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SPECIAL REPORT
The DBE textbook story that South Africa isn’t being told
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Business Maverick
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DUAL ECONOMY
SA’s agriculture is growing, but is it working for everyone?
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STAYING POWER
Hillside Aluminium marks 30 years — a poignant reminder of a bygone industrial era
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READING BETWEEN THE LINES
Analysis: Morero is right, Joburg is not legally insolvent — it is in crisis
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WHERE TO INVEST
Five good news stories on the JSE
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Global food prices nudge up, but we are not at crisis levels
Maverick Citizen
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PASS THE BILL OP-ED
Cabinet approves ECD Children’s Amendment Bill — Parliament must carry over the line
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BIOSECURITY
Signed, sealed, not yet delivered: SA’s FMD vaccination scheme published, international alliances secured
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
SA loses 6,000 teachers annually, but a targeted mentorship is fighting the mass exodus
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
South African xenophobic violence: when the state retreats, something else governs
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HIGHER EDUCATION
NSFAS faces another shake-up as Minister Manamela contradicts his earlier promise
Maverick Earth
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POLAR POLITICS
Ireland vs the Ice Curtain — Dublin eyes decision-making powers in Antarctica
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POLAR POLITICS
Iran war fuel chaos hits sub-Antarctic as remote Marion relief voyage severely delayed
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NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET
Totems: be alert to the creature that chooses you, it may shape your world
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ANALYSIS
Madikwe reserve and the normalisation of killing elephants
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STORY ARK
Gut feeling: Wild Coast’s food heritage holds solution to ‘lifestyle’ diseases
Scorpio
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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'
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SCORPIO
Inside Collen Mashawana’s ‘political connections’
Johannesburg
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PHOTO ESSAY
Joburgers enjoy a little CBD fun sans motor cars and gridlocked streets
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SOLE MATES
‘I found my husband through running’ — the Joburg running clubs building community
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MOVING ART
Joburg spends R23.6m relocating City’s most valuable art to location with security concerns
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GUEST ESSAY
Mountain high, mine dump deep — the soulful collision of SA’s two hearts
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Raid to nowhere — my unlikely night with police on Queen Street, Kensington
Maverick News
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GUESS WHO'S BACK
Cogta rules NMB city manager suspension unlawful as metro faces leadership vacuum
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WILD WEATHER
Hero farmer braves Kouga floods to deliver supplies to stranded communities
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SPECIAL REPORT
The DBE textbook story that South Africa isn’t being told
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UNDER THE GUN
Athletics South Africa provides little clarity on suspended president and Soweto Marathon problems
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AUDIT BOMBSHELL
Arts funding crisis — R51.8m ‘rot' exposed at CCIFSA amid Minister McKenzie's lingering controversy
Maverick Life
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THE INTERVIEW
Theatre without crutches as Louis Viljoen embraces pure dramatic confrontation
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BOOK EXCERPT
Spirits and Spaces: An exploration of the human psyche
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Variations on a Theme: A slow-burn film mixing magical realism with documentary
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THE INTERVIEW
South African filmmaking duo confronts colonial legacies in internationally award-winning film
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
Lee Cronin's The Mummy: A missed opportunity for meaningful storytelling in horror
Op-eds
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PASS THE BILL OP-ED
Cabinet approves ECD Children’s Amendment Bill — Parliament must carry over the line
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POLITRIX OP-ED
Young ‘Black Twitter’ wants Oom Piet for president? Not so fast
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DUAL ECONOMY
SA’s agriculture is growing, but is it working for everyone?
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
When good writing becomes bad ethics — the voyeuristic gaze in sex work reporting
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PARLIAMENT’S SMOKING GUN OP-ED
Why new evidence demands immediate action on firearm oversight
Sports
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UNDER THE GUN
Athletics South Africa provides little clarity on suspended president and Soweto Marathon problems
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WAKE-UP CALL
Junior Boks win U20 Rugby Championship title, but there is work to be done
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RUNNING
Tayla Kavanagh is cementing her place as one of SA’s best runners
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BUILDING CONFIDENCE
‘We can beat anyone when we play good cricket’ — Proteas captain Laura Wolvaardt
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PRESSURE BUILDS
South African trio chases home playoffs as URC race heats up
TGIFood
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CULINARY JOURNEY
Forty years at the Mauritian table — a love story seasoned with spice
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BOOK EXCERPT
Murder, love, and poaching: Tannie Maria returns in Wild Things Never Die
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WHAT’S COOKING
Fettuccine with asparagus spears and shrimps
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FRENCH LETTER
Culinary and literary classics — Meals and books worth waiting for
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OP-ED
A Durban-style Michelin-star masterclass celebrating craft, culture and collaboration
Nelson Mandela Bay
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GUESS WHO'S BACK
Cogta rules NMB city manager suspension unlawful as metro faces leadership vacuum
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WILD WEATHER
Hero farmer braves Kouga floods to deliver supplies to stranded communities
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CRIME, FAITH & RECOVERY
American missionary speaks out a year after his five-day kidnapping ordeal
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Company ‘rescued’ by Nelson Mandela Bay now R11m behind on its rates
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MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION
NMB council meeting collapses as leadership vacuum derails flood response briefing
Corrections
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FATAL POLICY ERROR OP-ED
Legalising rhino horn is a deadly mistake, and CITES CoP20 must close the door completely
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Apology: John Steenhuisen
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MAKING A SPLASH
How Bishops rose from contenders to kings of schoolboy water polo
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SARS HELM
From capture to compliance: the Kieswetter turnaround at SARS
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABLITY
Vlakplaas Simelane killers feared Chris Hani investigator Holmes knew of plot to murder witness
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
Phala Phala: Watch this space as Ramaphosa considers next move
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Global food prices nudge up, but we are not at crisis levels
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OPINIONISTAS
How the rich use their restricted rationality to critique and promote BEE
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OPINIONISTAS
The 3.7% GDP drain — why corporate silence on GBV is an economic crisis
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OPINIONISTAS
More than money — why SA’s digital nomad visa needs a multidimensional approach
Sponsored Content
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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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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 — How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents
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VIDEO
Watch — From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy
