IN PICTURES Big heart beats no more: Dolly Parton, legendary country music icon, dies at 80 5 min 0 By Daily Maverick Photo Team
THE CONVERSATION Can Ozempic prevent cancer? A doctor explains why the headlines are easy to misread 5 min 0 By Ziyad Al-Aly
THE INTERVIEW Irene Bourquin: The doula putting education at the centre of pregnancy care 6 min 1 By Lucinda Jolly
THE CONVERSATION Small talk acts like social glue – here’s how to get better at it 3 min 0 By Jessica Robles
BHEKISISA The first generic weight loss drug has hit SA — will it be enough to kill the black market? 11 min 0 By Tanya Pampalone, Mia Malan and Anna-Maria van Niekerk
POETRY CORNER Arrive at your own door: on feathered things and finally meeting the self 5 min 0 By Rethabile Masilo
IN PICTURES While the city sleeps, this Joburg mother’s daily grind as a waste picker begins 5 min 0 By Felix Dlangamandla and Reitumetse Pilane
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IN PICTURES Swimming training for Gaza’s children, and more from around the world 5 min 0 By Daily Maverick Photo Team
TIMELESS CULTURE Forty years of Graceland: How Paul Simon and the SA music industry created a masterpiece 9 min 0 By J Brooks Spector
REFLECTION e.ID: A Fugue stages our digital identity crisis through vigorous choreography 7 min 0 By Keith Bain
THE CONVERSATION Deep friendship can feel rare to find – here’s how to build better connections 3 min 0 By Sam Carr
THEATRE REVIEW Prima Facie puts SA’s sexual violence crisis and broken legal system on stage 6 min 0 By Keith Bain
JOZI JOY A call becomes a chorus as inner-city festival takes flight 3 min 0 By Bridget Hilton-Barber
BOOK EXCERPT The Untouchables: A journalist’s career, vindicated in real time 5 min 0 By Caryn Dolley