CIVIC COLLAPSE Metro Centre abandoned, costing Joburg billions while officials lease private offices 11 min 7 By Ferial Haffajee
MADLANGA COMMISSION ‘Make a turn, Cat’ — WhatsApp messages tie top police officer to tender kingpin 5 min 4 By Ferial Haffajee
FRONTRUNNERS As the ANC self-immolates, Zille and Mashaba seize race for Joburg’s future 4 min 12 By Ferial Haffajee
MADLANGA COMMISSION General Sibiya skewered like a kebab under fierce cross-examination 6 min 6 By Ferial Haffajee
MADLANGA COMMISSION Lies, lies, lies, says Sibiya about WhatsApp messages alleging bribes 6 min 1 By Ferial Haffajee
SONA 2026 Electricity transmission company will be fully independent, assures Ramaphosa 5 min 5 By Ferial Haffajee
SONA 2026 State of the Nation in the shadow of the water tanker 10 min 4 By Ferial Haffajee and Victoria O'Regan
SONA ASSESSMENT One big win, many hard failures — Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation report card 7 min 12 By Ferial Haffajee
JOBURG NEWSLETTER Humans of Joburg — young video artists tell the city’s stories of resilience 5 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION Take a walk in downtown Joburg and see the impossible made possible 5 min 2 By Ferial Haffajee
ANALYSIS 2026: From founding ideals to patronage politics, the ANC is at a moment of reckoning 8 min 2 By Ferial Haffajee
Sponsored Content Daily Maverick and UCT Summer School 2026 — fearless journalism meets fresh thinking 3 min 0 By Daily Maverick
NGC 2025 Ramaphosa will lead the 2026 ANC local government election campaign as plot rumours fizzle 4 min 6 By Ferial Haffajee
SUCCESSION BATTLE The race to rule the ANC after Cyril — new numbers, new front-runners 7 min 6 By Ferial Haffajee
REFLECTION Mr President, please keep calling Dada Morero — Joburg depends on it 5 min 4 By Ferial Haffajee
SCENE-SETTER Will Ramaphosa stay or go? What you need to know about the ANC’s NGC 4 min 1 By Ferial Haffajee
NDPP SHORTLIST Here are the four women and two men (one dodgy) shortlisted for top anti-corruption job 7 min 6 By Ferial Haffajee
B20 LEGACY Nearly 600 US business leaders at B20 meetings as African business takes centre stage 3 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
