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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
MK will ‘hoover up’ eThekwini, but race could lead to a shaky coalition
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ANALYSIS
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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CRITICAL GAPS
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PHOTO ESSAY
‘Hunger has no party’ — candidates talk to Soweto residents ahead of elections
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BHEKISISA
Why climate change belongs in HIV reporting and how to cover the connection
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STUDENT SUPPORT
From AI tutors to maths clubs, learners find new routes to exam support
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
From shock to chokehold
Maverick Earth
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NEGOTIATING WITH NATURE
SA heads to COP17 with a practical plan to halt biodiversity loss
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SHARE WITH US
Cape Town’s baboon conflict — Do you have the full picture?
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(UN)JUST COMPENSATION
Coal mine relocation families paid ‘less than 5% of their real losses’
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DEAD IN THE WATER OP-ED
Silent crisis — starving penguins, dying sardines and a government gambling with species extinction
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CROP DOLLAR
Is SA’s novel spekboom restoration a new soil carbon-farming frontier?
Scorpio
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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
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SCORPIO
Molefe ‘slush fund’: ATM data links R11m in cash deposits to ex-Eskom boss locations
Johannesburg
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OUR CITY NEWS
Lukhona Mnguni and Rise Mzansi’s pitch for a Joburg that belongs to everyone
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BILLING CRISIS
Joburg pensioner gets R437,000 in credits, write-offs after seven-year billing battle
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OUR CITY NEWS
Zille to ‘go into opposition’ if DA doesn’t win a workable coalition in Joburg
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TALK IS CHEAP
Morero vows transparency, but Joburg withholds release of R4bn misconduct records
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OPINIONISTAS
Vote for the psychopath — Joburg needs it
Maverick News
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IN THE DOCK
Sibiya wiped phones before arrest, court hears, as alleged victims oppose bail
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CRITICAL GAPS
Labour Court halts Manamela’s bid to readvertise National Skills Fund CEO post
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INDEPENDENCE QUEST
SA body goes to World Aquatics for right to govern water polo
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Zapiro presents: 2026 World News Day (Feat. King Kong)
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GROUNDUP
Sassa pensioner beats stalled government housing project to build her own home
Maverick Life
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BOOK EXCERPT
Kitchens of the Karoo – how cooks of old mastered stone, sourdough and coffee
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CRÉATION AFRICA
These handmade Malawian eco baskets are full of hopes and dreams
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THE CONVERSATION
Why the start of your run feels so difficult
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THE CONVERSATION
Has gentle parenting gone too far?
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ESCAPE
Walking the Leopard Trail — Four days of fynbos, fatigue and fierce resilience
Op-eds
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CONSTITUTION @ 30
A radical love letter to the Constitution
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PROJECT COAST
How Mbeki’s NPA failed to hold Wouter Basson accountable
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HOLDING IT TOGETHER
Humour helps healthcare staff cope in a way that is therapeutic
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LETTER TO MAHLAMBA NDLOPFU
This J-country has its paper in order, even if not the work
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POWER GUZZLERS OP-ED
Big Tech or public good? What Cape Town’s data centre battle means for residents
Sports
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INDEPENDENCE QUEST
SA body goes to World Aquatics for right to govern water polo
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NEW FRONTIER
Can SA teams break the Champions Cup semifinal ceiling for European glory?
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SERIES SETBACK
Proteas point to ‘soft dismissals’ after batting collapse hands Australia first Test
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SECOND CHANCE
Former Springbok coach Jake White will lead ‘best-prepared’ Fiji to RWC 2027
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CRICKET
Australia on the ascendancy against Proteas in fruitful fourth day of first Test
TGIFood
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WHAT’S COOKING
Sirloin steak on the bone seared in reverse gear
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BOOK EXCERPT
Kitchens of the Karoo – how cooks of old mastered stone, sourdough and coffee
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WHAT’S COOKING
Tuna salad with asparagus, pear, green olives, gherkins and feta balls
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TREASURE & INSPIRE
Poké Box and Phansi Museum fuse heritage in Durban
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SHOWING UP
Becoming a demo model after a lifetime of shying off
Nelson Mandela Bay
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SEVENTH SUSPECT
New accused joins alleged Nelson Mandela Bay kidnapping and murder syndicate
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PUBLIC SAFETY
‘Where’d the money go?’ — feisty NMB tannies slam ‘shoddy’ R2.4m Smartie Bridge upgrades
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Nelson Mandela Bay’s R5m pitch problem — World Cup stadium loses two PSL games
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NARCOTICS BUST
Hawks deal heavy blow to Gqeberha drug trade with arrest of ‘serious player’
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NPA REFERRAL
Gqeberha businessman faces criminal investigation over anti-LGBTQIA+ conduct
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
The ANC clings to its flawed, elite-enrichment BEE — and SA pays the price
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
How a decade of populism and impunity unravelled the post-Cold War world order
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OPINIONISTAS
How the Middle East conflict is reshaping the multipolar global order
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OPINIONISTAS
Failure by numbers? The problems maths literacy masks in SA schools
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OPINIONISTAS
Donald Trump has wandered into a Thomas Bernhard novel and made vanity great again
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POLITICALLY AWEH
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POLITICALLY AWEH
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POLITICALLY AWEH
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