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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Three retired judges and a retired rear admiral to probe the Iranian navy ships fiasco
By Peter Fabricius
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Business Maverick
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Money Muscle
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FADE TO BLACK
Parliament vows intervention after Save SA Film Jobs protest exposes industry freefall
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Loaded for Bear: After deluge cometh drought - El Niño will likely return in 2026 and SA needs to prepare
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OPINIONISTAS
While SA’s economy stutters, poultry delivers jobs, growth and food security
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STEADY SOVEREIGNTY
Despite challenges, the African startup market shows discipline and maturity
Maverick Citizen
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
Deadly convoy
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NEURODIVERSITY CHAMPION
Mom moves from grief to advocacy as she challenges perceptions of autism
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TENURE INSECURITY
SA's land crisis is ongoing, not historical
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HIGHER EDUCATION
Beware of bogus colleges preying on desperate young South Africans
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OPINIONISTAS
Mother tongue matters in an English-dominated society
Maverick Earth
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OPINIONISTAS
Microplastics critique is a damp squib, not a bombshell exposé of faulty science
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MEGAFAUNAL AFTERMATH
Part 3: Ecological Aftershock: The longue duree and the animals in our history
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
Loaded for Bear: After deluge cometh drought - El Niño will likely return in 2026 and SA needs to prepare
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ORIGINS OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
Part 2: Human-wildlife conflict, the ‘overkill’ hypothesis and megafaunal extinctions
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TROUBLED WATERS
Inside SA’s fishing industry: Marine Protected Areas are the sea’s second chance
Scorpio
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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
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Exclusive investigation - Collen Mashawana Foundation in ‘fraudulent’ signatures scandal over unpaid workers’ salaries
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Forensic experts find massive ‘signatures fraud’ in Collen Mashawana Foundation’s IDT documents
Johannesburg
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REVOLVING DOOR
Joburg on track for 11th mayor in 10 years — here's what you need to know
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CITY FRAUD
How Joburg paid almost R1m for an old-age home wall that never existed
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TRANSIT TURMOIL
Joburg pays R9.2m monthly for suspended Rea Vaya services while residents left in limbo
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GUEST ESSAY
A field of dreams — and the quiet making of Johannesburg as ‘education town’
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CITY RAID
Joburg Development Agency boss arrested with ‘substantial’ amounts of cash
Maverick News
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Three retired judges and a retired rear admiral to probe the Iranian navy ships fiasco
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MADLANGA COMMISSION
KZN Hawks boss grilled for sharing SAPS officers’ personal details with ‘Cat’ Matlala
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ORGANISED CRIME
Virgin Active alerts authorities after gym trainer exposed as drug trafficking fugitive
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THE READINESS REPORT
'Why hasn’t the Police Minister been fired?' Inside the Madlanga Commission
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INFRASTRUCTURE WOES
Civil groups slam Nelson Mandela Bay municipality over repeated power outages
Maverick Life
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IN PICTURES
Nicki Minaj joins US President Donald Trump on stage at Summit in Washington DC, and more from around the world
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SOUL MUSIC
In search of Viv — how Facebook helped reunite me with my violin
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CALL FOR HONESTY OP-ED
Gen AI needs a Carney Moment
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple — a cerebral shift in the zombie apocalypse
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PHOTO ESSAY
Sony World Photography Awards 2026 — Student and Youth shortlists
Op-eds
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ADAPT AND LEARN OP-ED
Designing public education for the future in SA — Collaboration Schools point the way
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UNEARTHING EXCELLENCE OP-ED
Open letter to SA scientists: We can improve Stem marks, simply by showing up
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FEEDING HOPE OP-ED
Here's how SA can end hunger and malnutrition this year
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PREVENTION NOT PUNISHMENT OP-ED
Crime, cartels and corruption — the drug policy debate we refuse to have in SA
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JUMBO DEBATE
Elephant hunting in Botswana is not in crisis — the data denies it
Sports
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FAN FRUSTRATION
Mamelodi Sundowns under pressure despite being log leaders as rivals close gap
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TESTING JUGGLING ACT
Bok's Rassie: ‘If we’re not ballsy during the Greatest Rivalry, we won’t win it’
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TITLE MOMENTUM
European Champions League group phase set for blockbuster conclusion amid jostling for top eight
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HEAT WAVE
Sabalenka, Zverev beat the heat to reach Australian Open semi-finals as organisers suspend matches
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CRICKET
Sunrisers Eastern Cape seal third SA20 title in four seasons with Newlands victory
TGIFood
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WHAT’S COOKING
Oven-baked butterfish with lemon butter
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WHAT’S COOKING
Salad Days: Smoked trout, asparagus and baby potatoes with garlicky chunks of toasted sourdough
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WHAT’S COOKING
Gratinated brown mushrooms with three cheeses and a bit of crunch
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WHAT’S COOKING
AirFryday: Pizza — from the freezer into the air fryer
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A RAINBOW AT THE WATERFRONT
Seven Colours Eatery serves up an Mzansi feast at the V&A Waterfront
Nelson Mandela Bay
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INFRASTRUCTURE WOES
Civil groups slam Nelson Mandela Bay municipality over repeated power outages
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POWER OUTRAGE
Nelson Mandela Bay metro warned about collapsing pylons more than a year ago
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GNARLY BLOW
How Gayton McKenzie's Department of Sport, Arts and Culture's inaction cost J-Bay its premier surfing competition
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FINANCIAL RELIEF
Nelson Mandela Bay municipality rejects call for rebate following five-day blackout
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AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE
Nelson Mandela Bay to spend R10m restoring power after transmission towers collapse
Judiciary in Crisis
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OPINIONISTAS
From Mamdani to McKenzie — why depth matters in politics and democracy
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OPINIONISTAS
Legal practitioners' patriarchal language a betrayal of justice and women's empowerment in SA
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OPINIONISTAS
AI ‘hallucinations’ are threatening the administration of justice in SA
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OPINIONISTAS
Zuma’s MK party is not even masking its attempt to capture the judiciary
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OPINIONISTAS
Mandisa Maya’s appointment as Chief Justice is a victory for all, especially for black women in law
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
The old Muizenberg Post Office built in 1934 still embodies a belief that how we communicate matters
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Waking up the sleeping giant of SA’s creative economy
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Innovation serves society - in action at Wits. For Good
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Davos Debrief: Making sense of a fractured global order
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Africa’s moment: Building resilience in an era of trade disruption
Crosswords
Webinars
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WEBINARS
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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WEBINARS
The role of state institutions in supporting constitutional democracy
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MAVERICK NEWS
Lifting the veil on South Africa's grim prison system
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Building Brand Power
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WEBINARS
Is your brand bland? Interview with Adam Morgan on the danger of dullness
LOOK & LISTEN
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MAVERICK NEWS
The Donroe Times: Redi Tlhabi and Tony Karon on America’s return to gunboat diplomacy
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – A historic season for South African cricket, and a legal reckoning for Swimming SA
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ANALYSIS
Watch – Is the UN still relevant?
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AFRICA
Watch — Why so many South African children are dying of hunger
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Inside South Africa’s billion-rand perlemoen underworld
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