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FAULT LINES
From Ekurhuleni to Hong Kong — Fear, drugs and death in Joburg’s ‘place of peace’
By Hazel Friedman
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defend truth
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING
Markets in 2026 will be forced to face the liquidity delusion
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CONSUMER PROTECTION
Bought a lemon on finance? Supreme Court of Appeal says bank must carry the can
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
WeBuyCars settlement signals tougher stance on consumer rights in used-car market
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Crossed Wires: The House of Trump – how to monetise conflicts of interest
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CHANNEL EXODUS
Subscribers furious as DStv moves to slash 16 channels during festive season
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
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FOOD BASKET
Social Relief of Distress grant is insufficient to combat SA’s food crisis
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URBAN PLIGHT
Kaalfontein wetland under pressure as housing needs collide with environmental protection
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CRITICAL FLAW
Brothers sound alarm as millions of students’ details left vulnerable to weaknesses in NSFAS system
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#NORETREATNOSURRENDER
Canoe legend Oscar Chalupsky battles Discovery Health for full cancer treatment coverage in landmark case
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GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS OP-ED
G20: South Africa’s host dilemma amid signals of US hegemony’s decline
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OUR BURNING PLANET
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URBAN PLIGHT
Kaalfontein wetland under pressure as housing needs collide with environmental protection
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RAINFALL RELOADED
Weather to remain wet into autumn for most of SA’s summer rainfall regions
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ANALYSIS
Botswana’s huge elephant gamble could destroy its ‘conservation reputation’, say scientists
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LONELY TITAN
Strangefoot: the last elephant of Knysna — and the hope that refuses to die
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DIRTBAG OF THE YEAR
Environmental disaster: John Steenhuisen on how to march backwards
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SCORPIO
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SCORPIO
Inside Collen Mashawana’s ‘political connections’
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VIDEO
Watch – “Forged” Signatures, Unpaid Workers: The Collen Mashawana Foundation Scandal
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Exclusive investigation - Collen Mashawana Foundation in ‘fraudulent’ signatures scandal over unpaid workers’ salaries
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Forensic experts find massive ‘signatures fraud’ in Collen Mashawana Foundation’s IDT documents
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
IDT vows to probe Collen Mashawana Foundation’s ‘signatures fraud’
Johannesburg
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JOHANNESBURG
City Power wants to buy Kelvin Power Station and Egoli Gas
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MAVERICK NEWS
Phase Two of Joburg’s water maintenance begins as residents recover from disruptions
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JOHANNESBURG
The enduring magic of panto: 38 years of Christmas at the Joburg Theatre
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JOHANNESBURG
Kidnappings spike in Joburg, but murders, sexual offences reduce
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JOHANNESBURG
Joburg residents brace for dry taps over festive season during major maintenance programme
MAVERICK NEWS
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GEOPOLITICAL RIFT
Several G20 members privately objected to the US excluding SA from the G20
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DM CONNECT DEBATE
Small Town of the Year Awards: SA’s big winner has been chosen — now you can have your say
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DIVISIVE PLAN
City of Cape Town faces community backlash over proposed R180m wall on N2 ‘Hell Run’
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AGE OF THE ASSASSIN
‘DJ Warras’ murdered in latest Gauteng shooting to target entertainment and private security sector
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EXPLAINER
Why did SA government officials raid the site processing US-bound ‘refugees’?
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AFRICA
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ISS TODAY
Offline and silenced: Africa’s quiet rise of internet repression
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SOCCER
Bafana’s journey to escape the shadow of the 1996 Afcon-winning generation begins against Angola
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Human rights activists urge ICC to act against Tanzanian president for crimes against humanity
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POLITICAL VIOLENCE OP-ED
The hidden war on women in politics across SA and the rest of Africa
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OP-EDS
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LETTER FROM PENNSYLVANIA
How a Pennsylvania rock shelter upended archaeology and changed our understanding of the first Americans
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TRIBUTE
Farewell to a South African hero, Professor Renfrew Christie
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GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS OP-ED
G20: South Africa’s host dilemma amid signals of US hegemony’s decline
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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP OP-ED
South Africa delivered at the G20, Trump delivered a tantrum
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GEOPOLITICS OP-ED
The world moves on — what SA’s G20 presidency revealed about US’s shrinking gravitational pull
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SPORTS
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AFCON
Broosing earful: Coach describes stern talk that fired up Bafana after flat first-half against Angola
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HOMECOMING
Siya Kolisi’s career comes full circle with return to Stormers in 2026
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VIDEO
South African rugby in 2025: A year for the history books
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FAST START
Bafana Bafana begin Afcon quest on rare winning note after downing Angola
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AUCTION ACTION
Four Proteas stars add a few million to their bank accounts after being scooped up at IPL mini-auction
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TGIFOOD
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FEAST DAY
A festive family summer spread for a sunny South African Christmas
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FOOD EDITOR’S CHOICE
Countdown: Tony Jackman’s personal top 5 recipes of 2025
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ACHIM VON ARNIM 1945-2025
Shared memories of a man of wine, words and art who found beauty everywhere
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READERS’ CHOICE
Your top recipes of 2025, from Ouma innie air fryer to a Christmas cake you can make this weekend
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FRENCH LETTER
No mere truffle: Looking for the scents of life, describing the indescribable
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
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DM CONNECT DEBATE
Small Town of the Year Awards: SA’s big winner has been chosen — now you can have your say
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Municipal officials lose properties, cough up millions as metro starts collecting wasted tax money
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Across the Sands — from Nelson Mandela Bay to becoming a bomb disposal expert in Iraq
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PEOPLE'S CHAMPION
Khoisan leader Crawford Fraser dies, leaving legacy of activism and community leadership
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URBAN DECAY
Left to rot — NMB metro scrambles to demolish long-abandoned Beachview Resort
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TONGUE IN CHEEK
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BOOK EXCERPT
This Is Wild — 8 years of satire from award-winning political cartoonist Carlos Amato
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Watch – Is South Africa a mafia state?
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VAT SO, SKATTIE!
Pieter-Dirk Uys at 80 — the man who dressed the nation’s anxiety in pearls
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PHOTO ESSAY
Marianne Thamm lights up Gqeberha stage with sharp satire
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JUDICIARY IN CRISIS
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JSC TRIBUNAL
Get off your feminist, Western, culturally superior, subjective high horse, Mbenenge’s lawyer tells tribunal
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JSC TRIBUNAL
Retired Judge Bernard Ngoepe compares women’s power to a key for Mercedes Benz and Donald Trump
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PIVOTAL MOMENT
Sexual harassment in the judiciary is a crisis at the Bar and on the Bench
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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CROSSWORDS
WEBINARS
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SOUTH AFRICA
Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
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SOUTH AFRICA
Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
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WEBINARS
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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SOUTH AFRICA
Parkrun’s enduring magic – free, fair and the family values behind the movement
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OUR BURNING PLANET
‘An overwhelmingly emotional experience’ — the rewilding of 120 rhinos
LOOK & LISTEN
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – Big-spending DA Leader John Steenhuisen faces scrutiny
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Inside South Africa’s billion-rand perlemoen underworld
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Why did the DA decide to fire its Environment Minister Dion George?
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – ‘Zulu war’ and CIA spy accusations: Inside South Africa’s seismic law enforcement scandal
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MULTIMEDIA
Threats, accusations and division: Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s new MK Party battle
