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Slip of the finger
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By Riaan Marais
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BUSINESS REFLECTION
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GLACIAL GAINS
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UPHILL ROAD
SA economy, stuck in the slow lane, grows a pathetic 1.1% in 2025
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PULMONARY DISEASES
The silent scourge - why poverty drives chronic respiratory illnesses in South Africa
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NUTRITION CRISIS
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
Poverty Pays
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FUNDING REFORM
NSFAS acting CEO pushes turnaround plan as Godongwana questions scheme’s very existence
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GROUNDUP
Social grant ‘savings’ could exacerbate hunger and poverty in SA
Maverick Earth
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MAVERICK EARTH
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THE STORIED MOUNTAIN
Dear humans: Notes from a baboon who’s been watching you
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BORROWED GROUND
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ROVING REPORTERS
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MAVERICK EARTH
SA’s petroleum regulator cannot be both promoter and referee
Scorpio
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VIDEO
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SCORPIO
Revealed: Brian Molefe’s alleged State Capture era ‘slush fund’
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Inside Collen Mashawana’s ‘political connections’
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DRIVEN UP A POLE
‘We want houses, not Wi-Fi,’ say Soweto informal settlement residents
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GROUNDUP
Joburg residents dispute massive electricity bills as City Power tackles broken billing system
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TRANSNATIONAL TRADE
Chaos precinct: How traders from Ethiopia have remade downtown Jozi
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OUR CITY NEWS
City moves to appoint managing agent for the Johannesburg Transport Interchange Centre
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HIGHER LEARNING
Wits walkabout: A look inside the university’s treasures, spaces and places
Maverick News
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PULMONARY DISEASES
The silent scourge - why poverty drives chronic respiratory illnesses in South Africa
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ORGANISED CRIME
Fugitive gym trainer Stamenov's arrest was lawful, court hears
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MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION
NMB metro skips electricity pylon funding despite warning that towers are past design life
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GROUNDUP
Sewage, waste and failing infrastructure push Gauteng’s rivers toward ecological collapse
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HERITAGE TRACKS
A journey through Addo and memory on roads elephants once carved
Maverick Life
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HERITAGE TRACKS
A journey through Addo and memory on roads elephants once carved
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IN PICTURES
Paralympians demonstrate excellence and grit on the winter stage
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JOBURG NEWSLETTER
Your Joburg gig guide — Film festival highlights and weekend events
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GAMING
Resident Evil Requiem delivers a thrilling duality of dread and action
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TRANSFORMATIVE WORK
When training fails — the trauma factor South Africa can’t ignore
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UNFINISHED COVENANT
A man of his zeitgeist: Zimbabwe’s Morgan Tsvangirai
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COHESION UPTICK
South Africa’s social fabric is fragile, but it may be starting to mend
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SHAPING KNOWLEDGE OP-ED
When women scientists are invisible, science suffers: 5 ways to fix Africa’s STEM pipeline
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SEED SOVEREIGNTY OP-ED
Women farmers don’t need charity but support to unlock Africa’s R13.2-trillion smallholder potential
Sports
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WAITING GAME
Growing conflict in the Middle East throws global sport into uncertainty
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EXECUTIVE TURMOIL
SA soccer deserves better than Safa's boardroom brawls
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MARATHON MAN
Kipchoge picks Cape Town to launch his dream of uniting the world through running
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IN PICTURES
Paralympians demonstrate excellence and grit on the winter stage
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TEAM DISCORD
Wafcon postponement a blessing in disguise for ‘divided’ Banyana Banyana
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MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION
NMB metro skips electricity pylon funding despite warning that towers are past design life
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
Reliable infrastructure: The key to saving Nelson Mandela Bay's industrial future
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HERITAGE TRACKS
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SECURITY FUMBLE
NMB council cancels maintenance budget for R6m ‘Loerbroer’ surveillance vehicle
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PILLAR OF SAFETY
Shelter for women fights to stay open — urges public to ‘adopt an account’
Corrections
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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
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PRESS OMBUD OUTCOME
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APOLOGY
Why we withdrew our article on the Waterkloof Four
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OPINIONISTAS
The deadly dust from Iran — how Middle East war threatens Africa’s stability
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
Reliable infrastructure: The key to saving Nelson Mandela Bay's industrial future
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OPINIONISTAS
Holy wars and geopolitics — the dangerous convergence of faith and fire
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OPINIONISTAS
Why social cohesion remains South Africa’s most urgent project
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OPINIONISTAS
Roedean-King David fallout: Religious discrimination cannot hide behind political protest
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