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THEATRE REVIEW
Lest we forget: The play observing the Soweto Uprising through a fiercely human lens
By Keith Bain
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH
Don’t let short-term upsets upend your long-term financial plans
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ENLIT AFRICA
There's a positive story to tell about booming data centres energising SA’s economic landscape
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TRANSITIONAL DILEMMAS
Responsible investing shapeshifts SA portfolios from mere ESG slogans to climate change data reality
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CLIMATE SHOCK
US forecaster issues chilling El Niño warning with 82% chance by July
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
After the Bell: Insurance and irrationality
MAVERICK CITIZEN
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ACCOMMODATION CRISES
MPs intervene at UWC as students continue protest over poor living conditions
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CRYSTALLISING SUCCESS
Queen bees reshaping SA beekeeping industry
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MULTIMILLION-RAND CLAWBACK
SIU recovers R25m from Covid-19 school sanitising contracts
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SPOTLIGHT
A wheel difference: The mobile evening clinics changing lives in a Western Cape town
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MUNICIPAL FAILURES
SAHRC probe indicates Gauteng’s water crisis is a man-made disaster
MAVERICK EARTH
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JUMBO PROBLEM
Bureaucratic delays could lead to ‘last-resort’ culling of SA elephants, Parliament is warned
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MUNICIPAL FAILURES
SAHRC probe indicates Gauteng’s water crisis is a man-made disaster
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SWELTERING SHIFTS
The ferrymen: SA’s taxi drivers face deadly heat on the job
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MAVERICK EARTH
Sustainable use of wildlife is a conditional promise — that SA has not reached
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INSTITUTIONAL NEGLECT
Day one of water crisis hearings ‘arms’ SAHRC for a grilling of government
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'
AMABHUNGANE
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RIGHT OF REPLY
Public Procurement Act process is certainly no circus
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AMABHUNGANE
Inside Eskom’s tainted R21bn diesel contract
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AMABHUNGANE COMMENT
Why amaBhungane is challenging the Public Procurement Act
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AMABHUNGANE
The fashion icon, her husband, the NSF and the SIU — The plot thickens
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AMABHUNGANE ANALYSIS
Corporate ‘hijacking’ and the violation of Tongaat Hulett
POLITICS
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS
Rise Mzansi’s Lukhona Mnguni enters Joburg mayoral race, warns of ‘gangster state’
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ANALYSIS
The internal chaos in Jacob Zuma’s MK leaves us all poorer
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TRAINSPOTTER
Ramaphosa’s political and business backers dig in as Phala Phala scandal deepens
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SHIFTING LOYALTIES
US is falling out of love with Israel as war machine rumbles on
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ANALYSIS
Parliament’s Phala Phala impeachment committee — expect much heat but no light
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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WORLD
China to crack down on illegal cross-border securities activities
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WORLD
Samsung workers begin voting on pay deal, some non-chip employees to oppose it
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WORLD
Explosion at MOL’s Tiszaujvaros petrochemical plant in Hungary kills one
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WORLD
Trump officials tried to ban half of US voting machines, citing conspiracy theories
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WORLD
US arrests sister of Cuban military conglomerate chief
MAVERICK LIFE
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INSPIRE
Cultural hub uses jazz and soul to bring us back together
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GOING UNDER
My Heart Story: Shape-shifters, paranoia, and jazz on the operating table
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THEATRE REVIEW
Lest we forget: The play observing the Soweto Uprising through a fiercely human lens
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IN PICTURES
Endless struggle: Water crisis deepens across Free State, North West, Limpopo
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OPERA REVIEW
Cape Town Opera’s Carmen is a tempestuous feminist tragedy with a golden-voiced femme fatale
SPORTS
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RAW DEAL
Asenathi Ntlabakanye doping case exposes cruel reality of ‘strict liability’
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SOCCER
Hostile environment awaits Champions League hopefuls Mamelodi Sundowns in Morocco
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BUCS ON THE BRINK
Orlando Pirates players face final Premiership match bearing the pressure of expectation
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SPORT
Arsenal fans finally bask in Premier League glory after 22 years of heartbreak
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TEEN SCRUTINY
Hilton College and others grapple with the cost of commercialisation in school sports
TGIFOOD
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GOING UNDER
My Heart Story: Shape-shifters, paranoia, and jazz on the operating table
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(FINE) FOWL RECIPE
Vusi Ndlovu’s fried chicken & egg with sous kaani, amasi dressing & smoked mayo
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BLISSFUL BIRDS
Crunch time for the country’s ultimate fried chicken contenders
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THE CONVERSATION
What parents should know before using edible glitter on cakes
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BOOK EXCERPT
No-Nonsense Nutrition: A science-based plan to transform health
MOTORING
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SAFETY CHECKS
Fail-safe? Corolla Cross two-star test puts accountability in the spotlight
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PHANTOM SHARES
The Finance Ghost: Optasia and WeBuyCars show the joys and risks of growth stocks
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PHOTO ESSAY
Speed Classic Cape Town 2025: Iconic cars conquer Philip Kgosana Drive in debut hillclimb
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PENSION SHOCK
Auto industry fails workers as pension arrears hit record billions
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WHEEL SMART
Need to insure a classic car? Here’s how to avoid being taken for a ride
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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POLITICALLY AWEH
Why the petrol price exploded and the solution government is blocking
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VIDEO
Watch – Minister Sisisi Tolashe’s Undeclared Luxury SUVs
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VIDEO
Watch — Somebody didn't care: how Grey's Hospital's failing air con became a nightmare
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VIDEO
Watch – Meet the Nigerian mega pastor shouting hallelujah after bidding to buy iconic Cape Town building
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VIDEO
Watch — From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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PHALA PHALA JUDGMENT
Will President Cyril Ramaphosa resign? Five questions we answer for you
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JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION
Helen Suzman Foundation heads to court over Malema’s participation on the JSC
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IMPEACHMENT CASE
What ConCourt’s Phala Phala ruling means for Ramaphosa’s future
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THE WEEKEND WRAP
What’s next after Malema’s outburst, SA’s acting police commissioner and a fresh Ekurhuleni scandal
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MADLANGA COMMISSION
Top cops in the dock — here’s the full list of Madlanga-related arrests
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JUDICIARY IN CRISIS
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OPINIONISTAS
From Mamdani to McKenzie — why depth matters in politics and democracy
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OPINIONISTAS
Legal practitioners' patriarchal language a betrayal of justice and women's empowerment in SA
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OPINIONISTAS
AI ‘hallucinations’ are threatening the administration of justice in SA
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OPINIONISTAS
Zuma’s MK party is not even masking its attempt to capture the judiciary
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OPINIONISTAS
Mandisa Maya’s appointment as Chief Justice is a victory for all, especially for black women in law
Jacob Zuma
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ANALYSIS
The internal chaos in Jacob Zuma’s MK leaves us all poorer
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TRC ROULETTE
Dangers of digging for truth: TRC investigators faced ‘active interference’ by ‘persons of interest’
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WOUNDS OF HISTORY
The Judas goat — Eugene de Kock’s journey from Prime Evil to ailing witness
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TRC ROULETTE
Mbeki and Zuma: Two presidents, one commission and the lawfare over TRC accountability
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POLITICS & PERFORMANCE
Legal reform is needed so that the likes of Jacob Zuma and Thabo Bester stop delaying justice
