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Business Maverick
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
After the Bell: Should you play with your money?
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THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH
How to manage retirement income in a falling investment market
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COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS
South Africans shift into survival mode as essential costs reshape spending habits
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PERSONAL FINANCE
You can take more cash offshore — but tax and timing traps still lurk
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PAPER VICTORY
CPS ordered to pay Sassa R81.3m, but the balance sheet says good luck
Maverick Citizen
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OPINIONISTAS
Children should learn to engage with news and current affairs
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WORD WARRIORS
SA’s spelling bee team triumphs in Africa, eyes global championship
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ACADEMIC STANDSTILL
CPUT and dental council’s accreditation clash shatters students’ graduation dreams
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PERMIT PARALYSIS
How a single administrative error sparked 10 months of critical medication shortages in Eswatini
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CRYING SHAME
KZN Education Department’s failure to pay ECD subsidies on time is exacerbating nutrition challenges
Maverick Earth
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MORE THAN MEETS THE ICE
Geopolitical legal iceberg - Former Australian PM Abbott linked to Antarctic land claim pitch
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BOREHOLE SITING OP-ED
A suburban scourge – pseudoscience and groundwater detectors
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OPINIONISTAS
So far, so close: The shy constellation that mirrors Table Mountain
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MAVERICK EARTH
Trophy hunting quotas without accountability: How different courts are exposing the same broken state
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CONSERVATION DYNAMICS
The fence effect: What happens to wildlife when you draw a line around it?
Scorpio
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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
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’
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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‘CAT’ AND THE BUSINESSMEN
‘Silent partner’: Riaan Venter, the other figure in the Matlala dodgy police contract mix
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MADLANGA COMMISSION
Tshwane metro police official denies links to irregular R2.9bn security payments
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PUBLIC HEALTHCARE
Bureaucratic cardiac arrest — why heart attacks became deadlier in Nelson Mandela Bay
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‘UNFOLDING CRISIS’
Nelson Mandela Bay’s water management under fire as Kouga calls for dam control transfer
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Minister Sisisi Tolashe to appear before ANC’s Integrity Commission over SUV scandal
Maverick Life
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IN PICTURES
Fire destroys half of Rio Olympic Velodrome's roof
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IN PICTURES
Artemis II: Images from Nasa’s historic crewed journey around the moon
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INSPIRED LEARNING
Education becomes the new gold in Joburg’s old mining hub
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BOOK EXCERPT
Because I Love You: The quiet harm that can live inside love
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PHOTO ESSAY
Easter Friday baptisms draw congregants to Kliprivier, south of Johannesburg
Op-eds
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ISS TODAY
Can the UN’s landmark transatlantic slavery resolution deliver meaningful reparations?
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GEOPOLITICS
When diplomacy fails — the disastrous cost of the US-Israeli war on Iran
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BOREHOLE SITING OP-ED
A suburban scourge – pseudoscience and groundwater detectors
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SERVING JUSTICE OP-ED
The JSC’s actions during judges’ interviews must help, not hinder the judiciary
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GLOBAL TRADE SHIFTS OP-ED
How South Africa can succeed in a multipolar world
Sports
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REFLECTION
Reflecting on decades of joy as I say farewell to the Two Oceans Marathon
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MARATHON REVIVAL
Trust at the core as Two Oceans seeks redemption after 2025 disruptions
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SEVEN IN SIGHT
Gerda Steyn all-in for seventh successive Two Oceans title
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UNDER WAY AT LAST
After a one-year delay, World Netball’s case against former SA boss Cecilia Molokwane commences
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SHIFTING PRESSURE
Burden-free McIlroy has nothing to prove at 2026 Masters as others chase history
TGIFood
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WHAT’S COOKING
Cosy rice pudding (plus: Suikerbos spaghetti)
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FRENCH LETTER
Hidden messages in the kind of Easter eggs that can’t be eaten
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THE CONVERSATION
Is dark chocolate healthier than milk chocolate?
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WHAT’S COOKING
Spiced molasses biscuits (plus: almond and pear tart)
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WHAT’S COOKING
Prawns and Portuguese rice (plus: biltong soup)
Nelson Mandela Bay
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PUBLIC HEALTHCARE
Bureaucratic cardiac arrest — why heart attacks became deadlier in Nelson Mandela Bay
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‘UNFOLDING CRISIS’
Nelson Mandela Bay’s water management under fire as Kouga calls for dam control transfer
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ACADEMIA
‘Good trouble' and youth empowerment — Naledi Pandor takes the reins as NMU chancellor
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EXTRA MEASURES
Biosecurity, responsible farming still crucial as SA expands FMD vaccination programme
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MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION
Nelson Mandela Bay’s ‘acting director’ saga — a leadership vacuum costing millions
Corrections
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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
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABLITY
Vlakplaas Simelane killers feared Chris Hani investigator Holmes knew of plot to murder witness
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
Is the National Health Insurance just a distraction from urgent healthcare issues?
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OPINIONISTAS
A tale of two outcasts: Iran and South Africa
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OPINIONISTAS
Children should learn to engage with news and current affairs
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OPINIONISTAS
Civil society is increasingly signalling virtue over earning it through engagement and action
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OPINIONISTAS
Minister Tolashe’s luxury SUV scandal — silence and lack of transparency erode public trust
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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's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents
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VIDEO
Watch — From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy
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VIDEO
Watch – How R11m in ATM cash deposits followed Brian Molefe
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VIDEO
Watch – Mkhwanazi vs McBride: Clashing claims tear South Africa’s security apart
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VIDEO
Watch – How Cape Town families found loved ones in paupers’ graves
