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DA CONGRESS 2026
DA leadership race — Here are the contenders, so far
By Suné Payne
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Business Maverick
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STABILITY PAYS
Eastern platinum belt peace boosts mining output, investment confidence
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CROSSED WIRES
The space economy: Suddenly everyone wants to go back to the moon
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Western Cape farmers ride uneven recovery as tariffs, disease and weather bite
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INVESTMENT INSIGHT
Phantom Shares: The Shoprite vs Woolworths battle, where efficiency vs pricing power
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OPINIONISTAS
How marginal abatement turns limited capital into self-funding projects
Maverick Citizen
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GROUNDUP
Social grant ‘savings’ could exacerbate hunger and poverty in SA
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SPOTLIGHT
Bringing rehabilitation and dignity to people with disabilities in remote homes in rural KZN
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Four years, same 18 schools: The recurring maths of Gauteng’s school infrastructure
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HOPE AND SOLUTIONS
How community-municipality partnerships can alleviate SA’s water crisis
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FOOD BASKET CHECK
SRD grant, set for a ‘redesign’, falls R60 short of our list of basic food items
Maverick Earth
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BORROWED GROUND
Two rivers, one disaster: the flood that reshaped Pafuri
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ROVING REPORTERS
Between bush and blackboard: How a ranger and creche volunteer is chalking up successes for conservation
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MAVERICK EARTH
SA’s petroleum regulator cannot be both promoter and referee
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POLAR POLITICS
US Senate chair: Russia ‘violating treaty’ in Antarctic oil, gas hunt via Cape Town
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THE STORIED MOUNTAIN
Yellow angels: Table Mountain’s firefighting helicopters
Scorpio
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VIDEO
Watch — How alleged illicit payments bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle
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SCORPIO
Revealed: Brian Molefe’s alleged State Capture era ‘slush fund’
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NEWSFLASH
IDT CEO, spokesperson resign ahead of disciplinary hearings over Daily Maverick’s ‘bribe sting'
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SCORPIO
Inside Collen Mashawana’s ‘political connections’
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VIDEO
Watch – ‘Forged’ Signatures, Unpaid Workers: The Collen Mashawana Foundation Scandal
Johannesburg
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OUR CITY NEWS
City moves to appoint managing agent for the Johannesburg Transport Interchange Centre
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HIGHER LEARNING
Wits walkabout: A look inside the university’s treasures, spaces and places
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JOBURG NEWSLETTER
Your Joburg gig guide — Film festival highlights and weekend events
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JOBURG POWER
‘Stealing cables is easy’ — City Power records 652 incidents in seven months
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WATERGATE
ANC demands that DA removes Lesufi shower billboard
Maverick News
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TEAM DISCORD
Wafcon postponement a blessing in disguise for ‘divided’ Banyana Banyana
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GAUTENG
Failed by the law — parents’ desperate search for son ends in shallow stream
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DA CONGRESS 2026
DA leadership race — Here are the contenders, so far
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SECURITY FUMBLE
NMB council cancels maintenance budget for R6m ‘Loerbroer’ surveillance vehicle
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PILLAR OF SAFETY
Shelter for women fights to stay open — urges public to ‘adopt an account’
Maverick Life
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JOBURG NEWSLETTER
Your Joburg gig guide — Film festival highlights and weekend events
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VIDEO
Watch – Retro Karoo Food: 80 Nostalgic South African Recipes
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IN PICTURES
Iranian missile falls in the Qamishli countryside in Syria, and more from around the world
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PHOTO ESSAY
Sony World Photography Awards – The year's standout images capturing motion and objects
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Pixar’s Hoppers is a blend of comedy and social commentary for all ages
Op-eds
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SHAPING KNOWLEDGE OP-ED
When women scientists are invisible, science suffers: 5 ways to fix Africa’s STEM pipeline
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SEED SOVEREIGNTY OP-ED
Women farmers don’t need charity but support to unlock Africa’s R13.2-trillion smallholder potential
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RISK ANALYSIS
SA-US relations — a new worst-case scenario
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SHARED PUBLIC SPACES OP-ED
Beyond compliance — the urgent need for child-centric advertising regulation
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EARLY IMPACT OP-ED
Turning national commitment into community action to end child stunting by 2030
Sports
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TEAM DISCORD
Wafcon postponement a blessing in disguise for ‘divided’ Banyana Banyana
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AQUATIC VISION
Tatjana Smith reunites with her gold-medal pool as AquaPark makes a splash
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OVERCOMING ODDS
Livingstone Hospital staff rally behind Paralympian Jaco ‘Bullet’ Smit after training setback
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BEYOND A CHOKE
‘We got a real hiding’: Dismal déjà vu for Proteas after World Cup ‘walloping’
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FOOTBALL TRAGEDY
Two years after rising soccer star Luke Fleurs’ death, his family awaits justice
TGIFood
Nelson Mandela Bay
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SECURITY FUMBLE
NMB council cancels maintenance budget for R6m ‘Loerbroer’ surveillance vehicle
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PILLAR OF SAFETY
Shelter for women fights to stay open — urges public to ‘adopt an account’
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SLIP OF THE FINGER
How a typing error exposed alleged R600,000 fraud in Nxuba school fundraising
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OVERCOMING ODDS
Livingstone Hospital staff rally behind Paralympian Jaco ‘Bullet’ Smit after training setback
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POWER STRUGGLE
Nelson Mandela Bay risks defaulting on Eskom payments, warns business chamber
Corrections
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SARS HELM
From capture to compliance: the Kieswetter turnaround at SARS
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABLITY
Vlakplaas Simelane killers feared Chris Hani investigator Holmes knew of plot to murder witness
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MATTER OF TRUST
Daily Maverick’s approach to corrections, Press Council and Press Ombud rulings
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PRESS OMBUD OUTCOME
Cartoon Controversy: Zapiro ruling ends in settlement for satire
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APOLOGY
Why we withdrew our article on the Waterkloof Four
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
Faraway wars challenge our sense of safety and demand proactive resilience
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OPINIONISTAS
SA applying legal scrutiny to Iran but not the strikes that started the war
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OPINIONISTAS
SA needs a new policing model to fight crime
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OPINIONISTAS
Shark and awe — lessons from the sacred world of the ocean’s silent predators
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OPINIONISTAS
South Africa’s glass democracy leaves citizens braced for violence, vigilant and on edge
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
The future of work: preparing teens for careers that don’t yet exist
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Lord Hain’s open letter to HSBC Group CEO
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SPONSORED CONTENT
New hydrogen plant at Wits University to power research
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SPONSORED CONTENT
The generation gap: how your retirement will differ from your kids’ and grandkids’
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Four cars and the system helping save lives on South Africa’s waters
Crosswords
Webinars
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WEBINARS
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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WEBINARS
The role of state institutions in supporting constitutional democracy
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MAVERICK NEWS
Lifting the veil on South Africa's grim prison system
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Building Brand Power
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WEBINARS
Is your brand bland? Interview with Adam Morgan on the danger of dullness
LOOK & LISTEN
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – What Epstein file emails reveal about Jacob Zuma’s London dinner
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Inside a Zapiro Cartoon
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Epstein records detail South Africa links
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Is the Iran conflict slipping beyond control?
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Falsified CV, no charges: The quiet resignation of a 22-year-old ministerial Chief of Staff
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