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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
What happens after the vote? Councils, coalitions and (maybe) controversies
By Marianne Merten
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Business Maverick
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REAL ESTATE & GOVERNANCE
How SA property prices reflect municipal service delivery
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TROUBLED PORT
Transnet and foreign operator face scrutiny over backlog at Durban Gateway Terminal
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Crossed Wires: The internet’s technical debt is due, and we can’t pay
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INVESTMENT OUTLOOK
Did Datatec catch an AI tailwind or is it a breeze?
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JUST ONE LAPTOP
Binance hack is history’s biggest crypto heist and another warning sign
Maverick Citizen
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GBVF RESPONSE
Ekurhuleni murders — Lesufi and SAPS pledge to keep women safe, outlining security measures
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HUNGER FOR ACTION
No more ‘business as usual’ — experts sound warning on SA’s lapsed food plan
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UNDOCUMENTED LEARNERS
Running the Gauntlet — The matrics caught between xenophobia, paperwork and the classroom door
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STUDENT HUNGER
University food schemes fill the gap as student hunger threatens academic success
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SA’S CANCER STORY (PART 5)
Why the Northern Cape’s only state cancer paediatrician left for the private sector
Maverick Earth
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BUSHVELD LUNACY
Dig first, find water later: Limpopo’s industrial insanity
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UPROOTED
The tree-loving Georgian billionaire, the Pretoria landscaper and the SA baobab export row
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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
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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OUR CITY NEWS
Eighty-three parties contest crowded Joburg local government elections
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NO WATER
‘Are we not important enough?’ — Joburg residents protest water cuts before elections
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CRÉATION AFRICA
Turning SA’s music hits into successful businesses and generational wealth
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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
Maverick News
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Thirteen mayoral candidates, plenty of blame and a crowd of fed-up residents
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POLITICIANS PUMMELLED
SA’s path to ‘no future’ — former statistician-general Lehohla slams ‘performative’ politics
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ANALYSIS
New mayors beware — SA’s local government revolt is waiting for a spark
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Ferial Haffajee and Kallie Kriel on the Constitution at 30
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GBVF RESPONSE
Ekurhuleni murders — Lesufi and SAPS pledge to keep women safe, outlining security measures
Maverick Life
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THE INTERVIEW
Life after weight-loss medication — what happens when the injections stop?
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THEATRE REVIEW
Into the Woods brings Sondheim’s dark, unhinged fairy tales to Cape Town
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CRÉATION AFRICA
Developing creator-led micro-dramas for African audiences
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COSMETIC RECOVERY
Fresh-faced appetite for alternatives — upscale beauty shakes up SA’s retail landscape
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BOOK EXCERPT
The Seeker Effect imagines an African dystopia shaped by climate chaos and control
Op-eds
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OP-ED
Forget future existential threats — AI is automating gendered violence and misogyny right now
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING OP-ED
CT’s Tafelberg social housing units cut by Heritage assessment
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PEDDLING LIES
Let no facts stand in the way of fearmongers’ selfish ambitions
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CHAR GPT
Go out and vote to fix what’s crumbling, bumbling, toiling, troubling
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DIGITAL MENACE OP-ED
Misinformation, disinformation and the threat to electoral integrity
Sports
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NETTING THE GAINS
Netball SA’s new broom cleans up the previously unstable body
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NUMBERS GAME
The odd maths of a Nations Championship final berth
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SA VICTORY
Proteas battle back to claim epic series win over Australia at Newlands
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DOWN TO THE WIRE
South Africa’s day sets up thrilling third Test and series finale against Australia
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TROLL TRAUMA
SA Olympic triathlete Henri Schoeman opens up on cyberbullying dimming his light
TGIFood
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TABLE FOR ONE
Galjoen, chokka-block with good things from the sea
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NUTS ABOUT FRUIT CAKE
Like many of the best things in life, a good Christmas cake needs time to mature
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WHAT’S COOKING
Rich, fruity Christmas cake
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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
Nelson Mandela Bay
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Thirteen mayoral candidates, plenty of blame and a crowd of fed-up residents
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HEART FOR ART
Award-winning artist Annette Kamfer paints her way back after Parkinson’s diagnosis
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ROAD SAFETY
Come clean about broken traffic lights and streetlights, AA urges municipalities
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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
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 state of play in the US midterm elections
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OPINIONISTAS
World Cities Day — Holding the line on eviction protections for the vulnerable
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OPINIONISTAS
Why the relentless drive for success is failing our children
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OPINIONISTAS
Freedom at what cost? — a reply to Adam Cruise on Cape Peninsula baboons
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OPINIONISTAS
The SAPS continues to flounder through delayed reforms
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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Agriculture can turn rural potential into shared success
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Crosswords
Webinars
- 05 NOV 2026
US Midterms 2026: What the Results Mean for Trump and the World
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Hungry in a land of plenty: what SA's food plan got wrong
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Navigating Elections in the Digital Age: A Practical Session on Spotting Misinformation
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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
Six parties share how they’ll tackle the cost of living
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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
