS [The High Road of Truth vs. the Low Road of Fake Facts] [The High Road of Truth vs. the Low Road of Fake Facts] A column by Judith February [Stephen Hawking demonstrates elitist neuroses and condescension] [Stephen Hawking demonstrates elitist neuroses and condescension] A column by Ivo Vegter [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND] Copyright © 2016 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick First Thing subscriber list. [Preferences] | [Unsubscribe]