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LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR
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Business Maverick
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SUMMER SCORCHER
Weather service sounds El Niño alarm for North-East, including Kruger Park
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CRÉATION AFRICA
GuguByGugu uses mohair to fuse luxury streetwear with a rich African heritage
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INTERVIEW
Godongwana says coveted investment-grade status is now ‘within reach’
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INSPIRATIONAL STORY
From a Gqeberha bus stop to Spike Lee’s desk, a friendship becomes acclaimed film
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THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH
Weighing up rental income against long-term investment growth
Maverick Citizen
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BHEKISISA
SA’s regulators are struggling to keep up with black market weight-loss jabs
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FROZEN POSTS
Qualified doctors desperate for jobs as KZN’s public hospitals go understaffed
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ECO DECEPTION
How to spot greenwashing and mislabelled seafood in SA
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CAMPUS SAFETY
Universities have policies to protect GBV victims, experts say, but not the will
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BOOK EXTRACT
Rethinking Activism in Africa — activists as antibodies against a rotten social order
Maverick Earth
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SUMMER SCORCHER
Weather service sounds El Niño alarm for North-East, including Kruger Park
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POLAR POLITICS
China’s Antarctic marine protected area has a Soviet name, with more Russian fingerprints emerging
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DISEASE DISASTER
Angry neighbours, game sales in jeopardy as Addo’s foot-and-mouth disease crisis deepens
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ROVING REPORTERS
Rhino DNA and cartridge cases — the evidence that nailed Kruger Park ranger Landela
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MONEY TALKS
As climate shocks intensify, SA pushes for more money to adapt at COP31
Scorpio
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CAUGHT OUT
JSE-listed Blu Label mum on ownership details in McKenzie-linked Ticketpro takeover
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CAUGHT OUT
Gayton McKenzie-linked empowerment consortium scores Ticketpro deal ahead of 2027 Cricket World Cup
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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
Molefe ‘slush fund’: ATM data links R11m in cash deposits to ex-Eskom boss locations
Johannesburg
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Slovo Park could be a Joburg success, but residents have lost hope in elections
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OUR CITY NEWS
Joburg power, water outages put medically vulnerable residents at risk
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MARKET THEATRE
Queer Fest kicks off: ‘Shockwave’ celebrates transformation over despair
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SUPPLY CRISIS
Foul water scares hit Joburg suburbs — councillors blame ‘cowboy’ contractors
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POLL PERIL
ANC campaigner suffers electric shock and broken leg during poster drive
Maverick News
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OFFLINE
SA’s Presidency website taken down as cybersecurity flaw sparks warnings across the world
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CAMPUS SAFETY
Universities have policies to protect GBV victims, experts say, but not the will
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CONSTITUTION @ 30
Art, justice and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Celebrating 30 years of the Constitutional Court
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TITLE BECKONS
Maiden Formula One title in sight for phenom Kimi Antonelli
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REPEAT CONVICT
SA double murderer ‘with racist alter ego’ may lose US citizenship over lies
Maverick Life
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CRÉATION AFRICA
GuguByGugu uses mohair to fuse luxury streetwear with a rich African heritage
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BOOK EXCERPT
Paradise found — A full-throttle view of Africa’s island treasures
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THE INTERVIEW
Stephen Symons’ Starlorn finds fragile humanity amid the fractures of war
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IN PICTURES
A greyhound race in Sydney, French riots, and more from around the world
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CRÉATION AFRICA
This fashion-focused consulting firm wants to build the ‘LVMH of Africa’
Op-eds
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PROMISED LAND
Title deeds may be key to unlocking SA agriculture’s full potential
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ACCOUNTABILITY DIVIDE OP-ED
SA and Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
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DIGITAL POLITICS OP-ED
Borders, ballots, court clashes — how the anti-immigrant movement is setting SA’s elections agenda
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THE BALLOT BOX OP-ED
AI cannot predict SA’s 2026 elections outcome, but it may influence November 4 polls
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WARNING SIGNS OP-ED
From Malmesbury to Umhlali, SA has now seen both faces of nihilistic violent extremism
Sports
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TITLE BECKONS
Maiden Formula One title in sight for phenom Kimi Antonelli
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CLEANING HOUSE
World body orders Athletics SA overhaul after president ousted for financial misconduct
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TEST BRILLIANCE
Titanic Temba Bavuma inspires a Proteas win for the ages against Australia
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MAGICAL MARCO
Jansen takes five wickets to leave Australia on the brink of heavy defeat
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DEFENSIVE DEPTH
Bafana boast centre-back riches as Mosimane weighs options for Kenya double-header
TGIFood
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FRENCH LETTER
The violence of 17 October has a long backstory (but who cares about history?)
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WHAT’S COOKING
Throwback Thursday: Ash-baked potatoes
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WHAT’S COOKING
Bockwurst with a warm potato and bacon salad and braised red cabbage
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WHAT’S COOKING
Pan-fried duck breasts with blueberry-cherry sauce and a touch of ginger beer
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FIT FOODIE
A boma under an old oak in the Karoo — for another old oke
Nelson Mandela Bay
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INSPIRATIONAL STORY
From a Gqeberha bus stop to Spike Lee’s desk, a friendship becomes acclaimed film
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SOUND POLLUTION
Stadium noise and nuisance put Nelson Mandela Bay residents’ rights on the line
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DISEASE DISASTER
Angry neighbours, game sales in jeopardy as Addo’s foot-and-mouth disease crisis deepens
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PERSONAL REFLECTION
‘We are here, Janine’ — my account of fatal Orient Beach shark attack
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Defiant Andile Lungisa claims Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral crown despite ANC appeal plans
Corrections
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THE COMEBACK
Chauke cleared for takeoff as possible replacement for NPA head Andy Mothibi
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TRC ROULETTE
Ex-presidents fail in bid to remove Sisi Khampepe as head of judicial inquiry
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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
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
Preparing for the storm — grassroots action drives Durban’s climate disaster response
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OPINIONISTAS
SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted
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OPINIONISTAS
Brazil may turn right-wing again — this is why South Africans should care
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OPINIONISTAS
The mini budget keeps SA diplomacy afloat, but structural rot still festers
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OPINIONISTAS
Xenophobia’s high price — why ConCourt’s defence of refugees matters for us all
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MAVERICK NEWS
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Drill, Baby, Drill — Who’s reading the fine print at African Energy Week?
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Cupcake’s GBV family meeting and Zuma’s very short IEC pledge
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POLITICALLY AWEH
What happened in SA — Afrikaner ‘refugees’ return, tearjerker onion prices and more
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Inside the Gathering 2026 — South Africa’s cities crisis collides with chaotic election preparation
