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BENDING THE FUTURE
SA at a Rubicon: Crime, power and a high-stakes paddle into 2026
By Marianne Thamm
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defend truth
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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BURNING BRIGHT
Analysis: The silver rally is all about heat and is getting hotter
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CHANNEL EXODUS
Subscribers furious as DStv moves to slash 16 channels during festive season
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CONSUMER TRENDS
Retail sector shows cautious resilience as structural shifts anchor festive season growth
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
WeBuyCars settlement signals tougher stance on consumer rights in used-car market
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WEB OF DECEIT
Festive season scam alert: How AI is reshaping fraud risk for South Africans
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
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WORLD OF DIFFERENCE
From chalkboard to construction sites: Angel Mokgokolo is building South Africa’s STEM future
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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
Ladles of Love — volunteers bring joy and meals to Cape Town’s unhoused during festive season
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ON CROP OF THEIR GAME
What happens to school gardens during the holiday season?
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INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED
SIU to probe allegations of serious maladministration, improper conduct in 4 vaccine research procurement contracts
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ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
Brixton’s Waste Warriors — turning trash into opportunity and resilience
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OUR BURNING PLANET
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DIRTBAG OF THE YEAR
Environmental disaster: John Steenhuisen on how to march backwards
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ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
Brixton’s Waste Warriors — turning trash into opportunity and resilience
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BURNING PLANET PHOTO ESSAY
A Year in Pictures: Our angry planet
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URBAN PLIGHT
Kaalfontein wetland under pressure as housing needs collide with environmental protection
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LONELY TITAN
Strangefoot: the last elephant of Knysna — and the hope that refuses to die
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SCORPIO
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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
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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
Forensic experts find massive ‘signatures fraud’ in Collen Mashawana Foundation’s IDT documents
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
IDT vows to probe Collen Mashawana Foundation’s ‘signatures fraud’
Johannesburg
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JOHANNESBURG
Public Works Minister Macpherson orders probe after three killed in Soweto building collapse
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JOHANNESBURG
City Power wants to buy Kelvin Power Station and Egoli Gas
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MAVERICK NEWS
Phase Two of Joburg’s water maintenance begins as residents recover from disruptions
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JOHANNESBURG
The enduring magic of panto: 38 years of Christmas at the Joburg Theatre
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JOHANNESBURG
Kidnappings spike in Joburg, but murders, sexual offences reduce
MAVERICK NEWS
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DIVISIVE PLAN
City of Cape Town faces community backlash over proposed R180m wall on N2 ‘Hell Run’
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GROUNDUP
Tsotsi star’s house, bought with lottery funds, frozen by Special Tribunal
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NEWSFLASH
Graft-accused former Gauteng health MEC Brian Hlongwa dies after short illness
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GEOPOLITICAL RIFT
Several G20 members privately objected to the US excluding SA from the G20
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OUR CITY NEWS
How a Joburg-based designer is turning waste into fashion
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OP-EDS
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LETTER FROM PENNSYLVANIA
How a Pennsylvania rock shelter upended archaeology and changed our understanding of the first Americans
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TRIBUTE
Farewell to a South African hero, Professor Renfrew Christie
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GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS OP-ED
G20: South Africa’s host dilemma amid signals of US hegemony’s decline
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GEOPOLITICS OP-ED
The world moves on — what SA’s G20 presidency revealed about US’s shrinking gravitational pull
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ISS TODAY
A triumph on paper, a battle ahead as SA’s Africa-driven G20 faces US pushback
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SPORTS
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DISPUTED LOSS
Bafana Bafana succumb to controversial refereeing decisions in Afcon clash against Egypt
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PEOPLE OF THE YEAR 2025
Smashing into the history books: Proteas Men enjoyed unprecedented success
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AFCON
Bafana Bafana focused on Zimbabwean challenge after falling short against Egypt
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CONTINENTAL CLASH
South Africa and Egypt’s storied history at the Africa Cup of Nations
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AFCON DISTRACTION
Safa backs Bafana coach Hugo Broos in disruptive ‘racist and sexist' comment storm
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TGIFOOD
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FEAST DAY
A festive family summer spread for a sunny South African Christmas
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FOOD EDITOR’S CHOICE
Countdown: Tony Jackman’s personal top 5 recipes of 2025
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ACHIM VON ARNIM 1945-2025
Shared memories of a man of wine, words and art who found beauty everywhere
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READERS’ CHOICE
Your top recipes of 2025, from Ouma innie air fryer to a Christmas cake you can make this weekend
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FRENCH LETTER
No mere truffle: Looking for the scents of life, describing the indescribable
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
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DM CONNECT DEBATE
Small Town of the Year Awards: SA’s big winner has been chosen — now you can have your say
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Across the Sands — from Nelson Mandela Bay to becoming a bomb disposal expert in Iraq
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URBAN DECAY
Left to rot — NMB metro scrambles to demolish long-abandoned Beachview Resort
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Treasury pays Nelson Mandela Bay’s equitable share — and vows to monitor the situation
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IN THE DOCK
Suspected perlemoen poachers back in Gqeberha dock after high court reverses ruling on undercover recordings
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TONGUE IN CHEEK
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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
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Why mid-corporates are moving carefully into 2026
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Gauteng health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko: A legacy of transformation and triumph
CROSSWORDS
WEBINARS
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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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SOUTH AFRICA
Parkrun’s enduring magic – free, fair and the family values behind the movement
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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
Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
LOOK & LISTEN
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – Big-spending DA Leader John Steenhuisen faces scrutiny
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Inside South Africa’s billion-rand perlemoen underworld
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – ‘Zulu war’ and CIA spy accusations: Inside South Africa’s seismic law enforcement scandal
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Why did the DA decide to fire its Environment Minister Dion George?
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MAVERICK NEWS
Inside the B20 breakthrough: Redi Tlhabi Talks to Cas Coovadia
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