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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
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Business Maverick
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ANALYSIS
How leaks, billing write‑offs and Excel accounting pushed Nelson Mandela Bay to the brink
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AFTER THE BELL
Mzansi’s freezing winter comes with a heat warning
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WORLD OF WORK
SA unemployment rate rises to 33.6% as Iran war takes economic toll
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NEWSFLASH
Fourteen killed, several believed trapped in illegal chrome incident near Marikana
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COURTING INVESTORS
Cape Town’s built-for-business push — from tourism to global investment
Maverick Citizen
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THE EDUCATION DESK
Eastern Cape’s tablet programme stalls with devices lost or locked in cupboards
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SPOTLIGHT
Gauteng’s food safety gaps expose a wider municipal crisis
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OPINIONISTAS
Women’s rights begin with the right to truth
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SPOTLIGHT
Cleft surgery is just one milestone in a much longer journey
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FARMING FOR LIVELIHOODS
Rirhandzu Marivate, a champion for urban food systems using regenerative farming
Maverick Earth
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SCIENCE SNAPSHOT
Finalists — Five scientists race to read Africa’s environmental future
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THE CONVERSATION
How local parks and community gardens can help cities adapt to climate change
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GREENLIGHT
Despite ‘green tape’ criticism, majority of environmental projects get the nod
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LOST SPECIES
The $100m-buck gamble: Should an extinct SA antelope roam the Cape again?
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MAVERICK EARTH
Kruger elephant deaths: The question SANParks still hasn’t answered
Scorpio
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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’
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NEWSFLASH
IDT CEO, spokesperson resign ahead of disciplinary hearings over Daily Maverick’s ‘bribe sting'
Johannesburg
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Street art can’t transform Joburg’s inner city, but it’s a start
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RIDING LIFE
Inclusive Joburg skateboarding school helps children to find balance
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MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION
‘Release secret Metro Centre reports’ demand as Joburg planning collapse deepens
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GROUNDUP
What happens when a shack appears in an affluent gated community?
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
New rule: DA will ringfence water, electricity revenue for services
Maverick News
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GROUNDUP
Durban flood victims left on pavement as court rejects housing bid
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HOCKEY FEST
World Cup and 100th cap beckons for SA Hockey captain Dayaan Cassiem
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UNLOCKING CREATIVE MINDS
NMB Art Museum celebrates 70 years by bringing art education to 70 township schools
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RAINING TRIES
Clinical All Blacks thrash directionless Sharks in ugly mismatch
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MADLANGA COMMISSION
Mchunu violated protocol to share confidential report with Idac, inquiry hears
Maverick Life
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MEDIA MATTERED
Remembering Mapleton: A train wreck caught in time
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THE CONVERSATION
How local parks and community gardens can help cities adapt to climate change
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BOOK EXCERPT
The African Lion: Local wildlife photographers document Africa’s most iconic predator
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THE CONVERSATION
Do we really need 10,000 steps a day?
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GROUNDUP
What happens when a shack appears in an affluent gated community?
Op-eds
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EDUCATION
Jonathan Jansen’s Worth the Fight — Fixing failure in SA schools
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VISION SNAG OP-ED
A 10-year driving licence makes sense, a 10-year eye test gap does not
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED
More coalitions are coming, with power and kingmaking the name of the game
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HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED
African states must refuse to be complicit in the US policy of ‘third-country removals’
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ECO COLLAPSE OP-ED
Climate cover-up leaves Europe burning as warnings are buried
Sports
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HOCKEY FEST
World Cup and 100th cap beckons for SA Hockey captain Dayaan Cassiem
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RAINING TRIES
Clinical All Blacks thrash directionless Sharks in ugly mismatch
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OPEN LETTER
Trump backs Infantino as Uefa, AFC, Concacaf renew attacks on Fifa president
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RIDING LIFE
Inclusive Joburg skateboarding school helps children to find balance
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RUGBY’S GREATEST RIVALRY
Fourie’s Bok recall, Nonu’s possible haka — the All Black tour has already delivered
TGIFood
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WHAT’S COOKING
Chicken thighs with a gochujang glaze
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WHAT’S COOKING
Curried beef mince with fresh turmeric and raisins
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CALL ME BELLA
The flowering of Bella-Isabella Niehaus
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HOW WE EAT
‘No dietary requirements (but I do hate pap)’
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FOOD BABBLE
Every dish has a face, and other peri-hot insights
Nelson Mandela Bay
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THE EDUCATION DESK
Eastern Cape’s tablet programme stalls with devices lost or locked in cupboards
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UNLOCKING CREATIVE MINDS
NMB Art Museum celebrates 70 years by bringing art education to 70 township schools
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A MOTHER’S CAMPAIGN
Grieving mom wins Gqeberha road safety battle two years after fatal crash
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ANALYSIS
How leaks, billing write‑offs and Excel accounting pushed Nelson Mandela Bay to the brink
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NO HALFWAY
The lessons we learnt from Estelle, the journalist who could
Corrections
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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
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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
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
SA’s maths teacher shortage: The numbers, and what could actually fix it
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OPINIONISTAS
Women’s rights begin with the right to truth
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OPINIONISTAS
Zohran vs Geordin — Two sons of Cape Town, two very different mayors
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OPINIONISTAS
Mining communities push for constitutional justice as Parliament delays accountability
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ECONOMIC SELF-SABOTAGE
Decades in the making, SA’s embassies are in ruin
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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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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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BRAZEN INSIGHT
Is your brand bland? Interview with Adam Morgan on the danger of dullness
LOOK & LISTEN
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – More than 1,200 City Power outages in two weeks leave Joburg buckling
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – The DA MP, Tony Leon’s lobbying firm and the SIM card law
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — ‘Spies in America’: From South African freedom fighter to foreign agent
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PODCAST
How cycling lessons in Khayelitsha helped a young person overcome her fear of failing
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POLITICALLY AWEH
What’s behind SA’s latest wave of xenophobia?
