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RESPECTED LEADER
Siya Kolisi brings gravitas as skipper for Boks in crucial second Test
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WHERE TO INVEST
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YOUTH VOICES
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
Food for thought
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LOCAL RESILIENCE
How a Lenasia community garden helps unemployed families put food on the table
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SOCIAL (IN)SECURITY
Sassa grant reviews strand vulnerable South Africans in systemic chaos
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OPINIONISTAS
Dear Mbokodo: We did not march so women could carry the nation
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RESILIENT RECOVERY
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PINE PAIN
Lower Tokai fynbos ‘can recover’, but scientists divided over what comes next
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REBUILDING STRONGER
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SHROUDED IN SECRECY
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RESILIENT RECOVERY
Kruger National Park prepares to ‘build back better’ after R1bn flood damage
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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
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SCORPIO
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VIDEO
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SCORPIO
Revealed: Brian Molefe’s alleged State Capture era ‘slush fund’
Johannesburg
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ANALYSIS
Joburg stands in the way of reform’s (almost) unstoppable momentum
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PUBLIC LOSS
Joburg’s Santarama Miniland ‘hijacked’ for private gain
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JOBURG ENERGY
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IN PICTURES
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WESTBURY SHOOTING
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Maverick News
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RESPECTED LEADER
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LEADERSHIP CRISIS
World Aquatics suspends Swimming SA president and CEO amid fraud and abuse-of-power claims
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GROUNDUP
World’s largest biomedical research funder lifts ban on South Africa
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GROUNDUP
Fired for being foreign as employers bow to March and March threats
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MAVERICK NEWS
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Maverick Life
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THE CONVERSATION
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THE INTERVIEW
Irene Bourquin: The doula putting education at the centre of pregnancy care
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THE CONVERSATION
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BHEKISISA
The first generic weight loss drug has hit SA — will it be enough to kill the black market?
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BOOK EXCERPT
Cobalt Red: How the blood of the Congo powers our lives
Op-eds
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SINISTER PACT OP-ED
A not-so-odd couple: AfriForum and March and March’s dangerous alliance
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MACABRE BUSINESS OP-ED
Shot, skinned and sold: South Africa’s enormous trade in wild primates
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POLL WARNING OP-ED
Elections and the information integrity crisis: Why SA’s human rights body is taking action
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POWER GUZZLERS OP-ED
Approved in the dark — the hidden environmental toll of SA’s data centre boom
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED
Voters’ impossible question — how to factor in parties’ coalition choices?
Sports
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RESPECTED LEADER
Siya Kolisi brings gravitas as skipper for Boks in crucial second Test
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LEADERSHIP CRISIS
World Aquatics suspends Swimming SA president and CEO amid fraud and abuse-of-power claims
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POLLARD’S BACK
Bok coach changes it up for must-win second Test against resurgent All Blacks
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RUGBY’S GREATEST RIVALRY
Backs to the wall as Springboks’ Rassie admits to being outsmarted by All Blacks
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HUNGER GAME
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TGIFood
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WHAT’S COOKING
Apple crumble with raisins and slivered almonds
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CAPE CLASSICS REVISITED
Barristers, where the gavel comes down on a good night out
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WHAT’S COOKING
Roast bone-in chicken breasts with a chimichurri dry rub
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FRENCH LETTER
Pastafarians staring intently at the sun
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WHAT’S COOKING
Boerewors: Vinegar, spice and everything nice
Nelson Mandela Bay
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Plan to write off R23bn is illegal, Treasury tells Nelson Mandela Bay
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POWER PAYBACK
Overcharged for electricity? Here’s how Nelson Mandela Bay plans to pay you back
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CRACKS IN THE FAÇADE
Rust and ruin put Gqeberha’s air force history at risk
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MURDER FOR MONEY
Murder trial reveals how you can be insured without knowing it — and killed for the money
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TRIBUTE
In Memoriam: Estelle Ellis, Daily Maverick’s ‘lisquito’-in-chief, is laid to rest
Corrections
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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
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FATAL POLICY ERROR OP-ED
Legalising rhino horn is a deadly mistake, and CITES CoP20 must close the door completely
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Apology: John Steenhuisen
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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OPINIONISTAS
Why South Africa’s coalition politics is a failure
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OPINIONISTAS
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OPINIONISTAS
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