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RUBBER-STAMPED (PART 2)
Testing the teeth of CT’s planning tribunal: Penalties, objections and refusals in 1,328 rulings
By Kevin Bloom
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Business Maverick
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ANALYSIS
Economic fire — Interest rate adjustment makes for interesting braai chat
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Failure to launch
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Estonian echoes — SA’s digital public infrastructure looks like it was made in Estonia
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LOCAL VEHICLE PRODUCTION
Minister of Small Business Development Ndabeni pushes for localised manufacturing in automotive sector
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DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY
SA is under cyber siege — and the situation will only get worse
Maverick Citizen
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STUDENT FUNDING
MPs slam NSFAS over R616m middleman payouts for accommodation system
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FEMINIST HISTORY
Pacifist Emily Hobhouse’s 1926 state funeral to be brought back to life in Bloemfontein
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SPOTLIGHT
Health policy trailblazer Precious Matsoso credits patience, faith and The Beatles
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SPOTLIGHT
Is Aspen right to abandon lenacapavir for an unproven HIV prevention pill?
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CARTOONS
Not all MEN, but the MANnerisms continue
Maverick Earth
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HORN HEIST ARREST
Wildlife trafficking net widens — Hawks nab a fifth suspect on World Rhino Day
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WELCOME BACK
Great white shark spotted in False Bay after eight-year absence
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STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
‘Send out the plumbers and the water bills!’ deputy minister tells leaky councils
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BABOONS OP-ED
Cape Town risks ‘monument to management failure’ just before municipal elections
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DEADLY FAILURE OP-ED
A collar was not enough: Botswana’s failure to protect its research elephants from trophy hunters
Scorpio
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NO STING IN THE TAIL...YET
One year after IDT boss ‘bribe’ sting, no arrests or prosecutions
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DERAILED
SARS audit links ex-Prasa boss Lucky Montana to recipient of ‘tall trains’ funds
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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’
Johannesburg
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OUR CITY NEWS
R10bn urgently needed to fix Joburg’s crumbling roads
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CITY ART
Joburg breathes new life into the history on its streets
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SINKING CITY
Orange Grove sinkhole victim (81) languishes as Joburg defaults on court orders
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Kenny Kunene tells Joburg, ‘God gives light during the day; I will at night’
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IN THE DARK
Despite Joburg mayor’s promise, 22 child-welfare NPOs still without power after 19 days
Maverick News
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STUDENT FUNDING
MPs slam NSFAS over R616m middleman payouts for accommodation system
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GREEN LUNG BOOST
Turning the corner — steady revival of Nelson Mandela Bay’s oldest park
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS 2026
Lungisa says he’s ready for the Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral chain
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NEW BEGINNINGS
Haashim Pead tug-of-war puts club rugby’s biggest challenge into perspective
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RUBBER-STAMPED (PART 2)
Testing the teeth of CT’s planning tribunal: Penalties, objections and refusals in 1,328 rulings
Maverick Life
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THE INTERVIEW
We asked Trevor Noah what makes SA comedy special — here’s what he said
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IN PICTURES
Fashion week in London, and more from around the world
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GOING FOR A SONG OP-ED
AI and the future of creativity — can artists’ histories travel with their work?
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THE CONVERSATION
What happened when a South African school switched from English to bilingual science tests
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THE LONG INTERVIEW
Serial entrepreneur Emma Grede wants women to talk about money
Op-eds
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HERITAGE & RESTITUTION OP-ED
We walk to remember what apartheid erased of Newlands and Claremont
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PROJECT COAST
Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme
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MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE OP-ED
How disinformation networks amplify online xenophobia in SA
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NEW ARBITER OF TRUTH OP-ED
What happens when we start asking AI instead of each other?
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BABOONS OP-ED
Cape Town risks ‘monument to management failure’ just before municipal elections
Sports
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NEW BEGINNINGS
Haashim Pead tug-of-war puts club rugby’s biggest challenge into perspective
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CRICKET FEAST
Proteas’ David Miller pumped for exciting home summer as World Cup nears
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DEFYING GRAVITY
Young SA gymnast has turned self-doubt into a winning routine
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Swimming SA to pay Tatjana Smith interest, faces scrutiny over kit’s deal
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NEW CHAPTER
‘This time the decision is mine’ — Tatjana Smith returns to competitive swimming
TGIFood
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GROOT BOEREWORS TREK
Succulent & spicy — the very best boerie in the land
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BRAAI DAY
Five ways with pork — sosaties, 3 chops recipes, and a crackling good quest
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BRAAI DAY
Five ways with lamb and mutton on the coals
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BRAAI DAY
Five ways with a chicken flattie, skewered and grilled
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BRAAI DAY
Five ways with braai bread this Heritage Day
Nelson Mandela Bay
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Armed guards deployed to bar suspended city manager from entering NMB premises
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GREEN LUNG BOOST
Turning the corner — steady revival of Nelson Mandela Bay’s oldest park
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS 2026
Lungisa says he’s ready for the Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral chain
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Gayton McKenzie promises debt write-offs, ‘Abahambe’ crackdown in Nelson Mandela Bay
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LOCAL VEHICLE PRODUCTION
Minister of Small Business Development Ndabeni pushes for localised manufacturing in automotive sector
Corrections
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THE COMEBACK
Chauke cleared for takeoff as possible replacement for NPA head Andy Mothibi
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TRC ROULETTE
Ex-presidents fail in bid to remove Sisi Khampepe as head of judicial inquiry
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APOLOGY
The schoolboy in the Russian uniform — where we fell short
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R17-BILLION SWEETENER
Durban rolls out red carpet for UPL as prosecutors dither over chemical inferno charges
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STRAIGHT TALK
Busi Mavuso: If Joburg thrives, SA thrives
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
Ledgers of femicide: Why SA men think they’re the exception
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OPINIONISTAS
A deadly silence — SA’s failure to protect whistleblowers and human rights defenders
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OPINIONISTAS
War and drought threaten world food security — 645m people at risk
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OPINIONISTAS
SA’s living heritage — Home Affairs’ reforms honour equal citizenship
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OPINIONISTAS
Letter to US ambassador Bozell — Afrikaners are being used as a political football
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Mastering the psychology of matric
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SPONSORED CONTENT
More than just a braai: Reclaiming the true spirit of Heritage Day
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SPONSORED CONTENT
The Lennon is Neighbourgood’s new take on life in the Cape Town CBD
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Why the highest-returning default portfolio may not tell the whole story
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Governance strategies to advance universal health coverage cut across the entire health system
Crosswords
Webinars
- 09 OCT 2026
The Four Principles: With Adrian Gore and Styli Charalambous
- PAST
Better Living: Sleep, Recovery & Whole-Body Balance.
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The Gathering 2026: Cities Edition
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Smuggler Kingpin: Marianne Thamm and Peter Hain on smuggling, power and corruption
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The Invisible Backbone: How Women Have Shaped the Childcare Economy in SA
LOOK & LISTEN
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POLITICALLY AWEH
South Africans wagered R1-trillion last year — but who’s regulating the betting industry?
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POLITICALLY AWEH
SA’s libraries under threat as cities look to unlock land value
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Manifesto test: DA’s local government plan eyes the private sector, devolving policing
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Manifesto test: The revolution promised, the record questioned
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price
