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Power Guzzlers
Data centre deal — Cape Town forced back to the drawing board
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Business Maverick
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Crossed Wires: AI flips the script on the economics of hacking and cybersecurity
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POWER GUZZLERS
Data centre deal — Cape Town forced back to the drawing board
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RETIRE IN STYLE
Making sure that where there is a will, there is clarity, not chaos
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LONG CAPITAL
The rules of pension fund investment have changed
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AFTER THE BELL
Busting the bluffers one bogus qualification at a time
Maverick Citizen
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COMING IN HOT
Very strong El Niño is a ‘stress test’ for SA’s food systems
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LEARNERS STRANDED
Crackdown on unregistered Gauteng schools intensifies as fallout mounts for families
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LEARNING CURVEBALL
Universities confront growing gaps between school and first-year demands
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VIRUS TESTING DEMAND
Farmers call for independent FMD test result verification
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WHAT’S ON YOUR PLATE?
Seven meals show what food insecurity looks like in SA
Maverick Earth
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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
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ROVING REPORTERS
Ducking disaster — what storm-battered Madagascar teaches us about conservation resilience
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‘ISOLATED INCIDENTS’
Dolphin strandings in Gqeberha spark concern, but experts urge calm
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HARD ROW TO HOE
Bread & Wine: What’s the future of wheat and wine farming? (Part Six)
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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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Kenny Kunene tells Joburg, ‘God gives light during the day; I will at night’
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IN THE DARK
Children’s Memorial Institute still without power after 19 days, despite mayor’s promise
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OPINIONISTAS
Community groups are preventing Joburg from collapsing — they need more support
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PHOTO ESSAY
Johannesburg’s walls are giant canvases for the city’s stories
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Zille is targeting the ANC’s heartland in Joburg, but voters are doubtful
Maverick News
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IN THE DARK
Children’s Memorial Institute still without power after 19 days, despite mayor’s promise
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KEMPTON PARK KILLINGS
‘An Echo of Happiness’: Ekurhuleni murder victim Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo laid to rest
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Elections will tear the ANC apart
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RUNNING — TO HER DEATH
Tsontso’s final run on lonely Ekurhuleni route where she probably faced killer
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IN PICTURES
Memorial run in honour of Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo in Kempton Park
Maverick Life
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IN PICTURES
Memorial run in honour of Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo in Kempton Park
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
The Whisper Man: An adequate Netflix thriller boosted by Robert De Niro performance
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PHOTO ESSAY
Johannesburg’s walls are giant canvases for the city’s stories
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IN PICTURES
Children find play amid Gaza’s ruins, and more from around the world
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BOOK EXCERPT
The Ego Trip: The promise and peril of the modern psychedelic boom
Op-eds
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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
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DEADLY FAILURE OP-ED
A collar was not enough: Botswana’s failure to protect its research elephants from trophy hunters
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GIG ECONOMY OP-ED
Kicked to the kerb — delivery riders need better Cape Town streets and facilities
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NIHILISTIC VIOLENT EXTREMISM OP-ED
Violence without a ‘why’ — a shocking online terror network reaches South Africa
Sports
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SOCCER
Ahead of the game: How Safa chief Danny Jordaan keeps iron grip on power
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SPORT
Consistency proved key in Sinesipho Dambile’s remarkable year
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BAFANA BAFANA
Pitso Mosimane rewards in-form US-based player Puso Dithejane
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HOLE IN NONE
Ailing LIV’s existence changed golf and made players richer than ever before
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PROGRESS VS TRADITION
How the US Open influencer debate exposes sport’s growing pains
TGIFood
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FRENCH LETTER
All I Know… Thoughts on travel, book tours and school visits
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ANYONE FOR TEDDY?
Throw a Rocky Horror Dinner Party, it’ll be bloody marvellous
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WHAT’S COOKING
Spaghetti and meatballs with sugo al pomodoro (Italian tomato sauce)
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WHAT’S COOKING
Chicken and bacon pasta with peas
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WHAT’S COOKING
A trio of venison recipes from the heart of the Karoo
Nelson Mandela Bay
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
FF Plus stands by its man as mayoral candidate’s apartheid-era murder conviction resurfaces
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IN PICTURES
‘We miss Happy Valley’ — Gqeberha residents refuse to let the magic die
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
‘Anger and apathy won’t fix NMB’ — New movement urges residents to vote
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‘ISOLATED INCIDENTS’
Dolphin strandings in Gqeberha spark concern, but experts urge calm
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Nelson Mandela Bay wants residents to repay electricity rebates if it wins court bid
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
Looming El Niño threatens to shatter SA’s summer harvest triumph
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OPINIONISTAS
When women live in fear, none of us can remain neutral
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OPINIONISTAS
Beyond broken cameras — the surveillance tech needed to protect SA women
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OPINIONISTAS
The Monday Cane — performative justice that prioritises retribution over protection
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OPINIONISTAS
Why no teen builds a resilient identity alone
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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Crosswords
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CROSSWORDS
Daily Crossword Quickie - Friday, 18 Sept 2026
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CROSSWORDS
Daily Crossword Quickie - Thursday, 17 Sept 2026
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CROSSWORDS
Daily Crossword Quickie - Wednesday, 16 Sept 2026
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CROSSWORDS
Daily Crossword Quickie - Tuesday, 15 Sept 2026
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CROSSWORDS
Daily Crossword Quickie - Monday, 14 Sept 2026
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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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
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POLITICALLY AWEH
The danger of being a woman in South African media and politics
