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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:52:27 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Congo says Ebola deaths top 100 as armed groups threaten response]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[DAKAR, June 8 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said confirmed Ebola deaths had climbed to 101 and that the presence of armed groups was continuing to hinder the response in the hardest-hit province.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[By Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-09-congo-says-ebola-deaths-top-100-as-armed-groups-threaten-response/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:28:32 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Somali soccer referee denied US entry, will miss World Cup debut]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[June 8 (Reuters) - The United States denied entry over the weekend to soccer referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who had been expected to be the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup match.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-09-somali-soccer-referee-denied-us-entry-will-miss-world-cup-debut/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:35:52 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[OPEN SESAME: EFF’s Julius Malema provided political protection for Feroz Khan, Madlanga Commission investigator reveals]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WhatsApp messages between Major General Feroz Khan and Mohamed Sayed, co-founder of the Carnilinx tobacco company, implicate the former Crime Intelligence head in a series of dodgy activities, including colluding with EFF leader Julius Malema.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Marianne Thamm]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-09-effs-julius-malema-provided-political-protection-for-feroz-khan-madlanga-commission-investigator-reveals/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-09-effs-julius-malema-provided-political-protection-for-feroz-khan-madlanga-commission-investigator-reveals/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:52:15 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa’s migration contradiction: Acknowledging xenophobia while feeding the myth]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The greatest threat facing SA is not migration. It is the growing willingness to blame migrants for problems created by the state itself.    ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-ramaphosas-migration-contradiction-acknowledging-xenophobia-while-feeding-the-myth-1/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-ramaphosas-migration-contradiction-acknowledging-xenophobia-while-feeding-the-myth-1/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:56:46 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[MADLANGA COMMISSION: ‘Mission impossible’ trafficking plus Transnet info leak linked to R286m cocaine — Hawks cop]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Messages between individuals allegedly linked to a R286m cocaine consignment intercepted in Johannesburg have been the focus of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. They provide unique insights into the workings of traffickers and how they source their information.   ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Caryn Dolley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-mission-impossible-trafficking-plus-transnet-info-leak-linked-to-r286m-cocaine-hawks-cop/</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:21:04 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[BOTANICAL GARDENS: Kirstenbosch — a South African national treasure is going to seed, warn experts]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens still look magnificent, but plant experts warn that they are being hollowed out by bureaucracy, lost expertise, failing systems and the collapse of a volunteer culture that once helped keep it alive.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Don Pinnock]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-kirstenbosch-a-south-african-national-treasure-is-going-to-seed-warn-experts/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-kirstenbosch-a-south-african-national-treasure-is-going-to-seed-warn-experts/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:18:46 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Earth</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[XENOPHOBIC UNREST: Foreign nationals must go — marchers reject Ramaphosa’s intervention]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Anti-foreigner groups marched through the East Rand on Monday, rejecting President Cyril Ramaphosa’s immigration reforms and warning businesses to terminate employment of all foreign nationals – including those with valid documentation – by 30th June.   ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reitumetse Pilane]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-foreign-nationals-must-go-marchers-reject-ramaphosas-intervention/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-foreign-nationals-must-go-marchers-reject-ramaphosas-intervention/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:55:32 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Have a heart for those fellow Africans now desperately fleeing our country]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Most people from other African countries are not here because they want to be, but because their countries have been ruined by corrupt elites. Turning our anger on them instead of those elites is the most inhumane and cowardly thing to do.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Mark Heywood]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-have-a-heart-for-those-fellow-africans-now-desperately-fleeing-our-country/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-have-a-heart-for-those-fellow-africans-now-desperately-fleeing-our-country/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:42:48 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[PHOTO ESSAY: Community rallies together at Kalk Bay Harbour to tackle pollution on World Oceans Day]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[More than 150 volunteers took part in the annual World Oceans Day cleanup at Kalk Bay Harbour this weekend, making it the largest turnout in the event’s nine-year history. Divers and community members removed rubbish from the harbour and shoreline while contributing to one of Cape Town’s most detailed records of coastal pollution.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Gunnar Oberhosel]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-community-rallies-together-at-kalk-bay-harbour-to-tackle-pollution-on-world-oceans-day/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-community-rallies-together-at-kalk-bay-harbour-to-tackle-pollution-on-world-oceans-day/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:27:29 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Earth</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee is unlawful, US judge rules]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[BOSTON, June 8 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday struck down a $100,000 fee U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, concluding that it constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-is-unlawful-us-judge-rules/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-trumps-100000-h-1b-visa-fee-is-unlawful-us-judge-rules/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:22:34 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[RAMAPHOSA FARM HEIST: Silence from Phala Phala accused could jeopardise State’s case against them]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[After two of the three accused remained silent about the theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm, the court will have to decide whether the State’s evidence is enough to prove their involvement.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Nonkululeko Njilo]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-silence-from-phala-phala-accused-could-jeopardise-states-case-against-them/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-silence-from-phala-phala-accused-could-jeopardise-states-case-against-them/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:15:49 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[TEAM GUIDES — GROUP E: Germany and Ecuador should emerge top in Group E that contains minnows Curaçao]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[After failing to progress beyond the Group stages at the last two World Cups, Germany have a good chance to set that record straight in what appears to be a comfortable draw for the four-time world champions.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Arthur Renard, Prince Akabla, Nico Horn, Oliver Fritsch and Francisco Limongi]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-germany-and-ecuador-should-emerge-top-in-group-e-that-contains-minnows-curacao/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-germany-and-ecuador-should-emerge-top-in-group-e-that-contains-minnows-curacao/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:02:11 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Fifa World Cup 2026,Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[TEAM GUIDES – GROUP F: Japan favourites in tough Group F, with Holland, Sweden and Tunisia
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        <description><![CDATA[Group F might be the closest to a ‘pool of death’ at the 2026 World Cup with Japan, Netherlands, Sweden and Tunisia all more than capable sides.  ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Takashi Ogami, Marcel van der Kraan, Samuel Parts, Ahmed Adala]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-japan-favourites-in-tough-group-f-with-holland-sweden-and-tunisia/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-japan-favourites-in-tough-group-f-with-holland-sweden-and-tunisia/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:58:20 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Fifa World Cup 2026,Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Great white shark caught on underwater footage during Mediterranean clean-up
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        <description><![CDATA[ROME, June 8 (Reuters) - Divers removing abandoned fishing nets from the central Mediterranean, between Italy and North Africa, have captured what they believe is the first-ever underwater footage of an adult great white shark in the region.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-great-white-shark-caught-on-underwater-footage-during-mediterranean-clean-up/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-great-white-shark-caught-on-underwater-footage-during-mediterranean-clean-up/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:57:30 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[OH BROTHER: Sibling brothers line up for different World Cup teams]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[As the World Cup kicks off, sibling rivals from different nations illustrate how migration shapes football’s landscape. Four pairs of brothers are vying for glory. ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-sibling-brothers-line-up-for-different-world-cup-teams/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-sibling-brothers-line-up-for-different-world-cup-teams/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:54:25 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Fifa World Cup 2026,Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[BUSINESS OF CHANGE OP-ED: How SA made its crisis-busting public-private partnership work is a model for other economies]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s partnership model is a prototype for a new kind of development partnership, one that any country with a serious private sector and a development challenge can adapt.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Martin Kingston]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-how-sa-made-its-crisis-busting-public-private-partnership-work-is-a-model-for-other-economies/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-how-sa-made-its-crisis-busting-public-private-partnership-work-is-a-model-for-other-economies/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:47:45 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Op-eds</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[HELP ON HOLD: As SA’s public services falter, emergency response industry faces a privatisation moment]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In the face of failing public services, South Africans are increasingly turning to private emergency response options, with tech platforms like Aura leading the charge.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsey Schutters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-as-sas-public-services-falter-emergency-response-industry-faces-a-privatisation-moment/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-as-sas-public-services-falter-emergency-response-industry-faces-a-privatisation-moment/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:23:44 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[CONSUMER WINS : Financial ombud claws back R443m for consumers but the cases carry warnings]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The National Financial Ombud Scheme (NFO) returned almost R443-million to South African consumers in only its second year of operation, a sharp rise from the R328.5-million recovered in its first year. The NFO scheme brings together four ombud offices that previously operated separately: the banking ombud, credit ombud, the short-term insurance ombud and the long-term insurance ombud. ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Neesa Moodley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-financial-ombud-claws-back-r443m-for-consumers-but-the-cases-carry-warnings/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-financial-ombud-claws-back-r443m-for-consumers-but-the-cases-carry-warnings/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:32:54 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[AFTER THE BELL: Reflection: The true price of e-tolls]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The e-toll system in Gauteng has fuelled public resentment and questions about authority, pushing many to reconsider their compliance with the law and its moral implications. And this game is not over yet, no matter how much the government would like to be rid of it.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Stephen Grootes]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-reflection-the-true-price-of-e-tolls-/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-reflection-the-true-price-of-e-tolls-/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:07:47 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bhekisisa: Why storms that used to happen every 50 years are hitting more often]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Climate scientists agree that intense downpours and heavy storms are likely to happen more often and become more unpredictable in the future. But can every extreme weather event be pinned on climate change? We look at what past data and future predictions say.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Linda Pretorius and Karen Harkema]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-why-storms-that-used-to-happen-every-50-years-are-hitting-more-often/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-why-storms-that-used-to-happen-every-50-years-are-hitting-more-often/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:16:02 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GAME ON: As the dust settles on off-field controversies, let the World Cup soccer begin ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A number of themes that have nothing to do with play have dominated the 2026 build-up.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Yanga Sibembe]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-as-the-dust-settles-on-off-field-controversies-let-the-world-cup-soccer-begin-/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-as-the-dust-settles-on-off-field-controversies-let-the-world-cup-soccer-begin-/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:02:31 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport,DM168,Fifa World Cup 2026</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[THE CONVERSATION: Should I take vitamin D now there’s less sun?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[It can be easy to think you get plenty of vitamin D when you live in a country bathed in sunshine, but the reality is more complicated.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Nial Wheate, Ian Jamie and Wai-Jo Jocelin Chan]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-should-i-take-vitamin-d-now-theres-less-sun/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-should-i-take-vitamin-d-now-theres-less-sun/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Life</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[OPEN SESAME: Feroz Khan’s confiscated devices now accessible to Madlanga Commission investigators]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Beleaguered senior Crime Intelligence boss Major-General Feroz Khan has been summoned to appear at the Madlanga Commission in July and has given investigators access to state-owned electronic devices that were in his possession and confiscated during a raid on his Houghton apartment on 11 May. ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Marianne Thamm]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-feroz-khans-confiscated-devices-now-accessible-to-madlanga-commission-investigators/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-feroz-khans-confiscated-devices-now-accessible-to-madlanga-commission-investigators/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:26:41 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Politics</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[TAX INVASION: Scammers turn up the heat as SARS season nears]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Expect an uptick in fake messaging regarding your personal income tax dues, payments and even refunds.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Neesa Moodley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-scammers-turn-up-the-heat-as-sars-season-nears/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-scammers-turn-up-the-heat-as-sars-season-nears/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:26:28 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick,DM168</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Poland seizes about a ton of heroin worth almost $60 million]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Poland has seized around one ton of heroin worth nearly 220 million zlotys ($60 million), authorities said on Monday, in one of the country’s largest drug busts in recent years.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-poland-seizes-about-a-ton-of-heroin-worth-almost-60-million/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-poland-seizes-about-a-ton-of-heroin-worth-almost-60-million/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[HEADING HOME: Brown’s decision to return to NZ as inevitable as it was expected
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        <description><![CDATA[Springbok attack coach Tony Brown will return to New Zealand in 2028 to become All Blacks’ assistant coach.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Craig Ray]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-browns-decision-to-return-to-nz-as-inevitable-as-it-was-expected/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-browns-decision-to-return-to-nz-as-inevitable-as-it-was-expected/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Epstein abused them. The Justice Department exposed them. Now they’re under attack by haters]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[When Marina Lacerda told the world that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually abused her when she was 14, the threats began almost immediately.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-epstein-abused-them-the-justice-department-exposed-them-now-theyre-under-attack-by-haters/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-epstein-abused-them-the-justice-department-exposed-them-now-theyre-under-attack-by-haters/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:15:24 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Amnesty says Cambodia scam centres still operating despite crackdowns]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Dozens of suspected global scam compounds in Cambodia are still in operation despite a months-long crackdown by authorities, Amnesty International said in a report on Monday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-amnesty-says-cambodia-scam-centres-still-operating-despite-crackdowns/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-amnesty-says-cambodia-scam-centres-still-operating-despite-crackdowns/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:14:37 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[French jet on NATO mission shoots down drone in Latvian airspace, army says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A French military Rafale fighter jet shot down a drone on Monday that entered NATO country Latvia’s airspace from Russia, the latest in a series of such security incidents along Europe’s eastern border regions.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-french-jet-on-nato-mission-shoots-down-drone-in-latvian-airspace-army-says/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-french-jet-on-nato-mission-shoots-down-drone-in-latvian-airspace-army-says/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GROUNDUP: Joburg won’t name its water tanker suppliers despite spending R650m in five years]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Proliferation of water tankers across SA ‘is a brazen form of corruption’ that has turned a temporary measure into an exploitative business, says SAHRC commissioner.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Seth Thorne]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-joburg-wont-name-its-water-tanker-suppliers-despite-spending-r650m-in-five-years/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08-joburg-wont-name-its-water-tanker-suppliers-despite-spending-r650m-in-five-years/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:52:26 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[PHOTO ESSAY: A short crossing: Life along the Xhorha River]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Residents of Xhora Mouth regularly depend on a ferry to traverse the Xhorha River, often paying a small fee to make the journey between neighbouring villages. After attending a funeral prayer service in another community, these elders begin their long trip back home, highlighting how the river remains both a vital link and a daily challenge for local residents.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Felix Dlangamandla]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08--a-short-crossing-life-along-the-xhorha-river/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-08--a-short-crossing-life-along-the-xhorha-river/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Life,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Cost of Distraction — Why Africa struggles to stay the course]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The left is right. The right is right. And Gogo’s chicks are still gone. Africa’s problem is not democracy, and it is not ideology. It is that we cannot stay focused long enough to build.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Themba Dlamini]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-the-cost-of-distraction-why-africa-struggles-to-stay-the-course/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-the-cost-of-distraction-why-africa-struggles-to-stay-the-course/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:28:18 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[AI should make us uncomfortable. That is a good thing 
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        <description><![CDATA[AI’s potential as a force for good is clear; whether it delivers will depend less on the technology than on our ability to think critically in a world increasingly shaped by it.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Jon Foster-Pedley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-ai-should-make-us-uncomfortable-that-is-a-good-thing-/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-ai-should-make-us-uncomfortable-that-is-a-good-thing-/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:36:39 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[AI didn’t break university assessments — it exposed a dangerous lack of graduate capability

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        <description><![CDATA[For a long time, higher education has relied on ‘assessment theatre’ to reward the appearance of learning, but AI has exposed this — and that is not a bad thing.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Fulufhelo Nemavhola]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-ai-didnt-break-university-assessments-it-exposed-a-dangerous-lack-of-graduate-capability/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-ai-didnt-break-university-assessments-it-exposed-a-dangerous-lack-of-graduate-capability/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:17:17 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[How anti-migrant tensions are poisoning our children’s future
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        <description><![CDATA[As anti-migrant sentiments surge in South Africa, children suffer emotionally, absorbing the impact of violence that adults fail to acknowledge.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Livhuwani Ramphabana]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-how-anti-migrant-tensions-are-poisoning-our-childrens-future/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-how-anti-migrant-tensions-are-poisoning-our-childrens-future/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:14:08 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – The business of school sport: Are children paying the price?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Takudzwa Pongweni]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-07-watch-the-business-of-school-sport-are-children-paying-the-price/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-07-watch-the-business-of-school-sport-are-children-paying-the-price/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:06:30 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Sport</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies appeal exposes the new face of climate misinformation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The real battle over greenwashing is no longer about whether claims are true. It is about whether they are sufficiently truthful.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Noxolo Mfocwa]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-05-totalenergies-appeal-exposes-the-new-face-of-climate-misinformation/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-05-totalenergies-appeal-exposes-the-new-face-of-climate-misinformation/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:24:57 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Editing the present for the future: Who gets to decide what we remember?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In a world where information is constantly being organised, prioritised and filtered before it reaches us, how do we construct a public memory that future generations will inherit.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ntsikelelo Ngaleka]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-05-editing-the-present-for-the-future-who-gets-to-decide-what-we-remember/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-05-editing-the-present-for-the-future-who-gets-to-decide-what-we-remember/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:20:30 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Executive political leadership: Why a ‘super president’ won’t fix South Africa’s problems]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Successive South African presidents haven’t taken advantage of the power at their disposal, but future leaders should exercise their authority more broadly.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Craig Bailie]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-executive-political-leadership-why-a-super-president-wont-fix-south-africas-problems/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-executive-political-leadership-why-a-super-president-wont-fix-south-africas-problems/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:18:57 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Draft deeds bill fails to address the township family house crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Since there is no legal category of a ‘family home’ available within the deeds system, families in townships across South Africa must defend their homes without the benefit of the law.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[David Dickinson]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-draft-deeds-bill-fails-to-address-the-township-family-house-crisis/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-draft-deeds-bill-fails-to-address-the-township-family-house-crisis/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Reforming SOEs will be a critical lever in SA’s future development]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The government is intensifying efforts to reform state-owned enterprises because it believes this will improve growth and restore public trust.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Edwin Besa]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-reforming-soes-will-be-a-critical-lever-in-sas-future-development/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-reforming-soes-will-be-a-critical-lever-in-sas-future-development/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Me, myself and AI — remaining ‘profoundly human’ in a time of  artificial intelligence]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A writer has a critical look at the dangers of using AI, and realises that being ‘profoundly human’ could mean the honesty to say you need AI’s ‘help’, but also seeing value in the creative reframing of a story to show that some questions might never be answered, even with that help.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Carmel Rickard]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-me-myself-and-ai-writing-and-being-profoundly-human-in-a-time-of-artificial-intelligence/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-me-myself-and-ai-writing-and-being-profoundly-human-in-a-time-of-artificial-intelligence/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:26:54 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s arts funding faces political erosion that threatens creative integrity]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Artistic freedom of expression is no longer insulated — politicians now meddle with funding models.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Shadrack Bokaba]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-south-africas-arts-funding-faces-political-erosion-that-threatens-creative-integrity/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-south-africas-arts-funding-faces-political-erosion-that-threatens-creative-integrity/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:18:26 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Africa must now shape the rules, not just react to them
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        <description><![CDATA[Fifty years after the June 16 uprising, Nelson Mandela’s legacy needs to be a challenge to the present, where he is remembered for his courage, accountability, institution building and his ethical use of power.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Mbongiseni Buthelezi]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-africa-must-now-shape-the-rules-not-just-react-to-them/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-africa-must-now-shape-the-rules-not-just-react-to-them/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:16:03 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Crypto assets and exchange control: A critical analysis of a defining high court judgment]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The high court judgment reset the legal definition of crypto when it held that cryptocurrency is both ‘money’ and ‘capital’. South Africa now has conflicting high court authorities on whether exchange controls apply to crypto assets, a situation requiring appellate resolution.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Alude Xuba]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-crypto-assets-and-exchange-control-a-critical-analysis-of-a-defining-high-court-judgment/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-crypto-assets-and-exchange-control-a-critical-analysis-of-a-defining-high-court-judgment/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:16:37 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Karl Sander and Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi remind us that the blue line holds amid corruption  ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[When good cops break their silence it shows communities that professionalism still has a home in the South African Police Service.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[D Khosa]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-karl-sander-and-nhlanhla-mkhwanazi-remind-us-that-the-blue-line-holds-amid-corruption-/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-karl-sander-and-nhlanhla-mkhwanazi-remind-us-that-the-blue-line-holds-amid-corruption-/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:07:12 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The SARS penalty trap — how institutional reporting errors punish blameless taxpayers
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        <description><![CDATA[Incorrect source codes by financial institutions prevent tax return processing, resulting in unjust fines for taxpayers, raising concerns about systemic issues.  ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Murshid Obaray]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-03-the-sars-penalty-trap-how-institutional-reporting-errors-punish-blameless-taxpayers/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-03-the-sars-penalty-trap-how-institutional-reporting-errors-punish-blameless-taxpayers/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:53:52 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – They never gave up: Families fight for justice over apartheid-era atrocities]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Marianne Thamm and Caryn Dolley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-03-watch-they-never-gave-up-families-fight-for-justice-over-apartheid-era-atrocities/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-03-watch-they-never-gave-up-families-fight-for-justice-over-apartheid-era-atrocities/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:23:56 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Multimedia</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gerrymandered America is heading towards constitutional crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A landmark Supreme Court ruling has made it harder to challenge racial discrimination in US voting maps, handing Republicans a potential electoral advantage. The decision raises deeper questions about the health of American democracy and the resilience of its constitutional institutions.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Natale Labia]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-02-gerrymandered-america-is-heading-towards-constitutional-crisis/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-02-gerrymandered-america-is-heading-towards-constitutional-crisis/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:58:05 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Mounting evidence suggests rise of Mexican cartel activity in Mzansi]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Caryn Dolley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-05-26-watch-mounting-evidence-suggests-rise-of-mexican-cartel-activity-in-mzansi/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-05-26-watch-mounting-evidence-suggests-rise-of-mexican-cartel-activity-in-mzansi/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 21:33:40 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch - Joburg’s Upper Houghton mansions ‘now slumlord dumps’]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Anna Cox]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-05-24-watch-joburgs-upper-houghton-mansions-now-slumlord-dumps/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-05-24-watch-joburgs-upper-houghton-mansions-now-slumlord-dumps/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 10:18:25 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Johannesburg</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch: Julius Malema — Conviction, sentencing, and the battle for the JSC]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Greg Nicolson and Nonkululeko Njilo]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-05-21-watch-julius-malema-conviction-sentencing-and-the-battle-for-the-jsc/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-05-21-watch-julius-malema-conviction-sentencing-and-the-battle-for-the-jsc/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 19:26:48 GMT</pubDate>
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