EFF disrupt Gauteng SOPA

[Daily Maverick] AFTERNOON THING with JOHN STUPART Monday, 20th February 2017 Thursday, 23rd February. Cape Town. [Click for details and to book your seat for this live interview experience.]( WHILE YOU WERE WORKING [EFF disrupt Gauteng SOPA]( The EFF disrupted the beginning of the Gauteng State of the Province Address (SOPA), pre-empting Gauteng Premier David Makhura's speech before the speaker restored order. Makhura cautioned parties from using the Life Esidimeni deaths as a "political football". Makhura's defence of the deaths was that his office was never consulted about the outsourcing. The bullets, it seems, have been sweated out in Gauteng today. [South Sudan declares famine]( Three years of war have contributed to the outbreak of famine in South Sudan. Isaiah Chol Aruai, the chairman of South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics stated today that at least five million people are at risk or already suffering starvation. With northern regions hardest hit, humanitarian organisations are going to be hard pressed to provide long-term relief. [Thousands defending Mosul -- Mattis]( At least 2,000 Islamic State (Isis) militants are defending Western Mosul from advancing Iraqi forces. A source close to Pentagon chief Jim Mattis revealed the figure today, while Mattis conducted a tour of Iraq. Local forces, meanwhile, have intensified their offensive in Mosul, aiming to recapture the airport and liberate the area from Isis control. [Hitler's phone sells for a furious sum]( Hitler's phone, which was used to carry out many of his plans and orders, has sold for $243,000. The Bakelite phone was sold to an anonymous bidder after decades of storage with a brigadier's family. Russian forces handed the phone over to British Brigadier Sir Ralph Rayner. Rayner's son placed the phone on auction. — Thursday, 23rd February. Cape Town. [Click for details and to book your seat for this live interview experience.]( FEATURED ARTICLES [Life of Brian: Mexican standoff looms for Zuma over Guptas’ new Cabinet deployee]( [Life of Brian: Mexican standoff looms for Zuma over Guptas’ new Cabinet deployee]( BY Ranjeni Munusamy [While you were sleeping: 20th February 2018]( [While you were sleeping: 20th February 2018]( BY John Stupart [Health-e News: Esidimeni’s dead were stored in a pile in a rundown private Atteridgeville mortuary]( [Health-e News: Esidimeni’s dead were stored in a pile in a rundown private Atteridgeville mortuary]( BY HEALTH-E NEWS OPINIONISTAS [Explaining Mandela’s Strategy in 1994]( [Explaining Mandela’s Strategy in 1994]( A column by Ben Turok [From the Inside: There are many good stories to tell]( [From the Inside: There are many good stories to tell]( A column by Helen Zille [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](