Maverick Citizen

Maverick Citizen

NATIONAL CRISIS

Presidential Youth Employment Initiative delivers 76,000 jobs in Q4 — but it’s a drop in the ocean

5 min

By Lerato Mutsila

SPOTLIGHT

Understanding shingles: Risks, vaccination gaps, and the quest for better health solutions

6 min

By Catherine Tomlinson for Spotlight

WORLD HUNGER DAY

SA food system ‘is not broken’ — there is a lack of will to ensure food security

5 min

By Naledi Sikhakhane

CHANGEMAKER

Single mom and Cape Town activist Yumna Alexander gives adults a second chance through night schools

4 min

By Siyabonga Goni

SPOTLIGHT

Are children living with HIV being left behind? Here’s what the stats tell us

10 min

By Elri Voigt

BHEKISISA OP-ED

Trump’s HIV funding cuts will also exacerbate diabetes, cervical cancer and depression

7 min

By Zano Kunene

BHEKISISA OP-ED

Data drought: How funding losses are compromising South Africa's HIV response efforts

7 min

By Ida Jooste

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT

Constitutional rights for children: An urgent call for early childhood development in South Africa

4 min

By Nobukhosi Zulu-Taruza, Tess Peacock, Nurina Ally, Cameron McConnachie, Daniel Peter Al-Naddaf and Mmatsetshweu Ruby Motaung

WORLD HUNGER DAY

Ten unacceptable facts about hunger in South Africa on World Hunger Day

3 min

By Stephen Devereux, Busiso Moyo and Mark Heywood

WORLD HUNGER DAY OP-ED

Empty promises, empty stomachs — South Africa’s hunger emergency

3 min

By Scott Drimie and Kennedy Dzama

OUTLIER

SA children say they really like to read, despite dismal reading test results

8 min

By Laura Grant and Ro Manoim

OUTLIER

A wake-up call for education: Lessons from Peru's successful literacy reform journey

8 min

By Laura Grant and Ro Manoim

Heavy-handed

1 min

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS

CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH — 26-29 MAY

Unpacking obstetric violence in Africa, World Hunger Day discussion and examining NDPP appointment processes

3 min

By Lerato Mutsila

HUNGER STRUGGLE

From shoplifting to watered-down formula — desperate new moms and SA’s malnutrition crisis

5 min

By Lillian Roberts

AFRICA DAY 2025 OP-ED

Empowering Africa: How education and AI can transform our food systems for the future

4 min

By Kurt Ackermann

CHILD PROTECTION REGISTER

‘Vetting crisis’ — thousands of Gauteng scholar transport drivers not screened against offenders list

5 min

By Takudzwa Pongweni

SICK STATES OP-ED

SA should ditch its woefully inequitable and expensive American health system

4 min

By Robert Yates

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED

Nursing in South Africa: A passionate calling under siege by budget cuts and safety risks

7 min

By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight

EMPOWERMENT DRIVE

Rural nonprofit boosts fight against gender-based violence and femicide scourge in Eastern Cape

4 min

By Naledi Sikhakhane

XENOPHOBIA OP-ED

From apartheid silence to today’s hatred – shame on the politicians

5 min

By Mike Ndlovu

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

NATIONAL CRISIS

Presidential Youth Employment Initiative delivers 76,000 jobs in Q4 — but it’s a drop in the ocean

SPOTLIGHT

Understanding shingles: Risks, vaccination gaps, and the quest for better health solutions

WORLD HUNGER DAY

SA food system ‘is not broken’ — there is a lack of will to ensure food security

CHANGEMAKER

Single mom and Cape Town activist Yumna Alexander gives adults a second chance through night schools

SPOTLIGHT

Are children living with HIV being left behind? Here’s what the stats tell us

BHEKISISA OP-ED

Trump’s HIV funding cuts will also exacerbate diabetes, cervical cancer and depression

BHEKISISA OP-ED

Data drought: How funding losses are compromising South Africa's HIV response efforts

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT

Constitutional rights for children: An urgent call for early childhood development in South Africa

WORLD HUNGER DAY

Ten unacceptable facts about hunger in South Africa on World Hunger Day

WORLD HUNGER DAY OP-ED

Empty promises, empty stomachs — South Africa’s hunger emergency

OUTLIER

SA children say they really like to read, despite dismal reading test results

OUTLIER

A wake-up call for education: Lessons from Peru's successful literacy reform journey