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THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN
Treasury’s municipal state of emergency: Great start but martial law is needed
By Mondli Makhanya
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Business Maverick
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REAL ESTATE UPGRADE
Inside the premium housing revolution happening in Cape Town CBD
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BACK ON TRACK
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has made the hard yards in rail reform
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ECONOMIC SHIFTS
Global economy dancing to 2 discordant tunes — Iran war and AI boom, says IMF
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FRAUD & CORRUPTION
Transnet’s ports division gets Treasury to blacklist seven companies in anti-graft drive
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AFTER THE BELL
Every cent counts: a farewell after six years of making money make sense
Maverick Citizen
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
SAHRC food inquiry — some ministers engage, most retailers evade
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
Invest in our youth — to avoid inequality wasting a generation
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UNFINISHED WORK
Minister’s school pit latrine claims clash with reality on the ground
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SPOTLIGHT
How primary healthcare provision is split between SA’s 3 spheres of government
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CHASED OUT
Thousands of Zimbabwean children forced to quit schools in SA amid xenophobic unrest
Maverick Earth
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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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NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET
The horse, the hippo and the sulky chimp: Darwin’s contribution to animal sentience
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THREAT TIMELINE
‘Godzilla’ El Niño: What it is, why it matters, and our complete coverage
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DYING IN SILENCE OP-ED
The 951 dead elephants in the Kruger Park and a question everyone should be asking
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SIZE MATTERS
Microplastics show up in Kruger Park river creatures
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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JOBURG SHOOTOUT
One dead after suspected illegal miners open fire on police in Cleveland
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CASH CRUNCH
National Treasury intervenes as uncollected rubbish piles up across Joburg
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GOING NOWHERE
Grounded buses, idle stations, unpaid bills — inside the collapse of Joburg’s transport system
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OUR CITIES
City improvement districts do more than just enable vital services
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XENOPHOBIC UNREST
‘100% a humanitarian crisis’ — the parking lot where Malawians wait to go home
Maverick News
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ETHICAL HACK ATTACK
How the anti-migrant 30 June campaign was disrupted by civil society groups
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HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
Gazan hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya ‘tortured to the point of death’
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MUNICIPAL FAILURE
Infamous water pump is now in Makhanda, but accountability is missing
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POLICING IN CRISIS
Whistleblower’s evidence puts Idac head Andrea Johnson under Madlanga Commission scrutiny
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THE LOWLY NEWSPAPER MAN
Treasury’s municipal state of emergency: Great start but martial law is needed
Maverick Life
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ESCAPE
A working farm holiday in the time of agritourism
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IN PICTURES
Rain and rhythm in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and more from around the world
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Supergirl: A cosmic journey of resilience and gritty heroism in a fragmented universe
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THE CONVERSATION
Frozen fruit and canned veg are cheap. Are they as healthy as fresh food?
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OUR CITIES
City improvement districts do more than just enable vital services
Op-eds
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LETTER TO MAHLAMBA NDLOPFU
As MK and DA put the boot in, sanity has nowhere left to park
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EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
When teaching becomes preparation for everything except learning
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MIGRANT DIGNITY OP-ED
Dear minister, what is the difference between you and Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma?
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AFRICAN BETRAYAL OP-ED
Amid its fresh anti-migrant convulsion, SA risks becoming a pariah state again
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STRONGER THAN FEAR OP-ED
The day the buses left: Confronting xenophobia and rediscovering our humanity
Sports
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SOCCER
Stories of Cape Verde and Norway vindicate World Cup’s expansion
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REFLECTION AND REGRET
Concerns deepen after Women Proteas’ scrappy T20 World Cup
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UNTIMELY DEATHS
South African sport loses Bafana midfielder Jayden Adams and rugby prospect Luqobo Makwedini
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UNBEATEN STREAK
Callow Bok lineup — just enough to topple Scotland in Loftus thriller
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COMING UP SHORT
Ill-discipline sees the Springbok Women lose second Test against the USA
TGIFood
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CAPE CLASSICS REVISITED
La Perla shines like the Sea Point sun on a balmy day
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GAME PLAN
This winter, give me the wild taste of fynvleis
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WHAT’S COOKING
Chilli con carne cottage pie and four more warming winter bakes
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WHAT’S COOKING
Leo’s chicken thighs with garlic, black olives, orange and almonds
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OPINION: A RARE OPPORTUNITY
The ‘Gardens tearoom’ has a chance to be made great again
Nelson Mandela Bay
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ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Blue wave washes through streets of Gqeberha as DA leads anti-crime march
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LIGHTS OUT
Shocking price irregularities halt streetlight repairs in Nelson Mandela Bay
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MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION
Cogta warns Nelson Mandela Bay — fix governance and finances or face a takeover
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MASS SHOOTINGS
Eight life sentences for gunman in Gqeberha birthday party massacre
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PUBLIC ART
Icons murals revive heritage and identity along Steve Biko Street in Gqeberha
Corrections
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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
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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
Opinion
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
Invest in our youth — to avoid inequality wasting a generation
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OPINIONISTAS
We’re asking the wrong question about the future of multilateralism
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OPINIONISTAS
After the June 30 deadline: What did SA’s anti-immigration marches actually achieve?
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OPINIONISTAS
From plough to harvest peril — when corruption turns the ox into the assassin
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OPINIONISTAS
Why the Lobito Corridor is really a test of African economic sovereignty
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Strauss & Co’s July auctions spotlight ceramics and the Willem Boshoff Collection
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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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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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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – After the June 30 marches: What our reporters saw — and what might happen next
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – South Africa’s anti-migrant campaigns: What’s really driving them?
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Xenophobia, fear and South Africa’s fault lines
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Mondli Makhanya: MK will win eThekwini/Durban
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Behind Zapiro’s Sisisi Tolashe cartoon
