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THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN
The DA must move beyond its myopic views and change trajectory
By Mondli Makhanya
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Business Maverick
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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GLOBAL INEQUALITY
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SMART CHOICES
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
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POWER PUSH
Mission 300 flips the switch for 50 million Africans, but harder work lies ahead
Maverick Citizen
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EDUCATION REFORM
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BHEKISISA
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ON THE AIR
The Eastern Cape station manager building rural youth skills through the airwaves
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CHILD SAFETY
School water and sanitation crisis drags on as DBE balks at national deadline
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HUMAN RIGHTS SHAME
Zimbabwean mother’s deadly ordeal highlights migrant healthcare crisis after SA hospital demands upfront payment
Maverick Earth
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SAFE PASSAGE
We’ve turned wild landscapes into islands — corridors can reconnect them
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ESTUARY BREACH
‘Fiddling with nature’ plan revives fears over Lake St Lucia’s future
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POWER SHIFT ANALYSIS
Aucamp rises as Steenhuisen falls in DA’s proposed Cabinet reshuffle
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CLIMATE ADAPTATION
Africa’s coastlines have been changing for a century — critical interactive tool shows how
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EXTREME EXPOSURE
Cooked: the precarious life of informal traders in a heating world
Scorpio
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DERAILED
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SCORPIO
Molefe ‘slush fund’: ATM data links R11m in cash deposits to ex-Eskom boss locations
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VIDEO
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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'
Johannesburg
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CITY FINANCES
Joburg by numbers: The figures behind Parliament’s grilling of SA’s biggest metro
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OUR CITY NEWS
Joburg suburbs suffer 16 pipe bursts in six days
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HUMAN RIGHTS SHAME
Zimbabwean mother’s deadly ordeal highlights migrant healthcare crisis after SA hospital demands upfront payment
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VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
Jumpers shooting death toll climbs to 13: The devastated families left behind
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JOBURG REVITALISATION
Beyond the Jeppe Boys gates — A community effort to revive historic Kensington
Maverick News
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Principal allegedly behind bigoted Facebook posts moves to new Cape Town school
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DIRTY DOZEN
Twelve-try Boks rout Barbarians and find some answers to potential problems
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IN PICTURES
Barack Obama opens his presidential centre — Family, friends, the faithful and the famous
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MADLANGA COMMISSION
R200m cocaine theft and coffee machine scandal — Suspended KZN Hawks boss Senona’s version
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SLOW MOTION
Madlanga and Sutherland call for crackdown on Stalingrad tactics clogging SA’s courts
Maverick Life
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SUSPENDED DISBELIEF
‘I have the power!’– New He-Man film will delight kids of the ’80s
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Disclosure Day: Spielberg’s latest alien sci-fi prioritises human conflict over the extraterrestrial spectacle
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BOOK EXCERPT
The Klein Karoo’s Red Stone Hills: Small potatoes for geologists, high value for photographers
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REFLECTION
Netflix’s The Polygamist confuses culture with sexual deviance
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IN PICTURES
President Trump hosts UFC Freedom 250 fight at the White House, and more from around the world
Op-eds
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THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN
The DA must move beyond its myopic views and change trajectory
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HARD LESSONS OP-ED
Despite the gains since 1976, the struggle for young South Africans has evolved rather than ended
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ENCODED BIAS
The hidden bias in AI narratives that gives men futures and women feelings
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GEOPOLITICAL REALIGNMENT
Africa in the shadow of a US-Africa relations reset
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HOSTS OF HATE OP-ED
Does anti-foreigner hatred pay? Do digital platforms profit?
Sports
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DIRTY DOZEN
Twelve-try Boks rout Barbarians and find some answers to potential problems
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SCRUMHALF REBOOT
Faf could rekindle his flagging Test career with strong performance against Barbarians
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PREDICTIVE MODELLING
One million simulations reveal the 2026 World Cup favourites
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NEXT CAPTAIN
Riley Norton and Vincent Tshituka feature in Bok leadership race
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PRO LEAGUE AMBITION
SA chase hockey Nations Cup glory but promotion question remains
TGIFood
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LIFE ABUNDANT
History and craft meet in the Gardens of Babylon
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FRANSCHHOEK MILESTONE
Chef Matthew Gordon is moving on after 25 years
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WHAT’S COOKING
AirFryday: Roast chicken with thyme-mint butter
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CALL FOR HELP
Stellenbosch food and wine community hosts fundraiser for Errieda du Toit
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WHAT’S COOKING
Calamari stew with tomatoes and black olives
Nelson Mandela Bay
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WATER CRISIS
Nelson Mandela Bay’s water crisis compounded by dysfunctional metro’s service and communication breakdowns
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TRIATHLONS
Can a half Ironman keep Nelson Mandela Bay in the race?
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
Makhanda high court halts drastic Eskom power cuts for troubled Karoo towns
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GIANT INSPIRATION
Tackle this: Springboks take on their tiniest opponents yet
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BREATHE OUT
Human Rights Commission asked to probe manganese pollution choking Nelson Mandela Bay
Corrections
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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
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MAKING A SPLASH
How Bishops rose from contenders to kings of schoolboy water polo
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SARS HELM
From capture to compliance: the Kieswetter turnaround at SARS
Opinion
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
South Africa needs to get agricultural politics off social media and back into the fields
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OPINIONISTAS
We built the N2 wall long before trust gave way to concrete
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OPINIONISTAS
Declare a State of Disaster to end Durban’s repatriation gridlock
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OPINIONISTAS
Host nation discomfort: a World Cup against the spirit of the game
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OPINIONISTAS
Why SA’s reconstituted parliamentary TB Caucus is of critical importance
Sponsored Content
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Crosswords
Webinars
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
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BRAZEN INSIGHT
Is your brand bland? Interview with Adam Morgan on the danger of dullness
LOOK & LISTEN
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MAVERICK NEWS
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MAVERICK NEWS
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — The DBE textbook story that South Africa isn’t being told
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Brett Herron pulls back the curtain on power, housing and politics
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Hunger is political: Activist Mark Heywood on SA’s food crisis
