ANALYSIS
Inside the big shiny plan to change how local government works
By Stephen Grootes
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Business Maverick
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TRANSACTION TECH
Settling up: The state of digital payments in South Africa
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Crossed Wires: Multiple Gutenberg moments and the defining question of our age
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INVESTMENT OUTLOOK
The investment tide has gone out in South African retail
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SUMMER SCORCHER
Weather service sounds El Niño alarm for North-East, including Kruger Park
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CRÉATION AFRICA
GuguByGugu uses mohair to fuse luxury streetwear with a rich African heritage
Maverick Citizen
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BHEKISISA
SA’s regulators are struggling to keep up with black market weight-loss jabs
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FROZEN POSTS
Qualified doctors desperate for jobs as KZN’s public hospitals go understaffed
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ECO DECEPTION
How to spot greenwashing and mislabelled seafood in SA
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CAMPUS SAFETY
Universities have policies to protect GBV victims, experts say, but not the will
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BOOK EXTRACT
Rethinking Activism in Africa — activists as antibodies against a rotten social order
Maverick Earth
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TIP-OFF AND BUST
Baobab trees seized in Durban ship warehouse probe
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SUMMER SCORCHER
Weather service sounds El Niño alarm for North-East, including Kruger Park
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POLAR POLITICS
China’s Antarctic marine protected area has a Soviet name, with more Russian fingerprints emerging
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DISEASE DISASTER
Angry neighbours, game sales in jeopardy as Addo’s foot-and-mouth disease crisis deepens
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ROVING REPORTERS
Rhino DNA and cartridge cases — the evidence that nailed Kruger Park ranger Landela
Scorpio
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CAUGHT OUT
Gayton McKenzie’s Blu Label visits raise fresh questions over Ticketpro sale
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CAUGHT OUT
JSE-listed Blu Label mum on ownership details in McKenzie-linked Ticketpro takeover
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CAUGHT OUT
Gayton McKenzie-linked empowerment consortium scores Ticketpro deal ahead of 2027 Cricket World Cup
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NO STING IN THE TAIL...YET
One year after IDT boss ‘bribe’ sting, no arrests or prosecutions
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DERAILED
SARS audit links ex-Prasa boss Lucky Montana to recipient of ‘tall trains’ funds
Johannesburg
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Slovo Park should be a Joburg success, but residents have lost hope in elections
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OUR CITY NEWS
Joburg power, water outages put medically vulnerable residents at risk
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MARKET THEATRE
Queer Fest kicks off: ‘Shockwave’ celebrates transformation over despair
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SUPPLY CRISIS
Foul water scares hit Joburg suburbs — councillors blame ‘cowboy’ contractors
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POLL PERIL
ANC campaigner suffers electric shock and broken leg during poster drive
Maverick News
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ANALYSIS
Inside the big shiny plan to change how local government works
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Top Court puts ANC candidates back on ballot after missed deadline
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Ekurhuleni after dark — unlit streets, empty promises and women’s lives on the line
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NOT A DROP
‘This thing is killing us’ — Bronkhorstspruit bears the cost of Tshwane’s water failures
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SIGNS OF INCOMPETENCE
IEC under fire after unqualified sign language interpreter used at election workshop
Maverick Life
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WELLNESS
Why your efforts to improve your sleep may be keeping you awake
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OBITUARY
Liza Key — a ‘dizzying disruptor’ at the heart of South Africa’s film scene
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ANALYSIS
Simon Sebag Montefiore’s ambitious attempt to make sense of the Middle East
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POETRY CORNER
It's time to retire ancestors and spirits and face the finality of death
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CRÉATION AFRICA
GuguByGugu uses mohair to fuse luxury streetwear with a rich African heritage
Op-eds
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PROMISED LAND
Title deeds may be key to unlocking SA agriculture’s full potential
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ACCOUNTABILITY DIVIDE OP-ED
SA and Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
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DIGITAL POLITICS OP-ED
Borders, ballots, court clashes — how the anti-immigrant movement is setting SA’s elections agenda
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THE BALLOT BOX OP-ED
AI cannot predict SA’s 2026 elections outcome, but it may influence November 4 polls
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WARNING SIGNS OP-ED
From Malmesbury to Umhlali, SA has now seen both faces of nihilistic violent extremism
Sports
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STROKE OF STARDOM
Coach Rocco Meiring’s formula fuels swimmer Pieter Coetzé’s rise
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SMOOTH OPERATOR
Gayton Mckenzie’s gift of the gab is both his blessing and his curse
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TITLE BECKONS
Maiden Formula One title in sight for phenom Kimi Antonelli
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CLEANING HOUSE
World body orders Athletics SA overhaul after president ousted for financial misconduct
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TEST BRILLIANCE
Titanic Temba Bavuma inspires a Proteas win for the ages against Australia
TGIFood
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FRENCH LETTER
The violence of 17 October has a long backstory (but who cares about history?)
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WHAT’S COOKING
Throwback Thursday: Ash-baked potatoes
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WHAT’S COOKING
Bockwurst with a warm potato and bacon salad and braised red cabbage
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WHAT’S COOKING
Pan-fried duck breasts with blueberry-cherry sauce and a touch of ginger beer
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FIT FOODIE
A boma under an old oak in the Karoo — for another old oke
Nelson Mandela Bay
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SHOT IN THE ARM
Doctors break ground on new R528m Baywest hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay
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GREEN CORRIDOR CHAOS
Cable thieves, sewage spills and invasive plants are choking the Baakens Valley
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UNHEALTHY ALTERCATION
Union demands Kariega hospital security upgrades after violent trauma unit clash
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
Route 67 shows how Nelson Mandela Bay gets in its own way
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INSPIRATIONAL STORY
From a Gqeberha bus stop to Spike Lee’s desk, a friendship becomes acclaimed film
Corrections
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THE COMEBACK
Chauke cleared for takeoff as possible replacement for NPA head Andy Mothibi
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TRC ROULETTE
Ex-presidents fail in bid to remove Sisi Khampepe as head of judicial inquiry
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APOLOGY
The schoolboy in the Russian uniform — where we fell short
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R17-BILLION SWEETENER
Durban rolls out red carpet for UPL as prosecutors dither over chemical inferno charges
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STRAIGHT TALK
Busi Mavuso: If Joburg thrives, SA thrives
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
Lula’s Brazil election win has given the world breathing space
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OPINIONISTAS
JSC’s October 2026 interviews reveal leadership and judicial appointment challenges
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OPINIONISTAS
The fundamental flaw in SA’s water financing model
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OPINIONISTAS
South Africa’s AI strategy must be pro-employment
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
Route 67 shows how Nelson Mandela Bay gets in its own way
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Crosswords
Webinars
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Before the Ballot: How We Make Sense of an Election
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LOOK & LISTEN
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch - Ramaphosa’s reform message as polls show continued ANC decline
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Drill, Baby, Drill — Who’s reading the fine print at African Energy Week?
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Cupcake’s GBV family meeting and Zuma’s very short IEC pledge
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POLITICALLY AWEH
What happened in SA — Afrikaner ‘refugees’ return, tearjerker onion prices and more
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Inside the Gathering 2026 — South Africa’s cities crisis collides with chaotic election preparation
