The Weekend Wrap
Mbenenge tribunal, the world’s deadliest place for journalists, and the case for eating more atchar.
The alternative and deeper meanings humans attribute to emojis were explored at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal hearing for Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge on Thursday.
By Marianne Thamm
The arrest last week of seven members of the SANDF for the murder of Hawks investigator Frans Mathipa raises many questions about the real motive for his murder. But it could also lead to incredibly troubling questions about the situation in the SANDF, and whether its current leadership knew the truth when they denied there was a squad in the force that tortured and murdered people.
By Stephen Grootes
The death of meaningful political advancement means that South Africa has become stuck in a rut of its own carving. Is there a way forward?
By Richard Poplak
The Weekend Wrap
Mbenenge tribunal, the world’s deadliest place for journalists, and the case for eating more atchar.
The alternative and deeper meanings humans attribute to emojis were explored at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal hearing for Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge on Thursday.
By Marianne Thamm
The arrest last week of seven members of the SANDF for the murder of Hawks investigator Frans Mathipa raises many questions about the real motive for his murder.
By Stephen Grootes
The death of meaningful political advancement means that South Africa has become stuck in a rut of its own carving. Is there a way forward?
By Richard Poplak
Businesses are increasingly migrating workloads from public to private cloud environments as cost realities bite and data sovereignty concerns mount.
By Lindsey Schutters
The Fourth of July is America’s national birthday party, celebrating two-and-a-half centuries of life. But will Donald Trump’s truculence mixed with his narcissism turn it into angry, contested territory?
By J Brooks Spector
Quality information is even more important now in an age of AI slop where the information ecosystem is awash in misleading images and strange blah words that sound like they mean something but don’t really.
By Anya Schiffrin
After years and years of advocating better baboon management, the glimpse of another ‘new action plan’ is beguiling. But is it convincing? Jenni Trethowan, Peter Willis and Ben Cousins weigh in on both sides of this debate.
By Jenni Trethowan, Peter Willis and Ben Cousins
Some of South Africa’s dangerous convicts slip through administrative jail cracks, ending up where they’re not supposed to be: Free, among us. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Palestinian photojournalist Belal Khaled spent 300 days inside the Gaza Strip after 7 October 2023, putting his own life at risk to document the devastation caused by Israeli attacks on the region. Now, he seeks to remind the world’s media that silence in the face of genocide is complicity.
By Tamsin Metelerkamp and Victoria O’Regan
Linda Dewy is a resident of Ahmed Kathrada House, an occupied building in Green Point, Cape Town, that was taken over by the members of housing rights group Reclaim the City in 2017. Together with several other women, she leads the unconventional community they have forged in the heart of the inner city.
By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Linda Dewy is a resident of Ahmed Kathrada House, an occupied building in Green Point, Cape Town, that was taken over by the members of housing rights group Reclaim the City in 2017. Together with several other women, she leads the unconventional community they have forged in the heart of the inner city.
By Tamsin Metelerkamp
Tadej Pogačar is the man to beat, but Jonas Vingegaard’s form and firepower could deliver a cycling clash for the ages over the next three weeks.
By Craig Ray
Not all moisturisers are actually good at reducing moisture loss. You may still itch as your skin recovers if you’ve been having a lot of really hot showers.
By Amanda Meyer and Monika Zimanyi
In ‘atchar alley’, it’s all about spiced green mango preserve. This is Station Road, Lenasia, which plays host to at least 30 atchar shops, all next door to each other.
By Anna Trapido
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