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    <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:51:33 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOING FOR A SONG OP-ED: AI and the future of creativity — can artists’ histories travel with their work?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[During a Creative Cnergy panel on AI, one core question emerged: as AI makes content creation seamless, will the human stories and history behind the art get erased?]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ryan Enslin]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-23-ai-and-the-future-of-creativity-can-artists-histories-travel-with-their-work/</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Zelensky says Russia planning new mass attack on Ukraine]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sept 22 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was planning a new major attack on his country, in comments published on Tuesday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-23-zelenskiy-says-russia-planning-new-mass-attack-on-ukraine/</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:51:19 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump threatens to annihilate Iran as diplomats push for deal at UN]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that he could annihilate Iran if there is no deal to end the war, but also suggested an agreement could come soon amid a diplomatic push at the United Nations.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-23-trump-threatens-to-annihilate-iran-as-diplomats-push-for-deal-at-un/</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:41:50 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[SAPS IN CRISIS: The State versus Shadrack Sibiya — unpacking the explosive rape, grooming, human trafficking charges]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A charge sheet sets out the grim case against top cop Shadrack Sibiya, alleging that he plied a group of friends with alcohol at what he called a ‘classy place’ – a strip club – then raped one of them, aged 18, at a hotel. He is also accused of sending explicit messages to a 16-year-old.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Caryn Dolley and Lunga Simelane]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-23-the-state-versus-shadrack-sibiya-unpacking-the-explosive-rape-grooming-human-trafficking-charges/</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:48:41 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Gayton McKenzie promises debt write-offs, ‘Abahambe’ crackdown in Nelson Mandela Bay]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[With the 2026 local elections approaching, PA leader Gayton McKenzie says voters should give his party five years to govern Nelson Mandela Bay, promising a fresh approach to the metro’s debt, jobs, services and immigration.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kyran Blaauw]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-23-gayton-mckenzie-promises-debt-write-offs-abahambe-crackdown-in-nelson-mandela-bay/</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:13:28 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[LOCAL VEHICLE PRODUCTION: Minister of Small Business Development Ndabeni pushes for localised manufacturing in automotive sector]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Minister Stella Ndabeni calls for reliable infrastructure and competitive local manufacturing while imported vehicles gain ground and automotive suppliers struggle with power disruptions.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Andisa Bonani]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-minister-of-small-business-development-ndabeni-pushes-for-localised-manufacturing-in-automotive-sector/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:50:29 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay,Business Maverick,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[A deadly silence — SA’s failure to protect whistleblowers and human rights defenders]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[As killings of whistleblowers and activists go unpunished, South Africa's delayed legislative reforms expose a fatal lack of political will to protect those exposing corruption.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lalelisile Mncwabe]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-22-a-deadly-silence-sas-failure-to-protect-whistleblowers-and-human-rights-defenders/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[War and drought threaten world food security — 645m people at risk]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An estimated 645 million people worldwide face hunger. When disruptions occur, they reverberate far beyond an immediate conflict zone. The global food market faces the impact of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the war in the Middle East and the incoming El Niño. While everyone is affected, the most vulnerable countries, communities and persons are least able to absorb another shock to food prices and supplies.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kristian Schmidt]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-22-war-and-drought-threaten-world-food-security-645m-people-at-risk/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[SA’s living heritage — Home Affairs’ reforms honour equal citizenship]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[There is something distinctly South African about dedicating a public holiday to heritage and then spending a good part of it debating what, exactly, is being celebrated.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Claudia Pizzocri]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-22-sas-living-heritage-home-affairs-reforms-honour-equal-citizenship/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:24:03 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY: SA is under cyber siege — and the situation will only get worse]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Over the past month, Hungry Lion, Bidvest Bank, the Furniture Bargaining Council, CarTrack, Serengeti Estates and Toyota South Africa all experienced cybersecurity incidents. South Africa doesn’t even have a national AI policy yet, but the loudest conversation at GovTech 2026 was about digital sovereignty.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsey Schutters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-sa-is-under-cyber-siege-and-the-situation-will-only-get-worse/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:18:52 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[ShinyHunters hackers say they breached FBI]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The digital extortion group known as "ShinyHunters" says it has breached the Federal Bureau of Investigation and claims to have stolen data on thousands of FBI employees.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-shinyhunters-hackers-say-they-breached-fbi/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:36:53 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump says he backs the idea of a ban on diesel exports]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he backed the idea of a ban on diesel exports, which some US politicians are calling for as a way to curb the soaring cost of energy.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-trump-says-he-backs-the-idea-of-a-ban-on-diesel-exports/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:19:38 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[CITY ART: Joburg breathes new life into the history on its streets]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A jazz legend whose shoe is regularly kept polished by a mysterious admirer, giant steel pigeons honouring Johannesburg’s Asian community and the story of Pickhandle Mary are among the pieces of Joburg’s history being brought back to life on its streets.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Anna Cox]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-joburg-breathes-new-life-into-the-history-on-its-streets/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:18:25 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Johannesburg</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[MURDER FOR MONEY: Consent vs a dangling carrot — what must change to stop funeral policy killings?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Murder for Money schemes have appeared on the National Financial Ombudsman’s radar. She suggests that urgent changes need to be made in how insurance companies sell funeral policies to avoid putting unsuspecting victims’ lives at risk.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Riaan Marais]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-consent-vs-a-dangling-carrot-what-must-change-to-stop-funeral-policy-killings/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:16:19 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK: ‘Send out the plumbers and the water bills!’ deputy minister tells leaky councils]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Deputy Water and Sanitation Minister Dr Jack Bloom has outlined plans to ‘narrow the gap’ between government promises and the delivery of water and sanitation services. But with roughly 13,000 unfixed leaks in the Durban area alone, these bold promises are unlikely to be fulfilled any time soon.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tony Carnie]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-send-out-the-plumbers-and-the-water-bills-deputy-minister-tells-leaky-councils/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-send-out-the-plumbers-and-the-water-bills-deputy-minister-tells-leaky-councils/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:13:51 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Earth</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[EKURHULENI BACKLASH: Death penalty: Let’s not aspire to being a bloodthirsty, barbaric nation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[As ANC leaders revive calls to restore the death penalty, evidence shows capital punishment neither deters crime nor protects survivors from wrongful convictions.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Mondli Makhanya]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-death-penalty-lets-not-aspire-to-being-a-bloodthirsty-barbaric-nation/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-death-penalty-lets-not-aspire-to-being-a-bloodthirsty-barbaric-nation/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:49:51 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Analysis</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Letter to US ambassador Bozell — Afrikaners are being used as a political football]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s problems with crime, racial rhetoric, land reform, economic empowerment and foreign policy are serious. They do not add up to ‘white genocide’.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Marius Oosthuizen]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-22-letter-to-us-ambassador-bozell-afrikaners-are-being-used-as-a-political-football/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:32:29 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[XENOBAROMETER: Xenophobic surge dials up trauma for many immigrant pupils at SA schools in 2026]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[XenoBarometer tracks the anti-immigrant movement and its impact. We aim to surface underreported stories, paying close attention to potential rights abuses, emerging patterns in anti-immigrant mobilisation and failures in the government’s response.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Sean Christie]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-xenophobic-surge-dials-up-trauma-for-many-immigrant-pupils-at-sa-schools-in-2026/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-xenophobic-surge-dials-up-trauma-for-many-immigrant-pupils-at-sa-schools-in-2026/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:29:49 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Conversation: Moving for work — the hidden health impacts of SA’s urban migration]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Migration can improve livelihoods without uniformly harming health, researchers find, but urban diets, obesity and blood pressure risks highlight the need for mobile healthcare planning.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Carren Ginsburg, Chantel Pheiffer, Mark A Collinson and Michael White]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-moving-for-work-the-hidden-health-impacts-of-sas-urban-migration/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:28:07 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[After The Bell: A Swartland Grand Prix? Now isn’t that grand...]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Plans for a privately funded Swartland Formula One Grand Prix could boost tourism, investment and jobs, while avoiding the financial and governance risks of government-funded hosting.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Stephen Grootes]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-a-swartland-grand-prix-now-isnt-that-grand/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-a-swartland-grand-prix-now-isnt-that-grand/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:20:09 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Europe’s political centre is almost out of time]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Europe’s political centre is fracturing as economic stagnation fuels the far right, threatening Germany, the rules-based order and South Africa.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Natale Labia]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-22-europes-political-centre-is-almost-out-of-time/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 20:14:25 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Micah freed: Djibouti frees top SA investigative journalist Micah Reddy]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists was detained on Saturday, but is now on his way back to South Africa.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Peter Fabricius]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-djibouti-frees-top-sa-investigative-journalist-micah-reddy/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-djibouti-frees-top-sa-investigative-journalist-micah-reddy/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:54:52 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Politics</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[THE CONVERSATION: What happened when a South African school switched from English to bilingual science tests]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Well‑resourced mother‑tongue bilingual science lessons and tests can improve Grade 4 performance and parent involvement, suggesting scalable bilingual education across South Africa.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Robyn Tyler]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-what-happened-when-a-south-african-school-switched-from-english-to-bilingual-science-tests/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Life</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[NEW CHAPTER: ‘This time the decision is mine’ — Tatjana Smith returns to competitive swimming]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s most decorated Olympian, Tatjana Smith, has reversed her retirement and will make her competitive return at the South African Short Course Championships this weekend.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Annemieke Thomaidis]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-this-time-the-decision-is-mine-tatjana-smith-returns-to-competitive-swimming/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:12:55 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[LEADER OF MEN: Swiss Army Knife Esterhuizen becomes ninth new Springbok captain in Rassie era]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Utility player André Esterhuizen will become the 68th man to lead the Springboks in a Test when they take on the Wallabies in Perth on Sunday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Craig Ray]]></author>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:57:59 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Student opens fire outside school in Turkey, eight pupils wounded, NTV reports]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A student opened fire in front of their high school in Turkey's western province of Manisa on Tuesday, wounding at least eight other pupils, broadcaster NTV reported.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-student-opens-fire-outside-school-in-turkey-eight-pupils-wounded-ntv-reports/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-student-opens-fire-outside-school-in-turkey-eight-pupils-wounded-ntv-reports/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:25:31 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Latvian PM opposes deal to lift sanctions on Russia-linked billionaires Usmanov and Fridman]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Latvia said it could not accept a proposed deal that would lift EU sanctions on Russia-linked billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman in return for keeping thousands of other individuals and businesses under sanctions.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-latvian-pm-opposes-deal-to-lift-sanctions-on-russia-linked-billionaires-usmanov-and-fridman/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-latvian-pm-opposes-deal-to-lift-sanctions-on-russia-linked-billionaires-usmanov-and-fridman/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:25:23 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pope Leo heads to France as Church confronts shock of abuse crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo heads to France on Friday for the first formal visit by a pope in nearly 20 years, which Catholic leaders hope will repair the Church's standing after a crushing 2021 report on child abuse by priests sparked nationwide shock.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-pope-leo-heads-to-france-as-church-confronts-shock-of-abuse-crisis/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-pope-leo-heads-to-france-as-church-confronts-shock-of-abuse-crisis/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:25:14 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nicaragua’s crackdown on opponents amounts to crimes against humanity, UN experts say]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Nicaragua's state institutions have together carried out enforced disappearances, torture and arbitrary detention of political opponents, conduct that amounts to crimes against humanity, according to a report published on Tuesday by UN experts.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-nicaraguas-crackdown-on-opponents-amounts-to-crimes-against-humanity-un-experts-say/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-nicaraguas-crackdown-on-opponents-amounts-to-crimes-against-humanity-un-experts-say/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:25:06 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[WHAT’S COOKING: A pair of meaty recipes to plan for Braai Day]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Panko-crusted lamb chops with rosemary and garlic, and a hunk of beef sirloin cooked over the coals – here are two recipes you can plan for the looming long weekend.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tony Jackman]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-a-pair-of-meaty-recipes-to-plan-for-braai-day/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-a-pair-of-meaty-recipes-to-plan-for-braai-day/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>TGIFood</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[POLITICALLY AWEH: South Africans wagered R1-trillion last year — but who’s regulating the betting industry?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In case you couldn’t tell from the billboards and athletic sponsorships, online betting is booming. In this video, the team at Politically Aweh asks the question many can’t seem to answer: Who’s actually profiting, and who’s paying for it?]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Politically Aweh]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-south-africans-wagered-r1-trillion-last-year-but-whos-regulating-the-betting-industry/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-south-africans-wagered-r1-trillion-last-year-but-whos-regulating-the-betting-industry/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Multimedia</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[More technology doesn’t always mean better classroom learning]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sweden’s retreat from screens prompts questions about the value of digital learning.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Stephen Mahony]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-more-technology-doesnt-always-mean-better-classroom-learning/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-more-technology-doesnt-always-mean-better-classroom-learning/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:14:24 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas,DM168</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[SA’s xenophobia reflects a blindspot that now demands a continental response]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s persistent xenophobic violence against African immigrants is fuelled by economic grievances and political scapegoating, despite evidence challenging claims that migrants are responsible for jobs, crime and pressure on public services. The violence has now become a wider continental problem requiring stronger political leadership from South Africa and other African governments.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Azu Ishiekwene]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-sas-xenophobia-reflects-a-blindspot-that-now-demands-a-continental-response/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-sas-xenophobia-reflects-a-blindspot-that-now-demands-a-continental-response/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:56:38 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[How parliamentary haste sabotaged procurement reform and delayed transformation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Parliament’s haste has sabotaged critical procurement reform, resulting in the Constitutional Court invalidating the Public Procurement Act. This rushed legislation causes delayed transformation, and to prevent this in the future, there needs to be strict public participation rules and recorded votes to prevent failures.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Daryl Swanepoel]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-how-parliamentary-haste-sabotaged-procurement-reform-and-delayed-transformation/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-how-parliamentary-haste-sabotaged-procurement-reform-and-delayed-transformation/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:53:13 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Looming El Niño threatens to shatter SA’s summer harvest triumph]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[There are still ample  supplies in the silos across the country after a record harvest, but concerns about the effects of El Niño on the season ahead seem to be driving up commodity prices.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Wandile Sihlobo]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-looming-el-nino-threatens-to-shatter-sas-summer-harvest-triumph/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-looming-el-nino-threatens-to-shatter-sas-summer-harvest-triumph/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:46:29 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When women live in fear, none of us can remain neutral]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The discovery of women’s bodies across Ekurhuleni has once again brought South Africa’s gender-based violence crisis into sharp focus. But outrage alone will not make women safer. Universities, communities and men themselves must confront the cultures that enable violence, strengthen systems of accountability and turn concern into sustained action.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Jerome September]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-when-women-live-in-fear-none-of-us-can-remain-neutral/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-when-women-live-in-fear-none-of-us-can-remain-neutral/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:45:27 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Beyond broken cameras — the surveillance tech needed to protect SA women]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Across the globe, CCTV cameras and AI software are being used to scour tens of thousands of hours of footage to help find the missing. It is time for South Africa to do the same.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[D Khosa]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-beyond-broken-cameras-the-surveillance-tech-needed-to-protect-sa-women/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-beyond-broken-cameras-the-surveillance-tech-needed-to-protect-sa-women/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:58:57 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Monday Cane — performative justice that prioritises retribution over protection]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s cycle of violence exposes the limits of punishment after the fact when prevention, policing and intervention fail beforehand. When retribution becomes the most visible response, justice risks becoming a performance rather than a system capable of protecting people and deterring violence.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Themba Dlamini]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-the-monday-cane-performative-justice-that-prioritises-retribution-over-protection/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-the-monday-cane-performative-justice-that-prioritises-retribution-over-protection/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:39:21 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why no teen builds a resilient identity alone]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Who are you when you grow up feeling hungry, unsafe and excluded from opportunity? Who do you trust, and who do you turn to? Just how far does self-motivation take you in Tembisa, Umlazi or Nyanga?]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Abigail Wood and Linda Theron]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-why-no-teen-builds-a-resilient-identity-alone/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-why-no-teen-builds-a-resilient-identity-alone/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:18:35 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Violence is South Africa’s unofficial 13th language]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa has a 13th language, which saturates daily life and numbs society through its staggering brutality.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kenneth Diole]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-violence-is-south-africas-unofficial-13th-language/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-violence-is-south-africas-unofficial-13th-language/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:15:22 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Community groups are preventing Joburg from collapsing — they need more support]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[I am usually the voice of doom and gloom coming through your television or radio, speaking about everything that is wrong with Johannesburg. It may therefore surprise some people to learn that I remain optimistic about the future of the city I love.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Julia Fish]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-17-community-groups-are-preventing-joburg-from-collapsing-they-need-more-support/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-17-community-groups-are-preventing-joburg-from-collapsing-they-need-more-support/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:34:28 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas,Johannesburg</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[When the GBV campaign hashtags fade, the fear doesn’t]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[More needs to be done than relying on once-a-year campaigns like Women’s Month to fight gender-based violence. What is needed is a shift from expecting women to self-manage their safety toward systemic accountability, effective law enforcement and active male responsibility.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Maryam C Adewunmi]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-when-the-gbv-campaign-hashtags-fade-the-fear-doesnt/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-when-the-gbv-campaign-hashtags-fade-the-fear-doesnt/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:48:31 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[SA’s young voters are not apathetic, they are auditing an unresponsive democracy]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Young South Africans are not apathetic but increasingly unconvinced that voting translates into accountability, as broken promises and unresponsive local institutions erode trust in democracy. The answer is not another lecture to ‘show up’, but a system that keeps a visible ledger of promises, performance and consequences.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Themba Dlamini]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-sas-young-voters-are-not-apathetic-they-are-auditing-an-unresponsive-democracy/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-sas-young-voters-are-not-apathetic-they-are-auditing-an-unresponsive-democracy/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:36:35 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Resetting and renewing Idac won’t solve SA’s corruption crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A new, reformed Investigating Directorate Against Corruption needs to be a fully independent, single-entity anti-corruption body — outside executive control and potentially under Chapter 9 — to effectively combat grand corruption and restore the rule of law.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Paul Hoffman]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-resetting-and-renewing-idac-wont-solve-sas-corruption-crisis/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-resetting-and-renewing-idac-wont-solve-sas-corruption-crisis/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:13:22 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Tamsin Metelerkamp]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-16-watch-inside-sassas-grant-review-queues-outages-suspensions/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-16-watch-inside-sassas-grant-review-queues-outages-suspensions/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Prasa’s R5.6bn Siyangena scandal demands NPA action]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Pieter-Louis Myburgh]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-14-watch-prasas-r56bn-siyangena-scandal-demands-npa-action/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-14-watch-prasas-r56bn-siyangena-scandal-demands-npa-action/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:36:21 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch — Inside the capture of Cape Town’s Planning Tribunal]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Kevin Bloom]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-10-watch-inside-the-capture-of-cape-towns-planning-tribunal-1/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-10-watch-inside-the-capture-of-cape-towns-planning-tribunal-1/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Declassified document shows ANC were favourable to offering indemnity to apartheid-era crimes]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Marianne Thamm]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-08-watch-declassified-document-shows-anc-were-favourable-to-offering-indemnity-to-apartheid-era-crimes/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:12:23 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Zapiro present: Haka (Feat. Butterfingers)]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Zapiro]]></author>
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