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COALITION COUNTDOWN
Joburg burns, politicians bargain
By Ferial Haffajee
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Check your results14Days to firstcouncil sittingsResults declaredSunday 8 November
14Days to firstcouncil sittingsCheck your resultsResults declaredSunday 8 November
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Business Maverick
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
ArcelorMittal takeover could make SA pay twice for its steel
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Sink or swim
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SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION
Business casts a wary eye on Port of Durban as cargo delays persist
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Loaded for Bear: SA’s GDP and fiscal numbers get a lift from zama zamas
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Watch – Meat may get cheaper as El Niño looms
Maverick Citizen
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CRUNCH TIME
Exam season — SA universities say they’re on track, but students take strain
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SPOTLIGHT
El Niño is here — are KwaZulu-Natal clinics ready?
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CULTURAL RESISTANCE
Seed librarian Zayaan Khan cultivates food justice through seeds, art and activism
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ALCOHOL TRADING
ConCourt weighs Northern Cape liquor hours law after public participation failure
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
The bad seed
Maverick Earth
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RESCUE PLAN
Stranded giants on the move — rescued baobabs hit 900km road to sanctuary
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STUMBLING BLOCKS
SA’s triple adaptation finance fails to make main COP31 agenda
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MAVERICK EARTH
Watch – How five ancient baobabs nearly left South Africa for a billionaire’s park
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ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPION
Farewell to Desmond D’Sa, the ‘bulldozer’ who brought hope to polluted communities
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NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET
Peregrine falcons are taking over the high ground
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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COALITION COUNTDOWN
Joburg burns, politicians bargain
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XENOBAROMETER
Raid, arrest, extort, release — police shakedown of immigrants for bribes ‘now routine’
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Joburg accused of using workers as ‘political pawns’ in last-minute wage deal
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OUR CITY NEWS
Despite a turbulent past, Al Jama-ah eyes a third shot at Joburg mayoralty
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OUR CITY NEWS
Bosa mayoral candidate puts municipal accountability at the heart of Joburg’s renewal
Maverick News
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QUALIFYING PUSH
Bafana Bafana ready to tackle troubled Kenyans in key Afcon qualification clash
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LE PIVOT
Dupont at flyhalf for France against Springboks to ‘create something unimaginable, unexpected’
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CRUNCH TIME
Exam season — SA universities say they’re on track, but students take strain
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AMABHUNGANE
Bets on bets: The companies bidding to make your life a gamble
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IN PICTURES
Train derailment in Assam, India, and more from around the world
Maverick Life
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DANCE ME TO THE END OF TIME
Moving dance performance explores our connection to the Earth and each other
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IN PICTURES
Train derailment in Assam, India, and more from around the world
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IN PICTURES
Pope Leo XIV joins youth in prayer celebration, and more from around the world
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OBITUARY
Ben Dekker — forester, actor, philosopher who stood for Parliament from a fruit barrow
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Clayface turns Batman’s shapeshifting villain into a skin-crawling body horror
Op-eds
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THE MISSING VOTERS
The invisible winner: SA counted the votes — who’s counting the absent?
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PROJECT COAST
From humble beginnings, an SA weapons programme takes advantage of a growing chemical industry
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Day of reckoning — is the AI bubble finally about to burst?
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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OP-ED
From imports to exports — canola success offers SA a farming blueprint
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RENEWABLES CRISIS
Pele’s governance test: Why a private boardroom matters to SA’s energy transition
Sports
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QUALIFYING PUSH
Bafana Bafana ready to tackle troubled Kenyans in key Afcon qualification clash
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LE PIVOT
Dupont at flyhalf for France against Springboks to ‘create something unimaginable, unexpected’
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RAISING THE BAR
Bloukrans Bridge crossing was monkey business for SA daredevil Thomas van Tonder
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UNGAGGED
Smith’s change of allegiance a big step to breaking code of silence
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FRESH CHAPTER
Swimming icon Tatjana Smith switches allegiance to the Netherlands ‘to thrive, not just survive’
TGIFood
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CAPE RESIDENCY
Durban’s sustainability hero comes to the Cape for a summer season
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WHAT’S COOKING
Chicken coconut curry with ground almonds and curry leaves
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WHAT’S COOKING
A hunk of beef braaied on the coals, served with chimichurri
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WHAT’S COOKING
Chicken and saag curry — two in one
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THE LONG ROADS HOME
Taking stock, nearly eight years on from a pandemic that changed us
Nelson Mandela Bay
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TAKING THE INITIATIVE
Businesses pool funds for Gqeberha substation’s R1m security upgrades
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HEALTHCARE CRISIS
Cancer patient turns to crowdfunding after Gqeberha hospital’s scanners fail
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
Slow mover, fast future — how SA can leap-frog the global EV transition
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PERLEMOEN POACHING
Perlemoen poaching expected to surge before Chinese New Year
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BHEKISISA
Robots, polony and the long road to recovery from schizophrenia
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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BUSINESS MAVERICK
ArcelorMittal takeover could make SA pay twice for its steel
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OPINIONISTAS
Beyond the GNU — how opposition parties must adapt to compromise and power
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OPINIONISTAS
When the humanity of brutal perpetrators becomes the story
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
Slow mover, fast future — how SA can leap-frog the global EV transition
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OPINIONISTAS
In defence of political ambassadors: why SA needs trusted hands in a turbulent world
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
It started with a hot desk in Paarl. Now Pretoria gets a new Workshop17
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Come practice the art of disappearing
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Three commercial fishing vessels set for auction amid business rescue and liquidation proceedings
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SPONSORED CONTENT
National Lotteries Commission funds humanitarian relief parcels for flood-affected families in Limpopo and Mpumalanga
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SPONSORED CONTENT
The architecture of trust: Why South Africa’s AI accountability framework is fragmented, not failing
Crosswords
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LOOK & LISTEN
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Why is rent so expensive in Cape Town, and would rent control help?
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch — Judge Navi Pillay on the Nobel peace prize and international justice
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Firoz Cachalia on the Madlanga Commission and fixing the police
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VIDEO
Poll Dancing: Watch Politically Aweh’s elections comedy special before you vote
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Six parties share how they’ll tackle the cost of living
