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President Jacob Zuma made it through his State of the Nation Address (Sona), the Economic Freedom Fighters caused a din and held up proceedings and the Democratic Alliance came across as the reasonable guys. Even Mosiuoa Lekota got what he wanted – five minutes of fame on the biggest night on the parliamentary calendar. And Mangosuthu Buthelezi looked mightily pleased to crack an acknowledgement in the speech. The Sona was a mega appeasement effort to the business and investment community to undo the damage Zuma had inflicted on the economy. His general message to South Africa was: I have heard you. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.</span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnCaptionBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnCaptionBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"mcnCaptionBlockInner\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;\"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\">\r\n<h1 style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.5px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #389dca; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">While you were sleeping</span></span></h1>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px 9px;\">\r\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #389dca;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"></span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px; \"></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #202020; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>Massive breakthrough on theory of relativity</strong></span></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">While police were cinching up their evening Kevlar vests in Cape Town, the rest of the world was busy proving the final untested part of Einstein's theory of relativity. Einstein's gravitational waves have now been detected in space. A team of physicists successfully recorded the faint cosmic fart of two black holes colliding with each other, thereby proving the last unproved aspect of Einstein's theory. The ramifications of knowing that gravity exists in space are a bit like an adult suddenly realising that they can hear.<br /><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-spacetimegravity-hundred-years-later-the-last-prophecy-of-einsteins-general-theory-of-relativity-is-fulfilled/#.Vr1L8fl95hE\" target=\"_blank\">Read More</a></span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"color: #202020;\"><span style=\"line-height: 25.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>A taste of everything SONA</strong></span></span><br />At the end of President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address, the EFF achieved its disapproving gesture, the president his speech, and the protestors a whiff of teargas with none of the actual tears. The Democratic Alliance, meanwhile, remained in their seats, but sported a comparatively muted message of \"8.3m jobless\" by pinning badges to their disgruntled breasts. Daily Maverick has all your analysis <a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-state-of-the-nation-2016-commotion-crisis-of-credibility-and-the-great-appeasement/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, <a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-sona-2016-underwhelmed-opposition-parties-give-zuma-a-zero/#.Vr1PJvl95hE\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, and <a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http://trainspotter:%20SONA%202016%20%E2%80%93%20behold%20the%20Zombie%20Apocalypse/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. <a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-in-photos-sona-2016/\" target=\"_blank\">Pictures to be found here</a>.<br /><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-sona-2016-a-cordon-sanitaire-and-a-few-unexpected-guests-in-the-gallery/#.Vr1Qkvl95hE\" target=\"_blank\">Read More</a></span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #202020; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>MTN to settle its Nigerian fine</strong></span></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">MTN has announced plans to settle its $3.9 billion debt/fine with the Nigerian government. A judge ordered that the telecommunications giant has until March to reach a settlement. The positive news immediately sent MTN shares rocketing up eight percent. It appears that the reception of said information were full bars.</span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-south-africas-mtn-aims-to-settle-nigerian-fine-out-of-court-shares-jump\" target=\"_blank\">Read More</a></span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left;\" dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #202020; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 19.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><strong>Arsenal to play MLS All-Stars in July</strong></span></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Hosted at the Avaya Stadium on July 28, the elite British team will face off against the best of the MLS. The Gunners could include the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Petr Cech in the squad. Ostensibly a friendly, the MLS team will be out for blood, thereby making this contest an unmissable event.</span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-arsenal-to-face-mls-all-star-team-in-california-in-july\" target=\"_blank\">Read More</a></span></p>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<br /><br />\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\">\r\n<h1 class=\"null\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.5px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #389dca; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">In Numbers</span></span></h1>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px 9px;\">\r\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #389dca;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"></span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"197\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 0px 9px 18px;\">\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><strong>13,810</strong></span></div>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table align=\"right\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"366\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\">\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"> </span></div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\" font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;\">The number of days left until the world's proven oil reserves run out.</span></span></div>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;\">\r\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; 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font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.5px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #389dca; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Facts of the Day</span></span></h1>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnDividerBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnDividerBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"mcnDividerBlockInner\" style=\"min-width: 100%; padding: 0px 18px 9px;\">\r\n<table class=\"mcnDividerContent\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; border-top-width: 2px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: #389dca;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"></span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\">\r\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><strong>Today is Darwin Day.</strong> This commemorates the birth of Charles Darwin on 12 February 1809.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><strong>Fact of the day:</strong> <strong>The translation of ‘gymnasium’ means “school for naked exercise\".</strong> This harks back to Classical Greece, where Greeks used to exercise naked.</span></div>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; 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color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 0px 9px 18px;\">\r\n<h1 class=\"null\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.5px; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #389dca; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Weather</span></span></h1>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table align=\"right\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"282\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\">\r\n<h1 class=\"null\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 26px; 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min-width: 100%;\">\r\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\">\r\n<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"282\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 0px 9px 18px;\">\r\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">BFN: min: 21° max: 33°, sunny<br />CPT: min: 19° max: 30°, cloudy<br />DBN: min: 20° max: 30°, cloudy</span></div>\r\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\">EL: min: 21° max: 32°, sunny<br />JHB: min: 17° max: 32°, cloudy<br />KIM: min: 22° max: 36°, cloudy<br />NLP: min: 17° max: 32°, cloudy<br />PMB: min: 13° max: 32°, cloudy<br />PKN: min: 16° max: 31°, rainy<br />PE: min: 20° max: 25°, rainy<br />PTA: min: 18° max: 33°, cloudy</span></div>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table align=\"right\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"282\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">Oil=$30.93 Gold=$1,245.00 Platinum=$959.55</span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">R/$=15.70 R/€=17.82 R/£=22.67 $/€=1.13</span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">JSE All Share=47,411.57 DJIA=15,667.89 FTSE 100=5,536.97 <span style=\"line-height: 20.8px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">:<span style=\"line-height: normal;\"> </span><a style=\"color: #1155cc; text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;\" href=\"http://emma.thewww.dailymaverick.co.za/servlet/link/3890/618590/129788333/3233800\" target=\"_blank\">Source</a></span></span></span></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: left; padding: 9px 18px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><strong><span >FEATURED</span></strong><br /><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-state-of-the-nation-2016-commotion-crisis-of-credibility-and-the-great-appeasement/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>State of the Nation 2016: Commotion, crisis of credibility and the great appeasement</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By RANJENI MUNUSAMY.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-trainspotter-sona-2016-behold-the-zombie-apocalypse/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Trainspotter: SONA 2016 – behold the Zombie Apocalypse</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By RICHARD POPLAK.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-in-photos-sona-2016/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>In photos: SONA 2016</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By GREG NICOLSON.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-sona-2016-underwhelmed-opposition-parties-give-zuma-a-zero/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SONA 2016: Underwhelmed, opposition parties give Zuma a Zero</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By MARIANNE MERTEN.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-sona-2016-a-cordon-sanitaire-and-a-few-unexpected-guests-in-the-gallery/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SONA 2016: A cordon sanitaire and a few unexpected guests in the gallery</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By MARIANNE MERTEN.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-12-spacetimegravity-hundred-years-later-the-last-prophecy-of-einsteins-general-theory-of-relativity-is-fulfilled/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Space/Time/Gravity: A century later, the last prophecy of Einstein’s general theory of relativity is fulfilled</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">J. BROOKS SPECTOR</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-nearly-1000-hidden-galaxies-mapped-behind-the-milky-way-and-sa-helped-find-them/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Nearly 1,000 hidden galaxies mapped behind the Milky Way – and SA helped find them</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By MARELISE VAN DER MERWE</span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">.</span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-state-of-the-nation-address-2016/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">State of the Nation Address 2016</span></strong></a></span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-cartoon-from-another-planet/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cartoon: From Another Planet?!</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By JERM.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-is-rwanda-stoking-ethnic-fires-in-burundi/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Is Rwanda stoking ethnic fires in Burundi?</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">SIMON ALLISON</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-analysis-chads-president-deby-assumes-the-mantel-of-statesman/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Analysis: Chad’s President Deby assumes the mantel of statesman</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By SIMON ALLISON.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 20.8px;\"><span >OPINIONS</span></strong></span><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-letter-to-the-editor-fk-white-people-seriously/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Letter to the Editor: “F**k White People”? Seriously?</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">By Siya Khumalo.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-bye-bye-baby-more-tribute-than-fan-fare/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Bye Bye Baby: More tribute than fan-fare</strong></a></span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2016-02-12-sona-2016-the-night-of-pain-and-circumstance/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Stephen Grootes: SONA 2016: The night of pain & circumstance</span></strong></a></span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-op-ed-thuli-madonselas-decisive-determined-dignified-victory/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Op-Ed: Thuli Madonsela's decisive, determined, dignified victory</strong></a></span><br /><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">ALEX ALISEEV.</span><br /><br /><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: georgia, palatino;\"><a style=\"color: #2baadf; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-02-11-op-ed-eskom-is-beyond-the-tipping-point.-whats-next/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Op-Ed: Eskom is beyond the tipping point. 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