Defend Truth

AGE OF THE ASSASSIN OP:ED

Targeting of three women for assassination shows how violence is shaping electoral politics

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
6 mins

2021 STATE OF OUR CITIES

eThekwini metro (Part Three): In Durban, ‘People are being killed like flies… and it is the same crew doing the killings’

Des Erasmus

2021 GROUND LEVEL REPORT

Lost City, Mitchells Plain: Where children collect scrap to buy food and gangsters run rampant

Vincent Cruywagen and Karabo Mafolo

IT’S NOT JUST CRICKET

Proteas skipper Bavuma says De Kock has team’s support after refusing to take a knee

Craig Ray

DOSSIER: BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA (PART ONE)

Using Cape Town as a launchpad, Russia boasts of supergiant oil fields in Antarctic wilderness

Tiara Walters
20 mins

OPINIONISTA

When you vote next Monday, spare a thought for the women of Afghanistan

Ismail Lagardien
6 mins

CONSERVATION

WWF programme seeks to reduce Cape wine farms’ strain on floral kingdom biodiversity

Onke Ngcuka
5 mins

OP-ED

Water crisis in Eastern Cape villages points to general collapse of municipalities across the country

Dr Fani Ncapayi
5 mins

GROUND-UP

Bureaucratic pitfalls barring mothers and caregivers from accessing Social Relief of Distress grant

Masego Mafata
4 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

FDA endorses vaccine for children as young as five years; South Africa records 331 new cases

Bloomberg
9 mins

THE HEAT IS ON

UN report shows planet heading for a 2.7°C global temperature increase by end of century

Onke Ngcuka
4 mins

MAVERICK INTERVIEW

No nukes is good nukes: Nuclear test ban chief vows to get last few holdouts on board

Peter Fabricius
6 mins

TOP READS

CORPORATE BOMBSHELL

Absa, AngloGold Ashanti and the Reserve Bank rocked by disputed sexual harassment claim levelled against Sipho Pityana
DOSSIER: BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA (PART ONE)

Using Cape Town as a launchpad, Russia boasts of supergiant oil fields in Antarctic wilderness
THE CONVERSATION

Ten small changes you can make today to prevent weight gain
OP-ED: THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD

Things fall apart in South Africa today and ANC leadership appears unable to act decisively
2021 T20 WORLD CUP ANALYSIS

CSA orders Proteas players to take knee, De Kock withdraws from team
Op-ed: Eswatini Uprising

In the face of pro-democracy uprising, King Mswati III reads from Selassie’s script
TRIAL DATE SET

Court rules against Jacob Zuma’s special plea to have Billy Downer removed from arms deal case

2021 T20 WORLD CUP ANALYSIS

CSA orders Proteas players to take knee, De Kock withdraws from team

Craig Ray

TRIAL DATE SET

Court rules against Jacob Zuma’s special plea to have Billy Downer removed from arms deal case

Des Erasmus

2021 GROUND LEVEL REPORT

No water, power, sanitation: Local councils in remote KZN areas might pay at the polls

Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize

GroundUp: 2021 Local Government Elections

Cofimvaba residents protest poor service delivery and property destruction by Intsika Yethu Municipality

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik for GroundUp

GROUNDUP OP-ED

Bureaucracy and high costs obstruct access to testing in South Africa

GroundUp Editors

2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS

Poll countdown: Surge in number of independent candidates — results out by 4 November

Suné Payne

ANALYSIS

MTBPS: Parliament confirms new November date, saga highlights governance strains across the system

Marianne Merten
5 mins

BANKING

Absa appoints Sello Moloko as chair-designate in the wake of Sipho Pityana fallout

Tim Cohen
2 mins

ENERGY POLICY

Gwede Mantashe punts nuclear and Karoo shale gas in address to NUM

Ed Stoddard
3 mins

CORPORATE BOMBSHELL

Absa, AngloGold Ashanti and the Reserve Bank rocked by disputed sexual harassment claim levelled against Sipho Pityana

Tim Cohen
4 mins

Global news

Capitol Riots

Trump Sues to Keep His White House Records From Jan. 6 Panel
Japanese royalty

The world’s oldest monarchy is running out of royals
NORTHERN EXPOSURE

Commercial farmer evicted from contested land in Zimbabwe
Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin seen consoling family of slain cinematographer as set problems mount

COVID-19 JABS

Business Unity South Africa to seek clarity from court on compulsory vaccination for employees

Estelle Ellis

BOOK EXTRACT

A side order of racism: The Spur incident that spiralled out of control and left a bad taste for life

Allen Ambor

SPOTLIGHT IN DEPTH

Gauteng splurges billions on dubious security contracts at provincial health facilities

Thabo Molelekwa and Alicestine October for Spotlight

SHOPPING FRENZY

No need to panic: South Africa’s stores will be well stocked for Black Friday and festive season

Ray Mahlaka

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMY

Bio boom time: How Finland leads the world on Sustainable Development Goals

Julia Evans

OPINIONISTA

There is no room for error in the appointment of South Africa’s Chief Justice

Judith February

BOOK REVIEW

Tsunamis of aid can be a force for good if used for real development

Ed Stoddard
4 mins

THE CONVERSATION: CONTINENTAL RIFT

Five ways in which finance for climate adaptation in Africa falls short

Georgia Savvidou and Christopher Trisos
5 mins

2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS: LEGISLATION TWEAKS

Municipal Structures Amendment Act reform touted as ‘gamechanger’ for accountability of public officials

Sandisiwe Shoba
3 mins

OPINIONISTA

Legal obstacle course: Vaccinating children aged 12 to 17 with or without parental consent

Mark Seale
11 mins

OP-ED: TRAFFICKING

From Afghanistan to Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado – the implications of Taliban rule for the southern African drug trade

Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
10 mins

OPINIONISTA

The election is likely to be a shattered mirror incapable of reflecting the will of the people

David Gant
4 mins

OP-ED: THE CENTRE CANNOT HOLD

Things fall apart in South Africa today and ANC leadership appears unable to act decisively

Raymond Suttner
7 mins

OPINIONISTA

Forget photos with babies, here’s what parties can do to win over South African voters

Haji Mohamed Dawjee
3 mins

South Africa Votes

2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS

‘You can’t be in power forever’: Ace Magashule weighs up ANC prospects
ANALYSIS

South Africa and the judiciary will be under threat in the post-election season of open lawfare
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS: PRINCE ALBERT

Ground Level Report: The battle for a seemingly perfect Karoo municipality
ANALYSIS

Anti-vaxxing politics — an ideal wedge issue for the desperate and low
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS: STATE OF OUR CITIES

eThekwini metro (Part Two): ‘mafioso’ business forums rebrand and rake in government contracts
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS

DA leader John Steenhuisen points out ‘dysfunctional ANC municipalities’ while making his final pitch
ISS TODAY: ANALYSIS — 2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS

South Africa’s construction mafia sets its sights on local government extortion

BUSINESS MAVERICK

CORPORATE BOMBSHELL

Absa, AngloGold Ashanti and the Reserve Bank rocked by disputed sexual harassment claim levelled against Sipho Pityana
BUSINESS MAVERICK

Cartoon Tuesday with Rico
STATE OF THE GRID

Candle in the wind: Eskom warns of another year of load shedding
International Finance

How a $4.2 Billion Deal Generated $119 Billion in Market Value
CARBON FOOTPRINT

Cleaner energy future: Coal mining houses Exxaro and Seriti hope green is the new black

MAVERICK CITIZEN

MAVERICK CITIZEN Op-Ed

Thousands of lives at risk if South Africa goes ahead with local government elections, says medical specialist
GroundUp: CORONAVIRUS

Undocumented immigrants now have the option to get Covid vaccines — in some parts of South Africa
CORONAVIRUS OP-ED

How Covid-19 vaccination can beat South Africa’s fourth wave
COVID JABS

Vaccinations to open for 12- to 17-year-olds next week
MAVERICK CITIZEN 168 OP-ED

What South Africa must do to prepare for the third wave double whammy of Covid-19 and flu this winter

OUR BURNING PLANET

DOSSIER: BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA (PART ONE)

Using Cape Town as a launchpad, Russia boasts of supergiant oil fields in Antarctic wilderness
CARBON FOOTPRINT

Cleaner energy future: Coal mining houses Exxaro and Seriti hope green is the new black
NATURAL WORLD

Building back nature is more complicated than just planting trees
The Conversation: ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE

Climate change is already enveloping southern Africa — here’s how we know
MARINE LIFE

Hundreds of malnourished Cape fur seals wash up dead on South Africa’s shores

MAVERICK LIFE

THE CONVERSATION

Ten small changes you can make today to prevent weight gain
PHOTOGRAPHY

Our World in Pictures: Week 42 of 2021
Grey but unscathed

Tannie Evita emerges from lockdown
SMALL SCREEN

This weekend we’re watching: A dark Irish comedy about sisterhood
MENTAL HEALTH

And all I thought was, something is wrong with me

zapiro

Gen V

Seller’s Regret

The Fifth Horseman

Poster boys

Preach away

OPINIONISTA

South Africa cannot afford another Chief Justice mistake

Professor Balthazar
5 mins

ZAPIRO

Gen V

Zapiro

OPINIONISTA

The neutering of journalism means the demise of government accountability – and business

Styli Charalambous
3 mins

Op-ed: Eswatini Uprising

In the face of pro-democracy uprising, King Mswati III reads from Selassie’s script

Drew Forrest
7 mins

BRAND INNOVATION AWARDS

Let’s shoot the messenger: The Loeries 2021 reframe creative excellence

Georgina Crouth
5 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Combating Covid-19 anti-vaxxers: lessons from political philosophy

Giovanni Poggi
5 mins

Business Maverick

Sibanye-Stillwater digs deep to seal deal for Brazillian mining assets 

Ed Stoddard
3 mins

SCORPIO

DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR

Digital Vibes scandal: The story behind the story
SCORPIO

Zweli Mkhize’s son collected bags of Digital Vibes cash, says SIU
EDITORIAL

Beyond reasonable doubt: VBS scandal exposed Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu’s corrupt dealings
SCORPIO

FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Exposed: DoH’s R150m Digital Vibes scandal – Zweli Mkhize associates charged millions for Covid-19 media briefings
SCORPIO

R1.88m from Digital Vibes deal funnelled to May Mkhize’s farm loan — family’s ‘cut’ climbs to R8.7m

AMABHUNGANE

Africa

Pandora Papers: Inside Zimbabwean tycoon Billy Rautenbach’s offshore family trust
South Africa

Spooks get another lashing – ConCourt rules aspects of eavesdropping and spying indeed unlawful
South Africa

Prasa pays R3m to Mbalula’s administrator — just before court culls him
South Africa

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie
Politics

Intelligence committee report shows legislators knew of SSA malfeasance – and ‘bugging judge’ lifts lid on ongoing unsavoury wiretaps

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS

DECLASSIFIED UK

Collaborators in Africa: Did Britain help murder an African leader and UN Secretary-General?
Declassified UK

REVEALED: The UK military’s overseas base network involves 145 sites in 42 countries
DECLASSIFIED UK OP-ED

Priti Patel’s new threat to British journalists
DECLASSIFIED UK

Britain’s secret political police
DECLASSIFIED UK

Revealed: UK troops ‘secretly operating in Yemen’

Opinion

OPINIONISTA

Grilled: Nando’s taking wings out of Gareth Cliff’s flame roast succumbs to the will of the mob and serves no one
OPINIONISTA

South Africa cannot afford another Chief Justice mistake
OPINIONISTA

A confederacy of dunces: The EFF is riotous, the DA Comedy Club™ is a joke and the ANC is pitiful
OPINIONISTA

Hocus-pocus: No one is fooled by the magic trick of the ANC military veterans
OPINIONISTA

Pledges by ANC candidates miss the mark after the party’s many shortcomings

africa

TROUBLED KINGDOM

Eswatini opposition rejects King Mswati’s offer of a national dialogue
TROUBLED KINGDOM OP-ED

Uneasy calm in Eswatini after trust breaks down between Mswati III and his subjects
Op-ed: Eswatini Uprising

In the face of pro-democracy uprising, King Mswati III reads from Selassie’s script
OP-ED: ZIMBABWE IN RUINS

Corruption and state capture, not sanctions, are the cause of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown
ANALYSIS: MNANGAGWA’S EFFORTS

Currency crisis and wrangling over exchange controls may undo early economic progress in Zimbabwe

Coronavirus

EXCESS DEATHS

264,809 deaths later: Covid-19’s terrifying toll on South Africa, almost three times the official figure
OP-ED: DON’T HESITATE, VACCINATE

We have a crisis: South Africa urgently needs leadership to roll out Covid-19 vaccine mandates
COVID INOCULATION POLICY

‘Personal privilege ends where public peril begins’: Making the case for mandatory vaccination
Maverick Citizen: Tuesday Editorial

Big pharma rules, okay? No, it’s not okay
Op-ed: Health and wellbeing

Consent for Covid-19 vaccination in children: Knowing the law

Sports

2021 T20 WORLD CUP ANALYSIS

CSA orders Proteas players to take knee, De Kock withdraws from team
CYCLING

‘Africa’s Team’ fights for World Tour survival after funds dry up
RUGBY

Springbok young guns are in it for the long haul
TRANSGENDER ATHLETES

UK Sports Council guidance on trans women in sport unlikely to settle the controversy
FOOTBALL

Ronaldo to the rescue once more for Manchester United v Atalanta

TGIFOOD

VAXXING ISSUE

Restaurants rattled as tourism season approaches
KAROO DREAMING

The Hotel at the end of a Long Day’s Drive
BREAKFAST SPUDS

What’s cooking today: Potato fritters
CHEF KEN’S ETHOS

A dining experience of the very Mediterranean soul
AN APPRECIATION

The day the kid at the back crawled out from under his rock

MOTORING

TEST DRIVE

Che Figo! The Italian legend lives on — meet the 2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia
VROOM WITH A VIEW

Land Rover: Defender of the faith
MOTORING

Isuzu KB250 X-Rider 4×4 D/Cab: Thrills without the frills
VROOM WITH A VIEW

Range Rover Sport SVR: I’m sorry, but this is quite a fun ride
A VROOM WITH A VIEW

The motor dragon: China’s shift to electric vehicles will rev up a revolution

tongue in cheek

Grey but unscathed

Tannie Evita emerges from lockdown
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Into Floyd Shivambu’s animal farm
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Dear Comrade Jessie Duarte, Ace Magashule deserves our compassion
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

You had me at Mbalusional: The anarchy in South Africa … ‘It didn’t happen’

Letter to the Editor – A few words on Zapiro’s cartoon by a fellow cartoonist

Judiciary in CRISIS

ALLEGATIONS REFUTED

State Capture Inquiry dismisses ex-spy boss Arthur Fraser’s attacks on Zondo
CHIEF JUSTICE SHORTLIST

Casac, Helen Suzman Foundation submit concerns that Mkhwebane and Hlophe ‘not fit and proper’ contenders for top ConCourt post
Judiciary in Crisis

WC Judge President John Hlophe accuses Chief Justice Mogoeng of perjury and conspiracy
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS

On a mission from his God – Chief Justice Mogoeng’s message to South Africa: ‘We are bewitched’

In case you missed it

SAPS IN CRISIS

Lieutenant-General Francinah Vuma declares all top positions ‘vacant’, excluding national and provincial commissioners
OP-ED: BABOONS AND HUMANS

More problems than solutions: Being paid to kill Western Cape baboons is no way to manage wildlife
THINLY SPREAD

Missing Marmite: The end of the dearth is in sight
2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS

‘You can’t be in power forever’: Ace Magashule weighs up ANC prospects
INVESTIGATION

Former Mafia-linked banker Vito Palazzolo tells South African government: ‘I’m back, but I’m no threat’

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 8 May 2020
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 4 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 11 September 2021

WEBINARS

2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
Webinars

Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
Webinars

The Poisoners: an unfinished history of poisoning and ultimately a political story to be continued
Webinars

Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
Webinars

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa

LOOK & LISTEN

Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 42 of 2021
Magazine

Our World in Pictures: Week 41 of 2021
Maverick Life

This weekend we’re watching: A dark Irish comedy about sisterhood
Maverick Life

The fantastic Karroo Theatrical Hotel… oh, the Follies!
Magazine

This weekend we’re watching: A dark Danish comedy about drinking culture

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