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DAYS OF ZONDO

Themba Maseko & Johann van Loggerenberg: State Capture whistle-blowers call for protection after home burglaries

Greg Nicolson
3 mins

OMICRON AND BEYOND

South Africa’s fourth wave is waning, but don’t celebrate just yet, say experts

Tamsin Metelerkamp

R4BN UNDERWRITING EFFORT

Zimbabwe’s Rudland family effectively wins control over Tongaat Hulett

Tim Cohen

OUR BURNING ASSEMBLY ANALYSIS

Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe: Parliament arson accused ‘knew what he was doing’

Marianne Thamm

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RESCUE PLAN

Gupta Inc loses high court bid to block Optimum business rescue practitioners

Jessica Bezuidenhout
3 mins

OUR BURNING ASSEMBLY

Judge President Hlophe: Referral for mental observation of Parliament arson suspect Zandile Mafe ‘grossly irregular’

Vincent Cruywagen
3 mins

KNP IN PERSPECTIVE (PART ONE)

The Kruger National Park and its complex history of conservation and dispossession

Don Pinnock
8 mins

OPINIONISTA

No, Gwede Mantashe, State Capture cannot be classified as a mere series of mistakes, nor is it a tool for rebuilding the ANC

Mkhuleko Hlengwa
5 mins

WATER CRISIS

Parts of Eastern Cape emerge from drought, but Gqeberha dam levels are still below 19%

Tembile Sgqolana
4 mins

JUSTICE TRACKER

Daily roll call of arrests, NPA prosecutions and convictions – 18 January 2022

Daily Maverick Staff Reporter
3 mins

TOP READS

AMABHUNGANE

Zimbabwe tobacco barons’ planned capture of Tongaat Hulett
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

First successful private prosecution for murder in South Africa will be felt ‘for a long way to come’
OMICRON AND BEYOND

South Africa’s fourth wave is waning, but don’t celebrate just yet, say experts
JUDGING THE JUDGES

Populists propel political attacks on the judiciary, says human rights activist Elinor Sisulu
SCORPIO

NPA on high alert as business rescue practitioners plot coal exports for Gupta-owned Optimum
JOZI BEDLAM

Eight Johannesburg councillors charged for violence as coalition vows tough action on more disruptions
KNP IN PERSPECTIVE (PART ONE)

The Kruger National Park and its complex history of conservation and dispossession

ESKOM

Koeberg’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ outage likely to put extra stress on South African electricity grid

Tamsin Metelerkamp

Business Maverick

Bain withdraws membership from prominent business lobby group amid renewed State Capture furore

Ray Mahlaka

KEEP IT ON

Mask mandate to remain in place — Department of Health

Estelle Ellis

DAYS OF ZONDO

The private sector’s big ethics problem unravels after State Capture report

Ray Mahlaka

MUSHROOMVILLE

Evicted Tshwane waste pickers say they now have no means of making a living

Michelle Banda

OP-ED

Reflections of a Wayward Boy: How the New Zealand police cooked evidence in sensational murder trial

Terry Bell
6 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

US activates website for free tests; South Africa registers 3,658 new cases

Bloomberg
8 mins

COPS IN THE DOCK

Doctor testifies about trying to resuscitate Mthokozisi Ntumba after Braamfontein student protest

Bheki C. Simelane
3 mins

OPINIONISTA

We have a critical responsibility to put South Africa back on a firm ethical footing

Sasha Planting
4 mins

Global news

WORLD WAR II

Cold-case investigation leads to surprise suspect in Anne Frank’s betrayal
Tonga’s volcanic crisis

Damage in tsunami-hit Tonga hampering relief efforts
delta

Dubai’s Emirates suspends flights to several U.S. destinations on 5G concerns
Airlines

Major U.S. airlines warn 5G could ground some planes, wreak havoc

DEFORESTATION

Botswana’s big problem is not elephants, but runaway bushfires

Don Pinnock

OPINIONISTA

Let’s be brutally honest – the ANC of yesteryear with its ethical and principled leaders is no more

Oscar van Heerden

AMABHUNGANE

Zimbabwe tobacco barons’ planned capture of Tongaat Hulett

Dewald van Rensburg, Micah Reddy and Sam Sole

OPINIONISTA

My world is shattered: A paean for the demise of my beloved anchovy toast

Jeremy Maggs

GROUNDUP

Industrial Action: Striking workers remove Clover products from shop shelves

Masego Mafata

CRICKET: SA VS INDIA

Proteas aim to carry Test momentum into ODI series without Rabada

Keanan Hemmonsbey

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FOSSIL FUEL FLIP

Oil price hits seven-year high, fanning South African inflation concerns

Ed Stoddard
2 mins

ECONOMIC TRENDS

South Africa’s year-on-year mining output spikes in November 2021, but dips on monthly basis

Ed Stoddard
< 1 min

SUPERCHARGED

Adapt-IT: Ready to take private flight into mergers and acquisitions

Sasha Planting
4 mins

GroundUp OP-ED

Why the SKA is as vital to space research as the James Webb Telescope

Amish Patel
5 mins

INTEGRITY ICON

Professor Ziyaad Dangor: A Covid vaccination champion for Gauteng’s healthcare workers

Biénne Huisman
4 mins

OPEN LETTER

Dear Jeff Bezos, please don’t let Amazon destroy our ancient and sacred Liesbeek River land

Tauriq Jenkins
11 mins

ACCOUNTABILITY OP-ED

The National Prosecuting Authority is in crisis and is failing in its core business — the prosecution of suspects

Lukas Muntingh
7 mins

SEA CHANGE

The harpoons are gone, but whales face more complex modern threats

Julia Evans
7 mins

BUSINESS MAVERICK

SCORPIO

NPA on high alert as business rescue practitioners plot coal exports for Gupta-owned Optimum
RESCUE PLAN

Gupta Inc loses high court bid to block Optimum business rescue practitioners
R4BN UNDERWRITING EFFORT

Zimbabwe’s Rudland family effectively wins control over Tongaat Hulett
DAYS OF ZONDO

The private sector’s big ethics problem unravels after State Capture report
DAYS OF ZONDO

How Brian Molefe blew R150m of Transnet money on the Guptas’ newspaper

MAVERICK CITIZEN

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

US faces ‘tough’ weeks ahead; South Africa registers 4,597 new cases
Omicron

Prof Salim Abdool Karim: SA was ‘not caught with our pants down’, while hospital numbers continue to show unvaccinated at higher risk
COVID-19 Op-ed

Vaccines: Only mandate the ‘mandatable’…or we will shoot ourselves in the foot
GROUNDUP OP-ED

The paradox of infection and vaccination statistics that causes confusion
Updating Covid-19 Guidelines OP-ED

Covid-19 in South Africa: It’s time to ditch quarantining and contact tracing

OUR BURNING PLANET

KNP IN PERSPECTIVE (PART ONE)

The Kruger National Park and its complex history of conservation and dispossession
OFFSHORE EXPLORATION

Seismic surveys: Shell’s gone — but another devil has arrived
KZN JUMBO ATTACK

Family survives after bull elephant batters and flips car at Lake St Lucia
WATER CRISIS

Parts of Eastern Cape emerge from drought, but Gqeberha dam levels are still below 19%
ANALYSIS

A court challenge that could be of enormous benefit to wildlife conservation

MAVERICK LIFE

SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Lindiwe Sisulu is the spiritual leader South Africa needs
THE CONVERSATION

Why some people find it harder to be happy
SIGN OF THE TIMES

Semigration: Is it time to leave the city?
THE CONVERSATION

Four reasons why physically punishing school children doesn’t work
SMALL SCREEN

Next weekend we’re watching: ‘Crime’, Irvine Welsh’s new murder series

zapiro

Moving on

Toast

Stature

Forever

Acting President

JUSTICE FOR DUMISANI JOXO

SAHRC hearings into attacks on Cape Town’s homeless after police shooting of Rondebosch man

Vincent Cruywagen
4 mins

GETTING BACK ON TRACK

Cape Town’s Central Line rail repairs could come to R2.5bn — Prasa chief

Suné Payne
3 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Five exciting African museums to add to your travel wish list

Nompumelelo Maringa
3 mins

BOOK RECIPE

A showstopper cake to kick off the year – and it’s healthy too!

The Reading List
3 mins

OPINIONISTA

There’s gold buried in the Zondo Commission reports, let’s not only mine the silver and tinsel

Oliver Dickson
5 mins

THE FUTURE OF MOTORING

The Sony car and five electric concept cars unveiled at Consumer Electronics Show 22

Malibongwe Tyilo
9 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Don’t look up: several asteroids are heading towards Earth – here’s how we deal with threats in real life

Monica Grady
4 mins

Business Maverick

Cartoon Tuesday

Rico
< 1 min

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SCORPIO

SCORPIO

NPA on high alert as business rescue practitioners plot coal exports for Gupta-owned Optimum
SCORPIO

Gupta Inc strikes again with high court victory in ongoing Optimum battle
SCORPIO

High court battle kicks off to claw back Insure Group Managers’ R1.2bn nest egg
Scorpio: Gupta Inc profiles

Ronica Ragavan: ‘A devotee, glorified secretary and Madam Fix-It’
SCORPIO

Zweli Mkhize’s ‘family friend’ and ex-private secretary pocket Covid-19 cash via R82m Department of Health contracts

AMABHUNGANE

Business Maverick

The Guptas’ poisonous legacy – the coal gambit: How State Capture hobbled Alexkor (Part Two)
South Africa

High court ruling involving Zuma’s taxes may alter the ways of South Africa’s democracy
South Africa

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie
South Africa

Prasa pays R3m to Mbalula’s administrator — just before court culls him
South Africa

The Guptas’ poisonous legacy: How State Capture hobbled Alexkor (Part One)

OPEN SECRETS

Unaccountable #16

Deloot – how Deloitte gets away with it
UNACCOUNTABLE #21

Bain & Company – the KGB of consulting
UNACCOUNTABLE #24

Auswell ‘tall trains’ Mashaba: The middleman who derailed Prasa
OPEN SECRETS ZONDO OP-ED

The pros and cons of deferred prosecution agreements: Is it a case of justice deferred is justice denied?
OPEN SECRETS: UNACCOUNTABLE #30

Sfiso Buthelezi, the MP who derailed Prasa

Opinion

OPINIONISTA

The RET faction wants total control of everything in the state and society, as an end in itself
OPINIONISTA

Deep discontent: Fasten your seatbelts on the road to South Africa’s potential collapse
OPINIONISTA

No, Gwede Mantashe, State Capture cannot be classified as a mere series of mistakes, nor is it a tool for rebuilding the ANC
OPINIONISTA

Not a man of the people: Gwede Mantashe’s endorsement of Shell’s seismic survey was straight out of the apartheid-era playbook
OPINIONISTA

Lindiwe Sisulu’s debased, deeply offensive, vitriolic campaign start sickens me to the core

africa

THE CASE FOR HUNTING OP-ED

False sympathy will not help Namibia’s people or our elephants – it is anti-conservation
SOCCER

Why hosting the Africa Cup of Nations is so important for a divided Cameroon
TURKANA MAN

Richard Leakey — a giant among students of human origins
ISS TODAY

Kenya’s port expansions project could open door to nation for organised crime and terrorism
HEAVYWEIGHTS STUNNED

Afcon Group E wide open as Algeria and Ivory Coast drop precious points

Coronavirus

TENNIS

Djokovic’s Covid controversy in Australia reveals that his quest for glory will come almost at any cost
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

US faces ‘tough’ weeks ahead; South Africa registers 4,597 new cases
OMICRON AND BEYOND

South Africa’s fourth wave is waning, but don’t celebrate just yet, say experts
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

Israel gives fourth doses as EU warns against frequent boosters; South Africa records 5,668 new cases
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

More nations cite endemic phase; South Africa registers 6,762 new cases

Sports

BOWLING BLUES

Could Quinton de Kock’s decision to quit Test cricket start a perilous trend for the sport in South Africa?
REUTERS

Djokovic’s legal loss in Australia is bound to spark a broader public health and political debate
TENNIS

Djokovic’s Covid controversy in Australia reveals that his quest for glory will come almost at any cost
HISTORY BECKONS

On-form Vincent Aboubakar could topple long-standing Afcon scoring record
CRICKET: SA VS INDIA

Proteas aim to carry Test momentum into ODI series without Rabada

TGIFOOD

KAROO DREAMING

The Springbok Migrations: Thundering hooves of death, meat like a fine pȃté
FLAVOUR BOMB

What’s cooking today: Hasselback butternut with honeyed harissa and a cashew crumb
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW

Eight years after its last season, MasterChef SA finally returns
HOT STUFF

What’s cooking today: Springbok loin with a Szechuan marinade
TARRAGON CLASSIC

Throwback Thursday: Béarnaise

MOTORING

A VROOM WITH A VIEW

Fancy that – turns out the new Toyota Prado is indeed better off-road than a Renault Sandero
VROOM WITH A VIEW

Land Rover: Defender of the faith
TEST DRIVE

Land Rover Defender 90: Three-door, off-road, on-road maestro
VROOM WITH A VIEW

The road ahead: Motoring trends in 2022
TEST DRIVE

The updated Q5 flies the Audi flag high, despite a global drought in computer chips

tongue in cheek

SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Lindiwe Sisulu is the spiritual leader South Africa needs
Media

Zapiro bares all on Muhammad cartoon in, you guessed it, another cartoon
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

The bad vibes are trapped in your closet
Media

SA’s most famous showerhead sparks more debate
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Mr Steenhuisen is the boss South Africa needs

Judiciary in CRISIS

INSULT AND INJURY

Judge Zondo hauls Lindiwe Sisulu over the coals for ‘unwarranted attack’ on African judiciary
FIGHTING WORDS

Grieve-ous act? Lindiwe Sisulu’s latest tirade against critic ‘plagiarised’ speech by former UK attorney general
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS

The rise and (slow) fall of John Hlophe, the judge who almost took the judiciary down with him
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS

On a mission from his God – Chief Justice Mogoeng’s message to South Africa: ‘We are bewitched’

In case you missed it

OP-ED

Lindiwe Sisulu’s extraordinary attack on South Africa’s Constitution
MISSING MINUTES MYSTERY

How President Ramaphosa and ANC leaders misled SA about the party’s cadre deployment committee
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Lindiwe Sisulu is the spiritual leader South Africa needs
CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

Twitter bans Marjorie Taylor Greene for misinformation; South Africa registers 4,379 new cases
DESMOND MPILO TUTU (7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021)

So long Arch, thanks for the love

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 8 May 2020
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 4 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 11 September 2021

WEBINARS

Webinars

Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
Webinars

Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
Webinars

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa
2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
Webinars

The Poisoners: an unfinished history of poisoning and ultimately a political story to be continued

LOOK & LISTEN

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The Matrix: Resurrections, a product of late-stage capitalist postmodern hyperreality
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Our World in Pictures: Week 01 of 2022
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This weekend we’re watching: An obstinately joyous adaptation of Dickens
Maverick Life

The lyrical and visionary world of Virgil Abloh (1980 – 2021)
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