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Maverick Earth
Coalition fights to save pristine Limpopo bushveld from huge Chinese industrial land grab
By Don Pinnock
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Business Maverick
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ANALYSIS
Treasury faces high-stakes battle on the road to social safety net grant reform
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Loaded for Bear: Equity markets have not priced in Trump’s next coup attempt
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Markets are waking up to the risks they have spent months ignoring
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ANALYSIS
Ex-SAA acting chief Seshibe guilty on 4 of 6 charges as runway runs out
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FORBIDDEN STORIES
Killed while livestreaming — the blogger who exposed Mozambique’s toxic chromium mining corridor
Maverick Citizen
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CONSTITUTION @ 30
The Constitution’s promise is still contested and still unfinished
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FEED THE DREAM
Content creator Olivia Viglatzis fights hunger one budget meal at a time
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BOOK EXTRACT
Disability justice in Africa — a radical shift from silos to solidarity is urgent
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XENOBAROMETER
Ministers’ statements on R5-million visa rule weaponised against foreign traders
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
Missing central point
Maverick Earth
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MAVERICK EARTH
Coalition fights to save pristine Limpopo bushveld from huge Chinese industrial land grab
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MAVERICK EARTH
Wildlife is not livestock — Aucamp’s dangerous plan to turn conservation into agriculture
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MAVERICK EARTH
East African Crude Oil Pipeline financing: Can Standard Bank’s climate claims survive scrutiny
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FUTURE PLASTIC
How to make your plastic coffee cup biodegradable — most recycling bins won’t help
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ANCIENT ECOSYSTEMS
Grass is far more than the lawn you lounge on
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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CITY PRIDE
Before Joburg’s new mayor cuts the ribbon, meet the people who cleared the site
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DRY CITY
Four days, four protests — Desperate Joburg residents hit the streets over water cuts
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CRÉATION AFRICA
The inner-city Joburg bookseller who is breaking barriers
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PODCAST
How migrants survive xenophobia and the shadowy ‘volunteers’ who target them
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OUR CITY NEWS
Joburg power, water outages put medically vulnerable residents at risk
Maverick News
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PROJECT MAYIBUYE
SSA operation targeting EFF lacked national security basis, court told
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STING OPERATION
SA ‘refugee’ in US faces decades behind bars on child sexual exploitation charges
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Frank Chikane, DA polls and the ANC’s retreat from the cities
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XENOBAROMETER
Ugandan man nearly killed by March and March mob speaks from hospital
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CRIMEFIGHTING REFORM
R1bn in recovered loot to fund Firoz Cachalia’s police reset
Maverick Life
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IN PICTURES
Deadly train crash in Spain and more from around the world
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CRÉATION AFRICA
Empowerment, inclusion and cultural pride are all welcome in the House of Xandria
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THEATRE REVIEW
First Date — A comedic musical flashback to the days before dating apps
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Al Wat Ek Weet — A local film’s heartfelt message about adolescent mental health
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THE CONVERSATION
In a culture obsessed with staying young, we ignore the many benefits of ageing
Op-eds
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GOVERNANCE FIASCO OP-ED
Bronkhorstspruit gastro outbreak: A failure to keep people safe
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POWER POLITICS OP-ED
Eleven years, thousands of megawatts, zero delivery — SA’s gas-to-power procurement failure
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OP-ED
Why SA must invest in young people’s mental health sooner rather than later
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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
Sports
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WALTZING AUSTRALIA
Aussie batters make Proteas toil and broil under the blistering Newlands sun
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YOUNG GUNS
Rassie injects talented youth into Springbok squad for Nations Championship finale
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ROAD TO 100
Comrades Marathon Centenary edition — an entries explainer
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DELICATELY BALANCED
Starc masterclass and Proteas mistakes give Australia an edge at Newlands
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CARRYING CONFIDENCE
Proteas show early hand, riding the winning momentum into Newlands decider
TGIFood
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WHAT’S COOKING
Asparagus spears with rosemary-infused Parmesan butter cream
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WINNING
Anna Trapido is Food Writer of the Year
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WHAT’S COOKING
A steak salad with baby potatoes, broccoli, green beans, tomatoes and two dressings
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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
Nelson Mandela Bay
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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Police rescue 15 wild tortoises from Gqeberha property, four others found dead
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DYSFUNCTIONAL POUND
R286 per day to feed a dog - legal report uncovers NMB pound expenses
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GROUNDUP
Taps dry as Eastern Cape town waits for water works upgrade
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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
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
Yawn-fest — political parties bore voters with dull election slogans, poles show
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OPINIONISTAS
As Trump staggers to the polls, Americans yearning for change prepare to say ‘enough’
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OPINIONISTAS
Fuel levy remedy: Relief for a month, pressure for a lifetime
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OPINIONISTAS
Right of reply: SA needs more factories, not more walls
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MAVERICK EARTH
Wildlife is not livestock — Aucamp’s dangerous plan to turn conservation into agriculture
Sponsored Content
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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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Hungry in a land of plenty: what SA's food plan got wrong
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Get on the Beat: Daily Maverick Masterclass with University of Johannesburg
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Before the Ballot: How We Make Sense of an Election
LOOK & LISTEN
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POLITICALLY AWEH
What each party says about SA’s housing crisis
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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
