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MUNICIPAL POLL
SA faces a low-trust, high-risk election as disillusioned voters seek alternatives
By Ferial Haffajee
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Business Maverick
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Airbnb crackdown set to shift Cape Town’s housing market
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MINING
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WHERE TO INVEST
CMH rides new car boom while Astral profits surge in volatile poultry cycle
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Weather forecast — Challenges ahead for South Africa’s agriculture
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ANALYSIS
Post Office’s R2.8bn turnaround gamble on execution — but funding risks and delays mount
Maverick Citizen
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
Fuel and fertiliser costs drive up the price of a basic food basket
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Energy and Water Seta blew R58m in public funds on building that was never used
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URBAN LOGISTICS
Learning by doing: Practical responses to micro-mobility in Cape Town
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E.A.R.S. ON THE GROUND
The AI WhatsApp bot spotting hearing loss in SA schools
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’
Maverick Earth
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URBAN LOGISTICS
Learning by doing: Practical responses to micro-mobility in Cape Town
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COASTAL ORIGINS
The great journey out of Africa may have begun at low tide
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MAVERICK EARTH
Great African Seaforest — only floating bamboo kelp forest on the planet
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THE NUDGE OP-ED
Broken fossil fuel markets? Santa Marta may be a game-changing moment
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DUBIOUS HONOUR
Water down the drain — announcing the winners of SA’s ‘Leakiest Cities’ awards
Scorpio
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SCORPIO
Molefe ‘slush fund’: ATM data links R11m in cash deposits to ex-Eskom boss locations
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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’
Johannesburg
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PHOTO ESSAY
Joburgers enjoy a little CBD fun sans motor cars and gridlocked streets
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SOLE MATES
‘I found my husband through running’ — the Joburg running clubs building community
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MOVING ART
Joburg spends R23.6m relocating City’s most valuable art to location with security concerns
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GUEST ESSAY
Mountain high, mine dump deep — the soulful collision of SA’s two hearts
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Raid to nowhere — my unlikely night with police on Queen Street, Kensington
Maverick News
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Energy and Water Seta blew R58m in public funds on building that was never used
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THE AMBASSADOR
Japanese foreign minister’s visit to SA set to intensify relations
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ANALYSIS
Joburg rows, swims and stumbles towards 4 November poll
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AI AND MEDIA OP-ED
When AI breaks the news: Trust cannot be automated
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SHADOW PLAY
United Arab Emirates accused of fuelling conflict as genocide fears rise in Sudan
Maverick Life
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JOBURG GIG GUIDE
Workers’ Day weekend gig guide: top events in Joburg
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BOOK EXCERPT
Murder, love, and poaching: Tannie Maria returns in Wild Things Never Die
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
The Devil Wears Prada 2: A stylish look at the contemporary state of journalism
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IN PICTURES
King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Washington DC, and more from around the world
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THEATRE REVIEW
Andrew Buckland’s gracefully funny appeal for humans to stop acting the fool
Op-eds
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Crossed Wires: What does the world’s greatest living mathematician think of AI?
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GROWTH TRAJECTORY OP-ED
The state of SA’s economy, and what needs to be done to turn the corner
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SISYPHEAN TASK OP-ED
Another day, another crisis courtesy of the City of Joburg
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BHEKISISA
Anti-HIV jab due in six weeks but funding cuts hollow out delivery system
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ACCOUNTABILITY HACK OP-ED
Peter Thiel is building a parallel justice system — powered by AI
Sports
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ATHLETICS
Silver-medal South Africans relinquish world relay titles at an electric Botswana event
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CRUCIAL ENCOUNTERS
South African teams may benefit from European giants’ success
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FORE PLEASE
SA’s LIV Golf team insist league is going nowhere but acknowledge challenges
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SHATTERED DREAMS
Football’s biggest stage hit by early wave of injury withdrawals
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HIGH EXPECTATIONS
Blitzboks revival built on culture, consistency and a long view
TGIFood
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BOOK EXCERPT
Murder, love, and poaching: Tannie Maria returns in Wild Things Never Die
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WHAT’S COOKING
Fettuccine with asparagus spears and shrimps
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FRENCH LETTER
Culinary and literary classics — Meals and books worth waiting for
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OP-ED
A Durban-style Michelin-star masterclass celebrating craft, culture and collaboration
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WHAT’S COOKING
Avocado, cucumber and fresh coriander soup
Nelson Mandela Bay
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WATER SAFETY
Broken fences, human waste and E. coli — inside NMB’s vulnerable reservoirs
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PHOTO ESSAY
The storied Victorian Gothic beauty that Gqeberha residents refuse to let go of
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
The empty holder: When debt stands between graduates and their futures
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URBAN GRIT
Gqeberha social media page explores the ‘shitty’ side of the Friendly City
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FUNDS AT RISK
Nelson Mandela Bay races to meet Treasury deadline to protect equitable share grant
Corrections
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FATAL POLICY ERROR OP-ED
Legalising rhino horn is a deadly mistake, and CITES CoP20 must close the door completely
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Apology: John Steenhuisen
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MAKING A SPLASH
How Bishops rose from contenders to kings of schoolboy water polo
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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
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
Graduates, freedom and the real cost of unemployment in SA
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
The empty holder: When debt stands between graduates and their futures
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OPINIONISTAS
Huffing and puffing will blow this house right down
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OPINIONISTAS
Corruption in SA is not a crisis — it’s a system we’ve built
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OPINIONISTAS
Getting real about red tape: Competition Commission’s review is a chance to boost SA business
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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The fallout from HSBC's handling of Education Africa: a call for accountability
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Afrihost wins two 2026 MyBroadband Awards – Best ISP and best hosting provider
Crosswords
Webinars
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
The role of state institutions in supporting constitutional democracy
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
Lifting the veil on South Africa's grim prison system
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Building Brand Power
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BRAZEN INSIGHT
Is your brand bland? Interview with Adam Morgan on the danger of dullness
LOOK & LISTEN
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VIDEO
Watch – Minister Sisisi Tolashe’s Undeclared Luxury SUVs
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VIDEO
Watch — Somebody didn't care: how Grey's Hospital's failing air con became a nightmare
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VIDEO
Watch – Meet the Nigerian mega pastor shouting hallelujah after bidding to buy iconic Cape Town building
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VIDEO
Watch — How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents
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VIDEO
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