COUNCIL CRISIS

Joburg to get another no-name brand mayor as Thapelo Amad walks the plank

3 min

9

By Ferial Haffajee

THE GREAT ESCAPE

37-day head start: Guptas’ lawyers knew about failed extradition long before SA was informed

4 min

34

By Ferial Haffajee

THE GREAT ESCAPE

Dubai prosecutors confirmed in writing that the Gupta extradition documents were in order

3 min

28

By Ferial Haffajee

GREAT ESCAPE

South Africa set to démarche UAE ambassador on Guptas’ extradition judgment failure

2 min

17

By Ferial Haffajee

JEREMY GORDIN FUNERAL

When death comes violently to Johannesburg — murder in the city, and love

5 min

13

By Ferial Haffajee

'SHUTDOWN' SHOWDOWN

Courts, cops, private security and civil society put a halt to the EFF’s politics of violent insurrection

4 min

45

By Ferial Haffajee

ROLLING BLACKOUTS BACKLASH

Torched by power cuts, the middle class will load shed the ANC in 2024 – survey

3 min

29

By Ferial Haffajee

DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR

The answer to blackouts? Emigrating or not voting for the ANC are among the solutions, a survey finds

3 min

5

By Victoria O’Regan

THE SHUFFLE

Can Ramaphosa's new Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, turn around a country without power?

3 min

18

By Ferial Haffajee

SPIES R US

Ramaphosa gets second bloody Phala Phala nose in two weeks

3 min

16

By Ferial Haffajee

DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR

Weak candidates make the cut in public service due to 'exceptionally' low requirements - report

5 min

3

By Victoria O’Regan

POLITICS & POWER

Which minister told former Eskom boss André de Ruyter, ‘you have to enable some people to eat a little bit’?

3 min

30

By Ferial Haffajee

CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 27 FEBRUARY-4 MARCH

This week – Eskom crisis and public ownership, the Expropriation Bill, World NGO Day and escaping the inequality trap

5 min

0

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

ESKOM HOMOPHONES

Cops defend detectives who confused De Ruyter’s ‘cyanide poisoning’ with ‘sinus problems’

4 min

30

By Ferial Haffajee

LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS

Ramaphosa to go for Cabinet reshuffle lite — the power lies in his super Presidency

5 min

25

By Ferial Haffajee

WATER CRISIS

Day Zero for Ramaphosa, too, as Joburg taps run dry for tens of thousands

3 min

13

By Ferial Haffajee

LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE

Mpho Phalatse vs John Steenhuisen – who will win?

4 min

28

By Ferial Haffajee

EXPLAINER

Mabuza wants out, Mashatile wants in — new plot turn in South Africa’s game of thrones

2 min

5

By Ferial Haffajee

THE SHUFFLE

David Mabuza offers to step down if Cyril Ramaphosa wishes him to make way for a new deputy

3 min

8

By Ferial Haffajee

POWER CRISIS

Ramaphosa routed the RET faction – but rolling blackouts could floor him

6 min

38

By Ferial Haffajee

ENERGY EMERGENCY

Government plans to focus on six ailing power stations to resolve the electricity crisis

3 min

49

By Ferial Haffajee