PROVINCIAL BUDGET Project power: The DA sets out to liberate Western Cape municipalities from Eskom and load shedding pain 2 min 6 By Suné Payne
OP-ED Economic reform (Part Two): Operation Vulindlela ushers in significant era of ‘reform-mongering’ in South Africa 5 min 1 By Ann Bernstein
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED Loss of 1.4m jobs proves ‘recovery’ is more myth than fact 4 min 0 By Dominic Brown and Greg Dor
DM168 Budget 2021 Tito Mboweni’s fine line divides ANC and its Cosatu allies 6 min 0 By Marianne Merten
CORONAVIRUS WEEKLY DIGEST #21 Parliament questions roll-out plan, matrics celebrate success and billions allocated to vaccines for years to come 3 min 0 By Christi Nortier
MAVERICK CITIZEN #BUDGET2021 RESPONSES A step backwards for learners’ rights to basic education 5 min 1 By Daniel McLaren, Julia Chaskalson and Demichelle Petherbridge
MAVERICK CITIZEN Civil society organisations condemn Mboweni’s ‘sugar-coated’ austerity Budget 2021 4 min 0 By Mark Heywood
MAVERICK CITIZEN #BUDGET2021 RESPONSES A deafening silence on gender-based violence and femicide 4 min 0 By Sam Waterhouse
OP-ED Close, but no cigar: Excise tax on cigarettes should have been increased by 50% 3 min 2 By Corné van Walbeek and Samantha Filby
#BUDGET2021 ANALYSIS Mboweni’s ‘sun behind the clouds’ shrouds a precarious balancing act premised on politically tricky assumptions 4 min 7 By Marianne Merten
Maverick Citizen op-ed Nothing said at Sona and nothing expected in the Budget – yet nuclear plans keep coming 4 min 3 By Francesca de Gasparis
Maverick Citizen: Tuesday Editorial Budget 2021: Why we need to fully fund the culture economy 5 min 0 By Mark Heywood