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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Head of national health department and top officials arrested on R1m fraud, theft charges
By Vincent Cruywagen
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Business Maverick
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Trump reshapes the rules of engagement leaving SA vulnerable to fallout
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INSOLVENCY BATTLE
High court orders Banxso’s final liquidation as investors face long road to recovery
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
After the Bell: When rockets fly, there's no place like home
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TV WARS ANALYSIS
Winter Olympics blackout was the Canal+ opening salvo in the TV wars
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WEATHER WATCH
Wet winter forecast for southeast SA, southwest looks worryingly dry
Maverick Citizen
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OPINIONISTAS
Don’t scapegoat gender empowerment: the real crisis is South Africa's neglected children
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CARTOONS
Future Locked
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STORY SPARKERS
Inside the joyful crusade to save SA’s lost generation of readers
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LEARNING CURVEBALL
CPUT's accommodation crisis deepens, with first-year students sleeping in kitchens and study rooms
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BIOSECURITY
As foot-and-mouth disease spreads, so does the confusion
Maverick Earth
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THE STORIED MOUNTAIN
What it takes to keep Table Mountain wild
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THE CONVERSATION
South Africa’s carbon tax should stay — climate scientists explain why
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PRIVILEGED STAKE
Pines over people in timber giant’s bid to push Eswatini community off ancestral land
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BULLET DODGED
South Africa’s carbon tax survives Budget but debates on its future continue
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THE STORIED MOUNTAIN
The fluid intelligence of Table Mountain’s rivers
Scorpio
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VIDEO
Watch — How alleged illicit payments bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle
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SCORPIO
Revealed: Brian Molefe’s alleged State Capture era ‘slush fund’
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NEWSFLASH
IDT CEO, spokesperson resign ahead of disciplinary hearings over Daily Maverick’s ‘bribe sting'
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SCORPIO
Inside Collen Mashawana’s ‘political connections’
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VIDEO
Watch – ‘Forged’ Signatures, Unpaid Workers: The Collen Mashawana Foundation Scandal
Johannesburg
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STRUCTURALLY UNSOUND
Nine dead in Joburg building collapse as City says construction was illegal
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JOHANNESBURG
Maria McCloy gig guide and the art of surviving the Joburg water crisis
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CENTRE STAGE
Soweto-born dancer makes history as first to win iconic residency
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CIVIC COLLAPSE
Metro Centre abandoned, costing Joburg billions while officials lease private offices
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TRADING BLOCK
Barred Joburg informal traders can’t pay school fees as city permit confusion continues
Maverick News
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THE READINESS REPORT
Watch – Is the Iran conflict slipping beyond control?
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ATTACKING INTENT
How Tony Brown unlocked Boks’ arsenal without losing their edge
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ANALYSIS
Telegraph’s doping claim against Boks doesn’t survive scrutiny but raises some questions
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STORY SPARKERS
Inside the joyful crusade to save SA’s lost generation of readers
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CHECKED
Parents still seeking accountability from Chess SA over Zimbabwe tournament chaos
Maverick Life
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STORY SPARKERS
Inside the joyful crusade to save SA’s lost generation of readers
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THE CONVERSATION
Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
Visions of land and longing — what to watch at Joburg Film Festival 2026
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JOHANNESBURG
Maria McCloy gig guide and the art of surviving the Joburg water crisis
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OP-ED
A curveball from the heart
Op-eds
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JOBS CRISIS OP-ED
South Africa’s jobs crisis will not be solved by dialogue for the elite
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CUSTOMARY AUTHORITY
SA’s land system is broken, but collective consent offers a way forward
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SPATIAL INJUSTICE OP-ED
Auctioning off public land amid Cape Town’s housing crisis and land scarcity: What gives?
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COMBINED FORCES
What Ramaphosa’s domestic military deployment really means for SA’s security state
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INFRASTRUCTURE DECAY
SA’s water crisis is institutional before it is environmental
Sports
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ATTACKING INTENT
How Tony Brown unlocked Boks’ arsenal without losing their edge
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ANALYSIS
Telegraph’s doping claim against Boks doesn’t survive scrutiny but raises some questions
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CHECKED
Parents still seeking accountability from Chess SA over Zimbabwe tournament chaos
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POWER SHIFT
Associate nations on the march as Zimbabwe spark World Cup shake-up
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SPORT
Raza-sharp Zimbabwe fall to unbeaten Proteas in closing Super Eights T20 World Cup match
TGIFood
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OP-ED
A curveball from the heart
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WILD RIDE
Lost and found in the urban Jozi jungle
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THE CONVERSATION
Intermittent fasting no more effective than dieting, major review finds
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GOOD KREEF
Take a walk with me down Leipoldt Lane
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COMING OF AGE
MasterChef South Africa, in its latest season, finds itself at last
Nelson Mandela Bay
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VACANT POSTS
Red tape leaves crucial safety jobs unfilled in Nelson Mandela Bay
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THREATS, LIES AND NO ESCAPE
Extortion economy — How syndicates are holding Nelson Mandela Bay to ransom
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BIG BLUE PLAN
DA vows to win Nelson Mandela Bay majority to ‘end coalition chaos’
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MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION
Nelson Mandela Bay faces tough new service delivery standards — but can it deliver?
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SAFETY AND SECURITY
Multimillion-rand crime-fighting technology sits idle as gang violence grips Nelson Mandela Bay
Corrections
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABLITY
Vlakplaas Simelane killers feared Chris Hani investigator Holmes knew of plot to murder witness
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MATTER OF TRUST
Daily Maverick’s approach to corrections, Press Council and Press Ombud rulings
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PRESS OMBUD OUTCOME
Cartoon Controversy: Zapiro ruling ends in settlement for satire
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APOLOGY
Why we withdrew our article on the Waterkloof Four
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OPINIONISTAS
The burden of two truths — Why South Africa can host a G20 and still deserve better
Opinion
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Trump reshapes the rules of engagement leaving SA vulnerable to fallout
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OPINIONISTAS
Don’t scapegoat gender empowerment: the real crisis is South Africa's neglected children
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OPINIONISTAS
What a truly transformational 2026 Budget should have delivered
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OPINIONISTAS
Memory and forgetting — the wind whispers a haunting refrain from Cape Town’s past
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OPINIONISTAS
EPWP is an expansion of the misery of the unemployed
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Budget 2026 protects revenue but leaves the true cost of alcohol unaddressed
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Cell C unveils SME connectivity strategy designed to ensure nothing stops South African businesses
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SPONSORED CONTENT
New insights highlight how South African entrepreneurs are building resilience and creating opportunity
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Building future-fit firms – The case for neuro-inclusion
Crosswords
Webinars
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WEBINARS
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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WEBINARS
The role of state institutions in supporting constitutional democracy
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MAVERICK NEWS
Lifting the veil on South Africa's grim prison system
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Building Brand Power
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WEBINARS
Is your brand bland? Interview with Adam Morgan on the danger of dullness
LOOK & LISTEN
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Falsified CV, no charges: The quiet resignation of a 22-year-old ministerial Chief of Staff
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – What Epstein file emails reveal about Jacob Zuma’s London dinner
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Inside a Zapiro Cartoon
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Epstein records detail South Africa links
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Wanted ‘drug trafficker’ from Bulgaria is personal trainer at South African gym
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