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ANGRY AUTOPILOT
Fast-talking Trump rages and rants, but the big speech is thick on claims and thin on policy
By J Brooks Spector
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defend truth
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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TENDER TIME OUT
Medscheme asks high court to halt Bonitas tender amid governance probe
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CAR SALES REBOUND
Rate cuts, low inflation fuel SA’s strongest new car sales in years
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STICKING POINT
South32 to mothball Mozambique smelter in March as power talks collapse
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CONSUMER PROTECTION
Financial ombud claws back R60m and warns of reckless borrowing
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PERSONAL FINANCE
Smart moves to make the most of your tax-free investment
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
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#NORETREATNOSURRENDER
Canoe legend Oscar Chalupsky battles Discovery Health for full cancer treatment coverage in landmark case
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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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UNDER PRESSURE
Policy meets economic reality in Johannesburg’s inner-city schools
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CASTING A SPELL
A triumph of words — SA crowns its champs at the National Spelling Bee finals
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OUR BURNING PLANET
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LONELY TITAN
Strangefoot: the last elephant of Knysna — and the hope that refuses to die
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SMALL WARRIORS
Tiny defenders: SA’s forgotten frogs matter as much as its rhinos
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ANALYSIS
Botswana’s huge elephant gamble could destroy its ‘conservation reputation’, say scientists
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BURNING SHAME
As 23 lion carcasses turned to ash, SA’s commitment to end captive breeding hangs in balance
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Hawks investigate ‘theft’ of 98 rhino horns
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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
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
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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
MAVERICK NEWS
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AGE OF THE ASSASSIN
‘DJ Warras’ murdered in latest Gauteng shooting to target entertainment and private security sector
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BLUNDER
Parents of stranded SA team players in Zimbabwe demand accountability from Chess SA
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POLICE PROBES
How Mkhwanazi’s allegations against Mchunu stack up almost six months later
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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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EXPLAINER
Why did SA government officials raid the site processing US-bound ‘refugees’?
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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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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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ANALYSIS
The African market is the missing link in SA’s G20 critical minerals drive
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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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GLOBAL LEADERSHIP OP-ED
South Africa delivered at the G20, Trump delivered a tantrum
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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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ANALYSIS
South Africa’s economic policy and the collapse of the Left
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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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AUCTION ACTION
Four Proteas stars add a few million to their bank accounts after being scooped up at IPL mini-auction
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BRAVE BATTLE
Former Bok women star and Bulls Daisies skipper Lusanda Dumke dies
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BLUNDER
Parents of stranded SA team players in Zimbabwe demand accountability from Chess SA
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INCLUSIVE RHETORIC, EXCLUSIVE REALITY
Fifa cuts some 2026 World Cup ticket prices after backlash, but access concerns remain
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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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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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FOOD EDITOR’S CHOICE
Countdown: Tony Jackman’s personal top 5 recipes of 2025
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WHAT’S COOKING
AirFryday: Panko-crumbed pork loin chops in the air fryer
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WHAT’S COOKING
A weeknight meat and potato pie enhanced with rosemary
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THIS IS HUGÉ!
Cape Town restaurant dynamo is the Relais & Châteaux Woman of the Year
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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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AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Across the Sands — from Nelson Mandela Bay to becoming a bomb disposal expert in Iraq
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PEOPLE'S CHAMPION
Khoisan leader Crawford Fraser dies, leaving legacy of activism and community leadership
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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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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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PHOTO ESSAY
Marianne Thamm lights up Gqeberha stage with sharp satire
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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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POLITICALLY AWEH
Watch – Is South Africa a mafia state?
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
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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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WEBINARS
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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SOUTH AFRICA
Parkrun’s enduring magic – free, fair and the family values behind the movement
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OUR BURNING PLANET
‘An overwhelmingly emotional experience’ — the rewilding of 120 rhinos
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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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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Why did the DA decide to fire its Environment Minister Dion George?
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – ‘Zulu war’ and CIA spy accusations: Inside South Africa’s seismic law enforcement scandal
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MULTIMEDIA
Threats, accusations and division: Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s new MK Party battle
