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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:25:32 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[IN THE DOCK: Ex-minister Mapisa-Nqakula paid in cash for R1.8m home renovation, court told]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[It was a dramatic day in Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s corruption trial as the court heard about luxury home renovations paid for in cash and R600,000 curtains made from imported fabric. Then a prominent lawyer walked out of the proceedings. ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Nonkululeko Njilo and Mabatho Marakalla]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-05-ex-minister-mapisa-nqakula-paid-in-cash-for-r18m-home-renovation-court-told/</link>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:09:15 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Politics,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[BROKE AND BROKEN: Telecoms crisis continues to paralyse Joburg — with no solution in sight until end-August]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The City of Johannesburg has officially admitted to owing Telkom R4.8m in outstanding invoices, but denies that a crippling, citywide telecommunications and server blackout stems from financial distress.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Anna Cox]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-telecoms-crisis-continues-to-paralyse-joburg-with-no-solution-in-sight-until-end-august/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-telecoms-crisis-continues-to-paralyse-joburg-with-no-solution-in-sight-until-end-august/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:40:58 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Johannesburg</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[MAJOR MUSCLE: Powerful Bok team for Argentina sends strong message to waiting All Blacks]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has chosen a lineup stacked with World Cup winners to face Argentina in their final outing before the Greatest Rivalry series against the All Blacks starts.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Craig Ray]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-powerful-bok-team-for-argentina-sends-strong-message-to-waiting-all-blacks/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:37:02 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[‘TOXIC DISCHARGE’ SAGA: NPA hits Sasol with fresh warrants, seven years after chemical contamination complaint]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[What started as a complaint about water contamination from a whistleblower seven years ago has cascaded into a multi-departmental and Chapter Nine Institution investigative delay. But developments have brought the National Prosecuting Authority knocking on Sasol’s door with new warrants.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lerato Mutsila]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-npa-hits-sasol-with-fresh-warrants-seven-years-after-chemical-contamination-complaint/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-npa-hits-sasol-with-fresh-warrants-seven-years-after-chemical-contamination-complaint/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Earth,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[MADLANGA COMMISSION: Crime Intelligence corruption case ‘made no sense’ — senior Idac prosecutor]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Senior Idac prosecutor advocate Peter Serunye says the investigation into top Crime Intelligence officials proceeded on allegations rather than evidence.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Vincent Cruywagen]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-crime-intelligence-corruption-case-made-no-sense-senior-idac-prosecutor/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:25:13 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Politics</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Facebook obliterated 20 years of my online life for no apparent reason]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Meta’s automated moderation systems can erase decades of personal histories in seconds, exposing the severe risks of relying on unaccountable algorithms to safeguard digital memories.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Sioux McKenna]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-04-facebook-obliterated-20-years-of-my-online-life-for-no-apparent-reason/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-04-facebook-obliterated-20-years-of-my-online-life-for-no-apparent-reason/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[BIG STINK: Nelson Mandela Bay sewage failure a ‘human rights crisis’]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SA Human Rights Commission findings paint a troubling picture of beaches, rivers and wastewater systems under pressure, with serious questions raised about pollution, monitoring and the state of the metro’s ageing infrastructure.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Andisa Bonani]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-nelson-mandela-bay-sewage-failure-a-human-rights-crisis/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-nelson-mandela-bay-sewage-failure-a-human-rights-crisis/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[EXPOSED: Different name, same network — the truth about Independent Media’s ‘new’ newspaper publisher]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An entity called National Media Group was unveiled last week as taking over newspaper titles including the Cape Times, The Star and The Mercury. However, corporate records suggest less a new beginning than a reshuffling within the same Iqbal Survé-linked corporate network.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Rebecca Davis]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-different-name-same-network-the-truth-about-independent-medias-new-newspaper-publisher/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-different-name-same-network-the-truth-about-independent-medias-new-newspaper-publisher/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:16:34 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[FINANCIAL RELIEF: Tariff retreat sets up Bay households for electricity credits]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[DA Eastern Cape leader Andrew Whitfield said the outcome extended beyond Nelson Mandela Bay and sent a message to municipalities across the country.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kyran Blaauw]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-tariff-retreat-sets-up-bay-households-for-electricity-credits/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-tariff-retreat-sets-up-bay-households-for-electricity-credits/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:05:54 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[SERVICE WITH A SMILE: Smart thinking — Minister Schreiber takes credit for Home Affairs’ bank ID card revolution]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[After the June 30 xenophobia protests delayed the launch of Home Affairs’ new online service, Minister Leon Schreiber was finally in an FNB branch to cut a ribbon and wax lyrical about the future of Home Affairs. ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsey Schutters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-smart-thinking-minister-schreiber-takes-credit-for-home-affairs-bank-id-card-revolution/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-smart-thinking-minister-schreiber-takes-credit-for-home-affairs-bank-id-card-revolution/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[FARMED AND DANGEROUS: Addo farmer ready to Moer ’n Boer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[An Addo citrus farmer has just eight weeks to transform himself from farm manager to MMA fighter after accepting a last-minute call-up to compete in Moer ’n Boer season three.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Riaan Marais]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-addo-farmer-ready-to-moer-n-boer/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-addo-farmer-ready-to-moer-n-boer/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:53:11 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[JOBURG GO-SLOW: Wildcat protests down six Pikitup depots, residents pay for own bin collection]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Wildcat strikes and protests have brought six of Pikitup’s biggest depots to a standstill, leaving rubbish uncollected across large parts of Johannesburg. Frustrated residents and businesses are paying private contractors to remove waste while the city’s refuse collection service grinds to a halt.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ferial Haffajee]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-wildcat-protests-down-six-pikitup-depots-residents-pay-for-own-bin-collection/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-wildcat-protests-down-six-pikitup-depots-residents-pay-for-own-bin-collection/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:31:15 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Johannesburg</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[EMPTY CLASSROOMS: Millions wasted on rural white elephant schools with no learners]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Fruitless R4m spent on now unused rural school builds, highlighting school infrastructure failures as pupils migrate to Gauteng and the Western Cape, worsening urban overcrowding.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Takudzwa Pongweni]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-millions-wasted-on-rural-white-elephant-schools-with-no-learners/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-millions-wasted-on-rural-white-elephant-schools-with-no-learners/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:36:28 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Citizen</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arson suspect arrested as wildfires rage around Spokane, Washington]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SPOKANE, Washington, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A man has been arrested on suspicion of deliberately starting one of three fires that have destroyed over 700 houses and other buildings, forcing 64,000 people to evacuate in and around Spokane, Washington, the city hardest hit by wildfires sweeping the drought-stricken Pacific Northwest United States.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-arson-suspect-arrested-as-wildfires-rage-around-spokane-washington/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-arson-suspect-arrested-as-wildfires-rage-around-spokane-washington/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:27:07 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Police looking into reports of ‘missing’ athletes after Glasgow Commonwealth Games]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[GLASGOW, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Scottish police are investigating reports of foreign athletes, identified in the media as boxers from Uganda and Pakistan, who failed to return home after competing in the Commonwealth Games that ended in Glasgow last Sunday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-police-looking-into-reports-of-missing-athletes-after-glasgow-commonwealth-games/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-police-looking-into-reports-of-missing-athletes-after-glasgow-commonwealth-games/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:14:58 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[HOEDSPRUIT EMERGENCY: Hurt hyena bets on the right humans when it collapsed at this Limpopo lodge]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[What thoughts passed through the mind of a badly injured hyena that sought refuge in the bedroom of a private game reserve near Kruger National Park? Was it looking for help? Or, simply disorientated and exhausted by the agonising pain of a wire snare slicing through its belly and back?]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tony Carnie]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-hurt-hyena-bet-on-the-right-humans-when-it-collapsed-at-this-limpopo-lodge/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-hurt-hyena-bet-on-the-right-humans-when-it-collapsed-at-this-limpopo-lodge/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Earth</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[PUBLIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION: High court orders PIC board to reinstate CEO Patrick Dlamini]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[It came as no surprise when the decision by the previous Public Investment Corporation board to suspend embattled Ceo Patrick Dlamini was overturned with costs.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsey Schutters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-high-court-orders-pic-board-to-reinstate-ceo-patrick-dlamini/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-high-court-orders-pic-board-to-reinstate-ceo-patrick-dlamini/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:30:09 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why deepening intra-BRICS agricultural trade is essential for SA]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[High tariffs and phytosanitary barriers restrict South Africa’s agricultural exports to BRICS partners, driving urgent calls for preferential trade agreements ahead of the upcoming New Delhi summit. ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Wandile Sihlobo]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-04-why-deepening-intra-brics-agricultural-trade-is-essential-for-sa/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-04-why-deepening-intra-brics-agricultural-trade-is-essential-for-sa/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:25:15 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick,Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Triple storm hits markets as Fed, AI bubble and FX interventions collide]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Investors who began 2026 hoping for a year of gently rising markets and subdued volatility will by now be disappointed.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Natale Labia]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-04-triple-storm-hits-markets-as-fed-ai-bubble-and-fx-interventions-collide/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-04-triple-storm-hits-markets-as-fed-ai-bubble-and-fx-interventions-collide/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:19:54 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick,Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[AFTER THE BELL: Of restaurants, memories and problems with the town council]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From first jobs to family nights out, restaurants create memories, but in Joburg, rising operating costs, unreliable municipal services and the need for back-up power and water are choking the sector.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Stephen Grootes]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-of-restaurants-memories-and-problems-with-the-town-council/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-of-restaurants-memories-and-problems-with-the-town-council/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:10:26 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick,Johannesburg</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[ANALYSIS: Treasury’s backward-looking Draft Crypto Asset Manual fails to tell the full story]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Treasury’s draft crypto manual retrofits 1960s exchange controls onto digital assets, leaves threshold blanks and bans self‑custody transfers — risking South Africa’s Web3 access and the rand.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsey Schutters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-treasurys-backward-looking-draft-crypto-asset-manual-fails-to-tell-the-full-story/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-treasurys-backward-looking-draft-crypto-asset-manual-fails-to-tell-the-full-story/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:03:49 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[LINE IN THE SAND: Treasury again cracks transfers whip over errant municipalities]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[It is deeply worrying that the situation has reached this point. The Treasury has clearly hit the limits of its patience, forcing it to draw a line in the sand. Years of support and guidance have been flushed down a drain of negligence]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ed Stoddard]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-treasury-again-cracks-transfers-whip-over-errant-municipalities/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-treasury-again-cracks-transfers-whip-over-errant-municipalities/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:56:29 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[THE CONVERSATION: How to know when fruit and vegetables are still safe to eat]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Maximise shelf life and reduce waste with practical guidance on how to make the most of your fresh fruit and vegetables.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Primrose Freestone]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-how-to-know-when-fruit-and-vegetables-are-still-safe-to-eat/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-how-to-know-when-fruit-and-vegetables-are-still-safe-to-eat/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Life</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[BEYOND BOUNDARIES: The 2027 Cricket World Cup offers SA a chance to rebuild ties across Africa]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa must use the 2027 Cricket World Cup to strengthen ties with African neighbours in the wake of a troubling resurgence of xenophobic violence and anti-immigrant rhetoric.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Annemieke Thomaidis]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-the-2027-cricket-world-cup-offers-sa-a-chance-to-rebuild-ties-across-africa/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-the-2027-cricket-world-cup-offers-sa-a-chance-to-rebuild-ties-across-africa/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:27:54 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[RESTAURANT SHIFTS: Ramenhead to move to Kloof Street, as Elgr moves on]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The edgy urban ramen bar is shifting from its premises on Speakers Corner in Parliament Street to the space recently vacated by Elgr in Kloof Street.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tony Jackman]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-ramenhead-to-move-to-kloof-street-as-elgr-moves-on/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-ramenhead-to-move-to-kloof-street-as-elgr-moves-on/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:35:17 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>TGIFood</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[MEDIA ANALYSIS: Another Media24 restructuring won’t fix a broken market]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s largest digital news publisher has attempted every remedy the turnaround textbook prescribes. Disposals, closures, massive headcount reduction and a digitally transformed subscription business still saw financial losses increase by 60%. If Media24 cannot break even, the problem isn’t the operating model. It is the market.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Styli Charalambous]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-another-media24-restructuring-wont-fix-a-broken-market/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-another-media24-restructuring-wont-fix-a-broken-market/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:28:20 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Analysis</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Afghan child malnutrition surges as aid cuts force clinics to turn families away, WFP says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Child malnutrition in Afghanistan has reached critical levels and aid shortages are forcing health workers to turn away millions of children and mothers — six in seven of those in need — the U.N. World Food Programme said on Tuesday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-afghan-child-malnutrition-surges-as-aid-cuts-force-clinics-to-turn-families-away-wfp-says/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-afghan-child-malnutrition-surges-as-aid-cuts-force-clinics-to-turn-families-away-wfp-says/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:20:33 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[CORPORATE RESISTANCE: How big food sues governments to keep unhealthy products on shelves]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Food manufacturers have filed more than 200 lawsuits against governments since 2010, to challenge public health measures that could affect their bottom line. All while Africa is now the most food insecure region in the world and, at the same time, eating cheap, nutrient-poor food continues to rise.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lillian Roberts]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-how-big-food-sues-governments-to-keep-unhealthy-products-on-shelves/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-how-big-food-sues-governments-to-keep-unhealthy-products-on-shelves/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Citizen</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED: African states must refuse to be complicit in the US policy of ‘third-country removals’]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[More than 100 people have been forcibly removed and deported from the US to third countries in Africa where they suffer rights abuses and loss of liberty.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Marceau Sivieude and Tigere Chagutah]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-african-states-must-refuse-to-be-complicit-in-the-us-policy-of-third-country-removals/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-african-states-must-refuse-to-be-complicit-in-the-us-policy-of-third-country-removals/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:04:15 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Op-eds</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[China dismisses Philippine education concerns as ‘political provocation’]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[ China accused the Philippines of an “extremely serious political provocation” on Tuesday, after the southeast Asian nation flagged concerns that the Asian giant’s state-linked institutions were influencing domestic education programmes.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-china-dismisses-philippine-education-concerns-as-political-provocation/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-china-dismisses-philippine-education-concerns-as-political-provocation/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:31:44 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Three lions die of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo zoo]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Three female lions died of suspected heatstroke at Tokyo’s Tama Zoological Park over the last week, the first heat-related deaths among the facility’s lion population in its 62-year history.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-three-lions-die-of-suspected-heatstroke-at-tokyo-zoo/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-three-lions-die-of-suspected-heatstroke-at-tokyo-zoo/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:31:25 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Telegram says Apple suspension followed content norms violation by one user]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Telegram was briefly removed from Apple’s App Store globally after the iPhone maker reported one user had shared “child sexual abuse material,” the messaging app said on Tuesday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-telegram-says-apple-suspension-followed-content-norms-violation-by-one-user/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-04-telegram-says-apple-suspension-followed-content-norms-violation-by-one-user/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:31:14 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Baked-in failure: Your bread is expensive because the state does not work]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Farmers get less than R4 from every loaf. The other R16 passes through machinery the state has broken, from the ports to the power grid to the till, where the state takes a slice of its own.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ruben Pretorius]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-04-baked-in-failure-your-bread-is-expensive-because-the-state-does-not-work/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-04-baked-in-failure-your-bread-is-expensive-because-the-state-does-not-work/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 10:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – The DA MP, Tony Leon’s lobbying firm and the SIM card law]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Rebecca Davis]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-08-03-watch-the-da-mp-tony-leons-lobbying-firm-and-the-sim-card-law/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-08-03-watch-the-da-mp-tony-leons-lobbying-firm-and-the-sim-card-law/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Multimedia</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fresh blow to vulnerable neurodiverse kids in battle with Joburg, Gauteng over unpaid bills]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Gauteng government and City of Joburg’s neglect of vulnerable, disabled and neurodiverse children has left NGOs to pick up the pieces of a once-thriving community of care at the Children’s Memorial Institute.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Dee Blackie]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-03-fresh-blow-to-vulnerable-neurodiverse-kids-in-battle-with-joburg-gauteng-over-unpaid-bills/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-03-fresh-blow-to-vulnerable-neurodiverse-kids-in-battle-with-joburg-gauteng-over-unpaid-bills/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:30:51 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Citizen,Opinionistas,Johannesburg</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[How to ensure SA’s just transition is truly just]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Measuring a just transition isn’t about how quickly projects get approved. It requires closing the enforcement gap to ensure economic development doesn’t trample environmental rights.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tatenda Muponde]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-03-how-to-ensure-sas-just-transition-is-truly-just/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-03-how-to-ensure-sas-just-transition-is-truly-just/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:21:14 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[African politics and the widening distance between power and consequence]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The African Union’s decision not to intervene in Burundi’s 2016 crisis reveals a deeper pattern in continental politics: authority is often furthest from consequence, while responsibility falls on those with the least power. From Burundi to contemporary debates on migration and xenophobia, leadership emerges less as a question of rhetoric than of who is expected to carry the costs of political failure.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Sipho Mthathi]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-03-african-politics-and-the-widening-distance-between-power-and-consequence/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-03-african-politics-and-the-widening-distance-between-power-and-consequence/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:17:28 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Citizen,Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[A sober appraisal — why raising alcohol taxes protects SA’s health and wealth]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Don’t buy the liquor industry’s myths. Higher excise taxes cut excessive consumption, reduce health costs, and protect society without harming national revenue.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[David Harrison]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-02-a-sober-appraisal-why-raising-alcohol-taxes-protects-sas-health-and-wealth/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-02-a-sober-appraisal-why-raising-alcohol-taxes-protects-sas-health-and-wealth/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch — ‘Spies in America’: From South African freedom fighter to foreign agent]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Caryn Dolley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-07-31-watch-spies-in-america-from-south-african-freedom-fighter-to-foreign-agent/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-07-31-watch-spies-in-america-from-south-african-freedom-fighter-to-foreign-agent/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Multimedia</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[SA needs sovereign tech infrastructure, not just foreign server farms on its soil]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Squeezed between Silicon Valley and Shenzhen, South Africa must look beyond the passive hosting of foreign data centres. Aligning with a similarly cornered European Union, and utilising the renewed strategic approach pioneered by France at the Africa Forward summit offers a pragmatic pathway toward true structural autonomy.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Makibinyane Mohapeloa]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-31-sa-needs-sovereign-tech-infrastructure-not-just-foreign-server-farms-on-its-soil/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-31-sa-needs-sovereign-tech-infrastructure-not-just-foreign-server-farms-on-its-soil/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:41:10 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[High noon for SA’s criminal justice system]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[We are fast reaching a tipping point in our criminal justice system, from which there may soon be a point of no return.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Anthony Norton]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-31-high-noon-for-sas-criminal-justice-system/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-31-high-noon-for-sas-criminal-justice-system/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:48:07 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Women need more than just a journey home in SA’s migrant exodus]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In the recent xenophobic unrest, it is women and girls who often face heightened risks when it comes to healthcare, privacy and protection.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Charity Mawire]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-30-women-need-more-than-just-a-journey-home-in-sas-migrant-exodus/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-30-women-need-more-than-just-a-journey-home-in-sas-migrant-exodus/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:32:45 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Things fall apart — decay and scandal push SA’s democracy to the brink]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From decaying state institutions to the explosive Madlanga Commission, South Africa’s trust in democracy is at an all-time low. As scandals mount, the centre can no longer hold.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Judith February]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-30-things-fall-apart-decay-and-scandal-push-sas-democracy-to-the-brink/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-30-things-fall-apart-decay-and-scandal-push-sas-democracy-to-the-brink/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[City of Chaos and the fight for Jozi’s mayoral chain]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The battle for the mayorship of SA’s richest city is about credibility ahead of the 2029 general election, but in the end, it will be the bargaining between parties that will decide the race.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Thando Nzimande]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-30-city-of-chaos-and-the-fight-for-jozis-mayoral-chain/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-30-city-of-chaos-and-the-fight-for-jozis-mayoral-chain/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:31:40 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas,Johannesburg</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Why a party can lose a city’s water and keep its ward]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In South Africa there are deep-rooted connections between fatherlessness and our electoral behaviour. Like a child waiting at the gate for an absent father, we vote out of loyalty to leaders who never arrive, as we confuse historical gratitude with accountability.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Themba Dlamini]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-29-why-a-party-can-lose-a-citys-water-and-keep-its-ward/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-29-why-a-party-can-lose-a-citys-water-and-keep-its-ward/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:23:07 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What young SA voters can learn from Liberia and Zambia]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[For a generation that has mostly known only one governing party since the dawn of democracy in 1994, Zambia and Liberia stand out as powerful examples to young South Africans of how a youth demographic can use its power to hold leaders accountable.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Noxolo Gwala]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-29-what-young-sa-voters-can-learn-from-liberia-and-zambia/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-29-what-young-sa-voters-can-learn-from-liberia-and-zambia/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here’s what El Niño means for markets and South Africa]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[One of the biggest risks facing South Africa’s economy over the next year may not come from geopolitics, higher energy prices or trade disruptions, but from the weather. Forecasts have become increasingly confident that a strong El Niño event will develop over the southern hemisphere’s summer. How might its effects ripple through financial markets, and what could this mean for investors?]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[David Lerche]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-29-heres-what-el-nino-means-for-markets-and-south-africa/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-29-heres-what-el-nino-means-for-markets-and-south-africa/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:54:42 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick,Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Levy failure: There must be a total ban on single-use plastic bags in SA]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Every year, South Africans pull eight billion single-use plastic carrier bags from supermarket counters – more than 100 per person. With less than 1% of these bags recycled, the rest spill over into landfills and waterways, choke our marine life and degrade into toxic microplastics.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Hellen Kahaso Dena]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-28-levy-failure-there-must-be-a-total-ban-on-single-use-plastic-bags-in-sa/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-28-levy-failure-there-must-be-a-total-ban-on-single-use-plastic-bags-in-sa/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:16:33 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What Montesquieu missed: Why democracy must be protected from economic power]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[When Baron de Montesquieu published The Spirit of the Laws in 1748, he provided the intellectual blueprint for modern constitutional democracy. Montesquieu lived in an age when tyranny came primarily from kings. Today there are a whole lot of other dangers.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Thomas Brennan]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-28-what-montesquieu-missed-why-democracy-must-be-protected-from-economic-power/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-07-28-what-montesquieu-missed-why-democracy-must-be-protected-from-economic-power/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:56:26 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch — Inside the capture of Cape Town’s Planning Tribunal]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kevin Bloom]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-07-25-watch-inside-the-capture-of-cape-towns-planning-tribunal/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-07-25-watch-inside-the-capture-of-cape-towns-planning-tribunal/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Did SAPS Crime Intelligence burgle investigative reporter Marianne Thamm’s home?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Marianne Thamm]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-07-22-watch-did-saps-crime-intelligence-burgle-marianne-thamms-home/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-07-22-watch-did-saps-crime-intelligence-burgle-marianne-thamms-home/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:07:36 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – The invisible children: South Africa’s late birth registration backlog]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Tamsin Metelerkamp]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-07-15-watch-the-invisible-children-south-africas-late-birth-registration-backlog/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-07-15-watch-the-invisible-children-south-africas-late-birth-registration-backlog/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:31:55 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Multimedia,Maverick Citizen</category>
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