People of the Year People of the Year 2024 — The good, the bad and the ugly 6 min 0 By Daily Maverick
2024 PEOPLE OF THE YEAR Dirtbag of the Year: Russia plunges ahead with war on environment 4 min 7 By Tiara Walters
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR Let’s do what the ancients exhort us to do: adopt a generosity of spirit towards each other 5 min 4 By Heather Robertson
DM OUR BURNING PLANET RUNNER-UP POLLUTER OF THE YEAR 2022 eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda nearly tops the pile for sewage in our sea water 2 min 0 By Asive Mabula
DM INTERNATIONAL PERSON OF THE YEAR RUNNERS UP 2022 Iranian women’s cries of ‘freedom and equality’ inspired by Mahsa Amini’s death 3 min 0 By Asive Mabula
DM INTERNATIONAL PERSON OF THE YEAR 2022 Zelensky, the Jewish lawyer-turned-comic-turned-actual president who pulled off a military miracle 5 min 7 By J Brooks Spector
INTERNATIONAL VILLAIN OF THE YEAR 2022 Vladimir Putin assumes wicked character role in an explosion of Soviet myths 5 min 3 By J Brooks Spector
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR Out with the old, in with the new – our bumper edition looks back on 2022, and into the crystal ball 4 min 1 By Heather Robertson
