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ANALYSIS
Hermione Cronje, the NDPP candidate who could reform the NPA — but don’t bet on her cracking the nod
By Rebecca Davis
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defend truth
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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MIDLANDS RAIL REVIVAL
Investment bankers step in to tackle N3 freight congestion
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WEEKEND SPECIAL
Malatsi issues directive to bypass Icasa BEE deadlock and clear Starlink for landing
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MARKET DOUBTS
Why the market hates Mr Price’s European venture
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
After the Bell: The joy and the tragedy of gross crane moves per hour
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RECORD RECKONING
Banxso empire crumbles after FSCA unleashes R2bn in penalties and 30-year director debarments
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
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BREACH ALERT
Matric exam leak — how ‘investigative marking’ bust pupils at 7 Pretoria schools
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HEALTHCARE CRISIS
Resignations escalate as Gauteng’s public health sector faces specialist shortage catastrophe
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ERRONEOUS CONCLUSIONS OP-ED
Reassessing the debate on medical tax credits and NHI — accuracy matters for sound health policy
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LIVESTOCK DISASTER
KZN dairy farmers face massive losses amid the ravages of foot and mouth disease
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RAISING A STINK
Tulbagh residents struggle with contaminated tap water as municipality maintains all is well
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OUR BURNING PLANET
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Hawks investigate ‘theft’ of 98 rhino horns
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COGNITIVE LESSON
Small group of South African elephants delivers outsized research results
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RAISING A STINK
Tulbagh residents struggle with contaminated tap water as municipality maintains all is well
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TROUBLING TREND OP-ED
Selfie safari crisis as social media drives dangerous, unethical wildlife tourism
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ANCIENT DNA
10,000-year-old genomes from southern Africa reshape our understanding of human evolution
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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
Joburg residents brace for dry taps over festive season during major maintenance programme
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JOHANNESBURG
Government entities owe Joburg Water R628m — see who’s not paying their accounts
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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
MAVERICK NEWS
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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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GLOBAL DRUG TRAFFICKING
Drugs worth R4.3bn hidden in 2022 fruit exports spark bail battle in India and fraud accusations in SA
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SCENE-SETTER
Meet the seven panellists who are steering the interviews for the NPA’s top job
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BLUNDER
Parents of stranded SA team players in Zimbabwe demand accountability from Chess SA
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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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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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AFRICA UNSCRAMBLED OPED
If 10,000 Tanzanians really are dead, international apathy is not an option
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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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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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BODIES CORPORATE OP-ED
When the law stops at the complex gate — how managing agents quietly rewrite sectional title rules
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THE BIG QUESTION OP-ED
After 10 years of decline, has South Africa turned the corner?
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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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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP OP-ED
South Africa delivered at the G20, Trump delivered a tantrum
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SPORTS
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BLUNDER
Parents of stranded SA team players in Zimbabwe demand accountability from Chess SA
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UNDER PRESSURE
The long-term sustainability of Sevens World Series unclear as priorities change
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WINNING PLAYBOOK
Stormers borrow from Rassie’s playbook to steal a march on local rivals
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EYE GOUGE
‘I accept guilt,’ Etzebeth says as he denies eye gouge was intentional
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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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TGIFOOD
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WHAT’S COOKING
A weeknight meat and potato pie enhanced with rosemary
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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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WHAT’S COOKING
AirFryday: Panko-crumbed pork loin chops in the air fryer
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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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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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NO BUILDING, NO PROBLEM
Anonymous group applauded for unsanctioned demolition of notorious Gqeberha building
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FORT HARE SHENANIGANS
ANC hails ‘court victory’ for Premier Mabuyane, but academic fraud probe continues
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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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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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PHOTO ESSAY
Marianne Thamm lights up Gqeberha stage with sharp satire
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Watch – Is South Africa a mafia state?
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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
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Investing in people: How Old Mutual and corporate citizenry help shape the future of communities
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SPONSORED CONTENT
A Cape Town AI startup just won one of South Africa's most prestigious business awards
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Behind the bag: Sealand turns waste into functional (and good-looking) gear
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SPONSORED CONTENT
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CROSSWORDS
WEBINARS
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SOUTH AFRICA
Parkrun’s enduring magic – free, fair and the family values behind the movement
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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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SOUTH AFRICA
Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
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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
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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MAVERICK NEWS
Trump's G20 boycott: A diplomatic power play unpacked
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – Cape Town raids: City and SAPS divided over R1.6bn corruption claims
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Why did the DA decide to fire its Environment Minister Dion George?
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