Maverick Citizen

Maverick Citizen

STRUCTURAL EXCLUSION OP-ED

How gender-responsive budgeting in South Africa can combat entrenched inequality

4 min

By Juhi Kasan, Kirsten Pearson, Lisa Higginson, Thokozile Madonko, Aliya Chikte and Matshidiso Lencoasa

FUNDING CRISIS

Students out in the cold as NSFAS faces R10.6bn budget shortfall for universities

4 min

By Siyabonga Goni

Maverick News

Remembering Babita Deokaran

1 min

By Zukiswa Pikoli

HEALTHCARE RAIDS

Operation Dudula blockades deny migrants access to at least 53 clinics countrywide

7 min

By Lerato Mutsila

LEARNING CURVE

Teachers must embrace AI or get left behind, G20 National Education Indaba hears

3 min

By Siyabonga Goni

NEGLECTED PANDEMIC OP-ED

How vaccines could help combat drug resistance and transform SA's public health outcomes

5 min

By Elloise du Toit, Erta Kalanxhi and Adrian Brink

BHEKISISA

Does SA need a Covid-like ministerial advisory committee to deal with HIV funding cuts?

9 min

By Mia Malan, Tanya Pampalone, Thatego Mashabela, Anna-Maria van Niekerk and Jessica Pitchford

GROWING LIVELIHOODS

‘The purpose of my life is to help people stop hunger,’ says cancer survivor and agripreneur

6 min

By Naledi Sikhakhane

SPOTLIGHT

Dragon slayer — Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana battles obesity, ‘SA’s new HIV epidemic’

8 min

By Ufrieda Ho

CREATING SAFE SPACES

Pillars of support — Meet the women creating safe spaces in their communities

6 min

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

‘UNJUST AND A BETRAYAL’

NPA eyes prosecution of Mahlangu and Manamela for only two Life Esidimeni deaths

6 min

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

SOBER TRUTH OP-ED

Take the liquor industry’s claims on pricing with a fistful of salt

5 min

By David Harrison

SANTACO: Our ride or DIE

1 min

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS

UNEQUAL OUTCOMES

UN report highlights need for social protection to promote gender equality

6 min

By Silke Staab

CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 18-24 AUGUST

World Humanitarian Day, symposium honouring Babita Deokaran and more events in civil society

5 min

By Lerato Mutsila

‘TARGETED ATTACK’

Cape Town journalists march in solidarity with media workers targeted and killed in Gaza

6 min

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

MATERNAL SUPPORT OP-ED

When will SA provide maternity protections to women in the informal economy?

5 min

By Janine Hicks, Ziona Tanzer and Rahima Essop

BHEKISISA

Proposed food warning labels aim to simplify healthy eating for consumers

6 min

By Zano Kunene

BOOK REVIEW

Frantz Fanon: A revolutionary life explored in Adam Shatz’s compelling new biography

6 min

By Mark Heywood

HEALTH DRIVE

PinkDrive's innovative campaign aims to screen 12,000 people and educate communities on cancer

4 min

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

CARTOON

Women's Month

1 min

By Nathi and UBUNTOONS

DM is much better if you are signed in...

STRUCTURAL EXCLUSION OP-ED

How gender-responsive budgeting in South Africa can combat entrenched inequality

FUNDING CRISIS

Students out in the cold as NSFAS faces R10.6bn budget shortfall for universities

Maverick News

Remembering Babita Deokaran

HEALTHCARE RAIDS

Operation Dudula blockades deny migrants access to at least 53 clinics countrywide

LEARNING CURVE

Teachers must embrace AI or get left behind, G20 National Education Indaba hears

NEGLECTED PANDEMIC OP-ED

How vaccines could help combat drug resistance and transform SA's public health outcomes

BHEKISISA

Does SA need a Covid-like ministerial advisory committee to deal with HIV funding cuts?

GROWING LIVELIHOODS

‘The purpose of my life is to help people stop hunger,’ says cancer survivor and agripreneur

SPOTLIGHT

Dragon slayer — Dr Nomathemba Chandiwana battles obesity, ‘SA’s new HIV epidemic’

CREATING SAFE SPACES

Pillars of support — Meet the women creating safe spaces in their communities

‘UNJUST AND A BETRAYAL’

NPA eyes prosecution of Mahlangu and Manamela for only two Life Esidimeni deaths

SOBER TRUTH OP-ED

Take the liquor industry’s claims on pricing with a fistful of salt