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TRAIL OF MUCK
Mining sludge surge triggers power cuts and contamination fears after tailings dam collapse
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SPENDING AND SAVING
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FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH
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SOUP AND INSPIRATION
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PROTECTION FROM PREDATORS
Two-thirds of public school staff remain unvetted for child abuse as court deadline looms
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HUNGRY FOR CHANGE
When hunger hits, Limpopo widower tells his children to ‘drink water and have faith’
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CAMPUS CHAOS
Court orders Manamela to reinstate NSFAS board, suspending Mathebula
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EXPLORATION HALTED
ConCourt ends Shell’s Wild Coast oil and gas lifeline in victory for coastal communities
Maverick Earth
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TRAIL OF MUCK
Mining sludge surge triggers power cuts and contamination fears after tailings dam collapse
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EXPLORATION HALTED
ConCourt ends Shell’s Wild Coast oil and gas lifeline in victory for coastal communities
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VEILED AGENDAS
North West MEC snubs Parliament again as elephant ‘removal’ plan advances without oversight
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A CRYING SHAME
Parliament shines the spotlight on Kirstenbosch’s hidden decline
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MANAGING GIANTS OP-ED
Kruger at 100 — the big questions about rhinos, elephants and park management
Scorpio
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DERAILED
SARS audit links ex-Prasa boss Lucky Montana to recipient of ‘tall trains’ funds
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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
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Johannesburg
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THE INTERVIEW
Fresh face, bold policies — EFF’s Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng outlines her vision for Joburg
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‘KILLING US SOFTLY’
Melville residents have gone without water for over 20% of 2026 so far
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UNKINDEST CUT
Cold snap exposes the obvious — Joburg’s power grid can’t cope
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RANK IMPROVEMENT
‘Fixing taxis can shift Joburg’s trajectory’ — addressing taxi troubles
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OUR CITY NEWS
Pikitup spends R800m renting trucks due to unusable Joburg fleet
Maverick News
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THE EDUCATION DESK
No data, no deadline, no dedicated funding: SA’s blind and deaf children face an ECD crisis
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
NMB coalition pushes to write off R23bn irregular spending, bypassing legal requisites
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WRACK AND RUIN
Ball in SAPS’s court over R38m Gqeberha police flats fix
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CRIME
Police launch manhunt after Joburg shooting leaves three dead, two injured
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INVESTIGATION
Mpumalanga breakdown — when emergency water becomes the permanent supply
Maverick Life
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THEATRE REVIEW
Prima Facie puts SA’s sexual violence crisis and broken legal system on stage
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JOZI JOY
A call becomes a chorus as inner-city festival takes flight
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BOOK EXCERPT
The Untouchables: A journalist’s career, vindicated in real time
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
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IN PICTURES
Rhossi the sea turtle undergoes CT scan, and more from around the world
Op-eds
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TIME CAPSULE
SA through the lens of mission stations: Genadendal, Goedverwacht and Wüpperthal
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CORRUPTION-BUSTING
Theatre of consequences — Madlanga Commission needs an extended run
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED
The Coalitions Bill has stalled, and voters are going into elections blind
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MANAGING GIANTS OP-ED
Kruger at 100 — the big questions about rhinos, elephants and park management
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EDUCATION
Jonathan Jansen’s Worth the Fight — Fixing failure in SA schools
Sports
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THE CONVERSATION
What cricket’s cheating scandal reveals about the ‘spirit’ of the game
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BALD AMBITION
Momentum builds against Fifa’s Infantino after his FFE own goal
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THE GREATEST RIVALRY
To control the chaos, the Boks must think on their feet
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STATEMENT MADE
All Blacks flex muscles against Bulls to send Springbok warning
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SPORT
Despite keeping World Cup hopes alive, Banyana Banyana need a reset
TGIFood
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FOOD NOSTALGIA
When slow food was a way of life — a small-town reminiscence
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A REMINISENCE
A world of music and food memories in space and time
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FOOD BABBLE: FIRE
Super-hot Mozambican peri-peri sauce and other fiery stuff
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FOOD BABBLE: WOMEN IN FOOD
A world of food heroines — including ma and grandma
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THE CONVERSATION
How a simple biofiltration system is helping clean up a polluted river
Nelson Mandela Bay
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE
NMB coalition pushes to write off R23bn irregular spending, bypassing legal requisites
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WRACK AND RUIN
Ball in SAPS’s court over R38m Gqeberha police flats fix
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RIGHT IDEA, WRONG DIRECTIONS
Sign of incompetence — Gqeberha’s Sho’t left takes a very wrong turn
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WHOLE AGAIN
Crowning her scars — how a mother’s love led to Shelley Barry’s second act
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VEXING VECTOR
Dysfunctional pound adds to growing concerns over foot-and-mouth in Nelson Mandela Bay
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
The real GMO issue is whether farmers are allowed to compete
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OPINIONISTAS
Breaking Bad — The extent of the doping problem in SA schoolboy rugby
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OPINIONISTAS
My menopause patch disappeared, and I started asking bigger questions
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OPINIONISTAS
The likely Agoa extension is positive for South Africa’s agriculture
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OPINIONISTAS
Empty promises — why SA local government fails the gogo test
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BRAZEN INSIGHT
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MAVERICK NEWS
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MAVERICK NEWS
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