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REFLECTION
Mr President, please keep calling Dada Morero — Joburg depends on it
By Ferial Haffajee
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defend truth
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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STREAMLINED STRATEGY
SPAR slims its waistline abroad to go full gourmet at home
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BORDER BOTTLENECKS
Africa’s open border dream meets turbulence at the check-in counter
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DIGITAL HERDS
How a Free State pilot project is bridging the agri-tech divide for emerging farmers
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
After the Bell: Bottles or cans?
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CHANNEL EXODUS
Subscribers furious as DStv moves to slash 16 channels during festive season
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
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LIVESTOCK DISASTER
KZN dairy farmers face massive losses amid the ravages of foot and mouth disease
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UNIVERSE OF POSSIBILITIES
23-year-old Nkosinathi Sangweni's journey from rural KZN to the European laboratory for particle physics
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PLEASE SIR
The Breakfast Club nonprofit forced to shut down after nine years of providing meals at Cape Town school
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BETTING GUARDRAILS
Gambling bodies move to deny student loan and social grant beneficiaries access to gambling
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EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE CRISIS
Learners in limbo as Gauteng schools face severe delays with no projects delivered
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OUR BURNING PLANET
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POLAR POLITICS
Tip of the AIS-berg? Russia’s Antarctic ‘Flying Dutchman’ ship spooks Estonia once more
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COGNITIVE LESSON
Small group of South African elephants delivers outsized research results
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ANCIENT DNA
10,000-year-old genomes from southern Africa reshape our understanding of human evolution
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RESTORATION & REVIVAL
SA’s award-winning thicket project on track to create 100,000 jobs and revive 800,000 hectares
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TEMPESTOUS TIMES
Brace yourself for a storm-lashed December, with extreme weather expected to intensify
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SCORPIO
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Exclusive investigation - Collen Mashawana Foundation in ‘fraudulent’ signatures scandal over unpaid workers’ salaries
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
IDT vows to probe Collen Mashawana Foundation’s ‘signatures fraud’
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Forensic experts find massive ‘signatures fraud’ in Collen Mashawana Foundation’s IDT documents
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VIDEO
Watch – “Forged” Signatures, Unpaid Workers: The Collen Mashawana Foundation Scandal
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Johannesburg
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JOHANNESBURG
Joburg opens 37 pools for festive season — here’s the full list
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JOHANNESBURG
Joburg has 4,000 insourced guards but spends R16m a month on private security
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JOHANNESBURG
Changemaker and cultural custodian Osmic Menoe is spearheading SA’s first hip-hop museum, in the heart of Newtown
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JOHANNESBURG
Strained resources threaten Joburg ombudman’s role as residents’ last hope
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JOHANNESBURG
Infant abandonment rises in Joburg as legal battle over ‘baby savers’ continues
MAVERICK NEWS
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SA breaks ranks with BRICS to vote for UN resolution demanding Russia return abducted Ukrainian kids
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MURDER MOST FOUL
Tubed and tossed into a river: the apartheid-style torture murdered Marius Van Der Merwe witnessed
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ANALYSIS
The questions the DA and Steenhuisen won’t answer over the Dion George ministerial saga
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MURDER MOST FOUL
Police identify three ‘persons of interest’ in killing of whistleblower Marius van der Merwe
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SCENE-SETTER
Will Ramaphosa stay or go? What you need to know about the ANC’s NGC
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AFRICA
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GROUP OF 20
‘Trump’ throws a tantrum in Soweto
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Human rights activists urge ICC to act against Tanzanian president for crimes against humanity
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GROUP OF 20
SA lauded after successful first day of G20 Summit despite diplomatic tension
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POLITICAL VIOLENCE OP-ED
The hidden war on women in politics across SA and the rest of Africa
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AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OPED
If 10,000 Tanzanians really are dead, international apathy is not an option
OP-EDS
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AMABHUNGANE OP-ED
Rare glimpse of accountability as Information Regulator orders SARS to release Zuma’s tax records
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CREDIBILITY IN THE CROSSHAIRS OP-ED
Steenhuisen’s lion bone gambit — firing the one minister who finally took on the wildlife trade
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THE BIG QUESTION OP-ED
After 10 years of decline, has South Africa turned the corner?
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BODIES CORPORATE OP-ED
When the law stops at the complex gate — how managing agents quietly rewrite sectional title rules
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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP OP-ED
South Africa delivered at the G20, Trump delivered a tantrum
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SPORTS
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UP AGAINST IT
Coach Hugo Broos blunt about Bafana’s odds at World Cup
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PHRASING A STINK
Shukri Conrad hopes ‘grovel’ remark is put to bed, acknowledging the poor word choice
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ON THE MOVE
From Langa to the world: dual sport prodigy is making a name for himself
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ON A HIGH
South African cricket is enjoying its golden era
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BRIT GRIT
Lando Norris secures maiden championship in nail-biting Formula 1 finale
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TGIFOOD
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WHAT’S COOKING
A weeknight meat and potato pie enhanced with rosemary
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WHAT’S COOKING
Salad Days: Carrot, celery, sweetcorn and cashew salad with toasted cumin dressing
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WHAT’S COOKING
Lekker Brekker Monday: How to make a buttery, perfect omelette — and how not to make a foul one
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THIS IS HUGÉ!
Cape Town restaurant dynamo is the Relais & Châteaux Woman of the Year
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TASTE THE TERROIR
In Tanzania, South African Pinotage makes a new friend
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
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NO BUILDING, NO PROBLEM
Anonymous group applauded for unsanctioned demolition of notorious Gqeberha building
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Municipal officials lose properties, cough up millions as metro starts collecting wasted tax money
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PEOPLE'S CHAMPION
Khoisan leader Crawford Fraser dies, leaving legacy of activism and community leadership
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FORT HARE SHENANIGANS
ANC hails ‘court victory’ for Premier Mabuyane, but academic fraud probe continues
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Councillors question suspension of Nelson Mandela Bay traffic chief
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TONGUE IN CHEEK
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BOOK EXCERPT
This Is Wild — 8 years of satire from award-winning political cartoonist Carlos Amato
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VAT SO, SKATTIE!
Pieter-Dirk Uys at 80 — the man who dressed the nation’s anxiety in pearls
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Watch – Is South Africa a mafia state?
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PHOTO ESSAY
Marianne Thamm lights up Gqeberha stage with sharp satire
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Ferial Haffajee: On hate, hope and holding the line for media freedom
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS
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JSC TRIBUNAL
Get off your feminist, Western, culturally superior, subjective high horse, Mbenenge’s lawyer tells tribunal
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JSC TRIBUNAL
Retired Judge Bernard Ngoepe compares women’s power to a key for Mercedes Benz and Donald Trump
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PIVOTAL MOMENT
Sexual harassment in the judiciary is a crisis at the Bar and on the Bench
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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CROSSWORDS
WEBINARS
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SOUTH AFRICA
Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
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SOUTH AFRICA
Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
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OUR BURNING PLANET
‘An overwhelmingly emotional experience’ — the rewilding of 120 rhinos
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WEBINARS
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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SOUTH AFRICA
Parkrun’s enduring magic – free, fair and the family values behind the movement
LOOK & LISTEN
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – Big-spending DA Leader John Steenhuisen faces scrutiny
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MAVERICK NEWS
Trump's G20 boycott: A diplomatic power play unpacked
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – A global ‘anti-woke’ campaign, SA included, is pushing to strip women of their rights
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Inside South Africa’s billion-rand perlemoen underworld
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – Cape Town raids: City and SAPS divided over R1.6bn corruption claims
