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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
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Blood Will Flow — oil giant Total's callous role in a Mozambican massacre
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Business Maverick
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MIDDLE EAST SPILLOVER
Don’t call it a fuel crisis, but prepare to pay
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FUEL CELL BOOST
Hydrogen is back on platinum industry’s radar with China leading the way
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AI reshapes SA’s financial sector, but the rulebook is still catching up
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BOOK REVIEW
Blood Will Flow — oil giant Total's callous role in a Mozambican massacre
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
After the Bell: Back to the future... with the Post Office
Maverick Citizen
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
A billion-rand blunder — inside NSFAS’s suspicious student housing outsourcing saga
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CRYING SHAME
Children go hungry while R336m for early childhood nutrition remains unspent
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BHEKISISA
Can South Africa fix its health system before the courts decide its fate?
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SPOTLIGHT
Delayed diagnosis of hearing loss undermining child development in SA
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BHEKISISA
Bringing it home: SA leads the charge to make anti-HIV jab for Africa
Maverick Earth
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NOTES FROM A SMALL PLANET
Weaving his magic — you won’t believe how this feathered Romeo wooed a Juliet
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MAVERICK EARTH
The reputational cost of lion farming in South Africa’s wildlife economy
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CONSERVATION CLASH
Scientists challenge shark-net plan at Club Med’s huge Tinley Manor resort
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CHANGING OF THE GUARD
Rhino trade set to be revived as new minister signals shift in wildlife policy
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OP-ED
How groundwater is used, abused and paraded in a crisis
Scorpio
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VIDEO
Watch — How alleged illicit payments bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle
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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'
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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
Johannesburg
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SOLE MATES
‘I found my husband through running’ — the Joburg running clubs building community
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MOVING ART
Joburg spends R23.6m relocating City’s most valuable art to location with security concerns
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GUEST ESSAY
Mountain high, mine dump deep — the soulful collision of SA’s two hearts
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Raid to nowhere — my unlikely night with police on Queen Street, Kensington
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LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU
Joburg’s ‘silver men’ on the politics and paint of street performing
Maverick News
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AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE
Weeks in the dark: Nelson Mandela Bay’s power network fails its people — again
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UNCHECKED VIOLENCE
SAPS, SANDF scope gang hotspots as Cape Flats records 23 murders in 11 days
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TRIBUTE
The man they called Fink — a life devoted to justice
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ELECTION WATCH
The IEC’s multifaceted shield against the AI disinformation hurricane
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J-BAY GRAPPLING COUP
Defending champs looking to cement Eastern Cape as the home of beach wrestling
Maverick Life
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SUM AND SUBSTANCE
Inside a damaged Gqeberha museum, art confronts a city in decay
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IN PICTURES
Pope Leo XIV blesses a child while greeting cheering crowds from his popemobile, and more from around the world
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MOVING ART
Joburg spends R23.6m relocating City’s most valuable art to location with security concerns
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IN PICTURES
Inside the 98th Oscars: A night of image, power, and performance
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OP-ED
The dark legacy of kitchen culture returns with chef Redzepi's resignation
Op-eds
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CAPACITY CLASH
Renewable energy boom meets bottleneck as grid space becomes the real battleground
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FUTURE FORWARD OP-ED
Decades of colonial policies leave SA needing urgent political and economic overhaul
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ISS TODAY
SA needs stronger partnerships, not promises, to curb gender-based violence
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DIGITAL REMEDIES OP-ED
The accessibility gap: How poor publishing practices undermine African legal systems
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RUNNING OUT OF TRACK OP-ED
Why the US visa bond is a gamble for the Trans-Kalahari Railway’s future
Sports
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J-BAY GRAPPLING COUP
Defending champs looking to cement Eastern Cape as the home of beach wrestling
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LIV LARGE
LIV Golf’s South African debut harks back to the Sun City heyday
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LEAP OF FAITH
Long jumper Luvo Manyonga returns to international stage after addiction battle
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BOOTED RETROSPECTIVELY
Morocco win Afcon in the boardroom after Senegal stripped of title
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MAKING A SPLASH
How Bishops rose from contenders to kings of schoolboy water polo
TGIFood
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WHAT’S COOKING
Prawns and Portuguese rice (plus: biltong soup)
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OP-ED
The dark legacy of kitchen culture returns with chef Redzepi's resignation
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WHAT’S COOKING
Salmon on sauerkraut with smashed potato (plus: a surprise pie)
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THE CONVERSATION
Why we still love cookbooks in a world dominated by social media recipes
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VIDEO
Watch – Retro Karoo Food: 80 Nostalgic South African Recipes
Nelson Mandela Bay
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AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE
Weeks in the dark: Nelson Mandela Bay’s power network fails its people — again
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J-BAY GRAPPLING COUP
Defending champs looking to cement Eastern Cape as the home of beach wrestling
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COMPLY OR ELSE
Parliament puts Nelson Mandela Bay on notice over stalled oversight cooperation
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SUM AND SUBSTANCE
Inside a damaged Gqeberha museum, art confronts a city in decay
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EDUCATION
Reading lifeline for Eastern Cape schools, but SA’s literacy crisis runs deep
Corrections
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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
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABLITY
Vlakplaas Simelane killers feared Chris Hani investigator Holmes knew of plot to murder witness
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MATTER OF TRUST
Daily Maverick’s approach to corrections, Press Council and Press Ombud rulings
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PRESS OMBUD OUTCOME
Cartoon Controversy: Zapiro ruling ends in settlement for satire
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
A court in crisis: Why the state of the ConCourt must be addressed
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OPINIONISTAS
Iran, Hobbes and pragmatic ownership — where power can trump the law
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OPINIONISTAS
Gauteng budgets deadlock could finish off already crumbling municipalities
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OPINIONISTAS
South Africa’s just transition must also be a health transition
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OPINIONISTAS
Understanding the factors behind the weaker sentiment in SA agriculture
Sponsored Content
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And then came the war
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Crosswords
Webinars
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
The role of state institutions in supporting constitutional democracy
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
Lifting the veil on South Africa's grim prison system
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Building Brand Power
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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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VIDEO
Watch – How Cape Town families found loved ones in paupers’ graves
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THE READINESS REPORT
Watch – Redi Tlhabi has advice for America’s new ambassador to South Africa
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THE READINESS REPORT
Watch – Is the Iran conflict slipping beyond control?
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THE READINESS REPORT
Watch – Jesse Jackson’s warning: Democracy decays when we get comfortable
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VIDEO
Watch – Hero community health worker delivers baby during flood disaster
