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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:26 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[CHEEP CHEAP LUXURY: Chicken liver — nutritious and delicious but divisive]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Chicken liver is cheap, chic, wholesome and probably prophetic.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Anna Trapido]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-chicken-liver-nutritious-and-delicious-but-divisive/</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>TGIFood</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[CAPE CLASSICS REVISITED: Nelson’s Eye and Magica Roma, still among the Cape’s best]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Some things should never change. Nelson’s Eye, whose title of best steakhouse at the Cape is uncontested by all except those who don’t know any better, is the best example of this. And over in Pinelands, Magica Roma, much younger after opening in the late 1980s, shines as brightly as ever.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tony Jackman]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-nelsons-eye-and-magica-roma-still-among-the-capes-best/</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:04:36 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>TGIFood</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[PASSING THE TORCH: Soweto is setting the stage to remember the youth of 1976]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Jozi My Jozi’s chapter in Soweto has organised a range of unforgettable events  to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the uprising that changed South Africa.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Bridget Hilton-Barber]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-soweto-is-setting-the-stage-to-remember-the-youth-of-1976/</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Life,DM168</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thai king’s eldest daughter dies, aged 47, after long illness, Royal Palace says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[BANGKOK, June 12 (Reuters) - Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest child of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died at 47, the royal palace said on Friday, after multiple health problems and nearly four years in a coma.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-thai-kings-eldest-daughter-dies-aged-47-after-long-illness-royal-palace-says/</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:58:16 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump appeals court order to strip his name from Kennedy Center building]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[June 11 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday filed an appeal of a court order that required Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center and blocked the Republican leader’s bid to close the Washington performing arts venue for a two-year renovation.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-trump-appeals-court-order-to-strip-his-name-from-kennedy-center-building/</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:54:30 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes, France says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[PARIS, June 11 (Reuters) - Israeli firm BlackCore, suspected of interfering in France’s local elections in March, is also suspected of meddling in elections in New York City and Scotland, and operating in Angola and Togo, France’s disinformation detection service, Viginum, said on Thursday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-new-york-and-scotland-votes-france-says/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-israeli-firm-blackcore-suspected-of-meddling-in-new-york-and-scotland-votes-france-says/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:53:27 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Families of Mexico’s disappeared march in the capital as World Cup kicks off]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-families-of-mexicos-disappeared-march-in-the-capital-as-world-cup-kicks-off/</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:51:56 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[AMABHUNGANE: Betting battle joined: SA Reserve Bank probes Betway]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gambling giant Betway has disclosed that it is facing an investigation by the South African Reserve Bank.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Dewald van Rensburg]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-betting-battle-joined-sa-reserve-bank-probes-betway/</link>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[DISASTROUS START: Bafana Bafana’s opening match drought in World Cups continues after Mexico horror show]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Two red cards and zero goals. That’s the summary of South Africa’s first World Cup match in almost two decades as they fell 2-0 to Mexico in the opening match of the 2026 edition.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Yanga Sibembe]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-bafana-bafanas-opening-match-drought-in-world-cups-continues-after-mexico-horror-show/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-12-bafana-bafanas-opening-match-drought-in-world-cups-continues-after-mexico-horror-show/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:22:14 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Fifa World Cup 2026,Sport</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[THE HOLE STORY: ‘Premature and irresponsible’ — No date set to fix collapsing Nelson Mandela Bay roads]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality said this week that it would be ‘premature and irresponsible’ to set a date for fixing two of the metro’s busiest roads, the William Moffat Expressway and Kabega Road, as officials have indicated they are awaiting ‘potential’ funding from the national government.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Estelle Ellis]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-premature-and-irresponsible-no-date-set-to-fix-collapsing-nelson-mandela-bay-roads/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-premature-and-irresponsible-no-date-set-to-fix-collapsing-nelson-mandela-bay-roads/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:13:04 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Nelson Mandela Bay</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[CLASSROOM VIOLENCE OP-ED: We banned corporal punishment but haven’t taught teachers what to replace it with]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Even after its banning, corporal punishment is still being used in some schools and for a new generation of teachers they need to learn to exert discipline in classrooms without the use of the rod.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lynn Chambers and Ndikhokele “DK” Mgcineni]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-we-banned-corporal-punishment-but-havent-taught-teachers-what-to-replace-it-with/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-we-banned-corporal-punishment-but-havent-taught-teachers-what-to-replace-it-with/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:11:37 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Op-eds</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[HIGHER EDUCATION: Deputy minister proposes replacing NSFAS with direct Treasury funding ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[As NSFAS enters its third period under administration, Deputy Minister Mimmy Gondwe has proposed replacing the embattled scheme with direct National Treasury funding to save costs and improve accountability.  ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Siyabonga Goni and Takudzwa Pongweni]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-deputy-minister-proposes-replacing-nsfas-with-direct-treasury-funding-/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-deputy-minister-proposes-replacing-nsfas-with-direct-treasury-funding-/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:06:45 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Maverick Citizen</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[JOBURG MASSACRE: After mass shooting, Cleveland residents fear what will happen when SAPS leaves]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Residents of the Jumpers informal settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg, describe how they’ve lived in fear for years, long before a massacre claimed 12 lives.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Bheki C. Simelane and Anna Cox]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-after-mass-shooting-cleveland-residents-fear-what-will-happen-when-saps-leaves/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-after-mass-shooting-cleveland-residents-fear-what-will-happen-when-saps-leaves/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:32:27 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Johannesburg,Newsdeck</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[NATIONAL STANDARD: Beyond ‘best before’ — Sabs unveils landmark draft plan to tackle food waste crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[‘Best before’ is not ‘use by’. That distinction, long misunderstood across South Africa’s food system, is one of the central clarifications in Sans 2088, the country’s first national framework for food donation and redistribution.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Daniélle Schaafsma]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-beyond-best-before-sabs-unveils-landmark-draft-plan-to-tackle-food-waste-crisis/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-beyond-best-before-sabs-unveils-landmark-draft-plan-to-tackle-food-waste-crisis/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:08:12 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Citizen,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS: Unsafe manganese dust levels trigger health and legal warnings in Nelson Mandela Bay]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Manganese dust has so thoroughly contaminated the air over Nelson Mandela Bay’s harbour and Markman Industrial area that residents are being exposed to levels far beyond legal limits — and city officials knew about it for months without warning them.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Andisa Bonani]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-unsafe-manganese-dust-levels-trigger-health-and-legal-warnings-in-nelson-mandela-bay/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-unsafe-manganese-dust-levels-trigger-health-and-legal-warnings-in-nelson-mandela-bay/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:45:19 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[TEAM GUIDES — GROUP I: French favourites to top ‘Group of Death’, while Norway, Senegal and Iraq pose threats]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Having reached the last two Fifa World Cup finals, France are the favourites to top their group. They will face stiff tests from Norway and Senegal. The fourth team in the group, Iran, will be extra-motivated on the back of off-field issues involving their country and the tournament co-host, the US.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Simen Stamsø-Møller, Vegard Bjelland, Luke Entwistle, Omar Kane and Hassanin Mubarak]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-french-favourites-to-top-group-of-death-while-norway-senegal-and-iraq-pose-threats/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-french-favourites-to-top-group-of-death-while-norway-senegal-and-iraq-pose-threats/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:40:18 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch — The DBE textbook story that South Africa isn’t being told]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Rebecca Davis]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-11-watch-the-dbe-textbook-story-that-south-africa-isnt-being-told/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-11-watch-the-dbe-textbook-story-that-south-africa-isnt-being-told/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:33:32 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Multimedia</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: The battle for Joburg: ANC weighs Chikane, Makhura and Masuku to take on Zille]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[With Johannesburg’s future hanging in the balance, the ANC is considering three very different contenders – Frank Chikane, David Makhura and Loyiso Masuku – as it searches for a heavyweight capable of stopping Helen Zille’s bid for the country’s biggest city.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ferial Haffajee]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-the-battle-for-joburg-anc-weighs-chikane-makhura-and-masuku-to-take-on-zille/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-the-battle-for-joburg-anc-weighs-chikane-makhura-and-masuku-to-take-on-zille/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:32:13 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Johannesburg,Politics</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE: False metric: Government confusing vaccination target with population immunity]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Eighty percent vaccinated over a year is not the same as 80% immune at a point in time. Only a second booster can stop foot-and-mouth disease.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Andrew Morphew]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-false-metric-government-confusing-vaccination-target-with-population-immunity/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-false-metric-government-confusing-vaccination-target-with-population-immunity/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:25:51 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Op-eds</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Parliament’s failure has allowed corruption to flourish and left a nation betrayed]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Zondo and Madlanga Commissions have shown that South Africa’s accountability architecture has been compromised and criminal syndicates have taken full advantage.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tebogo Khaas]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-11-parliaments-failure-has-allowed-corruption-to-flourish-and-left-a-nation-betrayed/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-11-parliaments-failure-has-allowed-corruption-to-flourish-and-left-a-nation-betrayed/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:24:18 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[South Africa’s farming fortunes are positive at the start of 2026]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The farming sector is in a good space despite the challenges of a looming El Niño drought and the continuing foot-and-mouth epidemic.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Wandile Sihlobo]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-11-south-africas-farming-fortunes-are-positive-at-the-start-of-2026/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-11-south-africas-farming-fortunes-are-positive-at-the-start-of-2026/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:22:38 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick,Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Fifty years on, South Africa needs a youth employment revolution]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s calamitous youth unemployment data must spur us to respond decisively. Here’s what that response should look like.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ravi Naidoo]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-11-fifty-years-on-south-africa-needs-a-youth-employment-revolution/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-11-fifty-years-on-south-africa-needs-a-youth-employment-revolution/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:22:13 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[MUNICIPAL PARALYSIS: Nelson Mandela Bay needs 101 remedies, but will anyone implement them?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Resistance from within Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is hampering efforts to implement 101 urgent corrective measures identified by an intervention team, raising fresh concerns about the metro’s ability to recover from years of governance failures.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kyran Blaauw]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-nelson-mandela-bay-needs-101-remedies-but-will-anyone-implement-them/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-nelson-mandela-bay-needs-101-remedies-but-will-anyone-implement-them/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:17:57 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[BREAKDOWN: Medico-legal experts owed more than R121m as RAF claims system buckles]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Road Accident Fund’s medico-legal payments system has been described in Parliament as a web of poor planning, unpaid invoices, procurement confusion and broken accountability, with some medical experts waiting years to be paid for work already used in court. ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Neesa Moodley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-raf-medico-legal-experts-owed-more-than-r121m-as-claims-system-buckles/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-raf-medico-legal-experts-owed-more-than-r121m-as-claims-system-buckles/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:09:51 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[AFTER THE BELL: Hot listing summer returns after a long private market freeze-out]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The AI companies are coming for public money to fund the next phase of whatever they are building for the future of humanity.  ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsey Schutters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-hot-listing-summer-returns-after-a-long-private-market-freeze-out-1/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-hot-listing-summer-returns-after-a-long-private-market-freeze-out-1/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:59:21 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[June 16 was the invoice for our democracy — 50 years on, it remains unpaid]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The road to 27 April 1994, Freedom Day in South Africa, started on the dusty streets of Soweto on 16 June 1976. Had Hector Pieterson not been shot dead that morning he would be a relatively young 62 today. That fact alone – 50 missed years of living – tells us how much he and other youngsters sacrificed in the service of freedom.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Mark Heywood]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-11-june-16-was-the-invoice-for-our-democracy-50-years-on-it-remains-unpaid/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-11-june-16-was-the-invoice-for-our-democracy-50-years-on-it-remains-unpaid/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:52:56 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Citizen,Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[URBAN REGENERATION: Forgotten Bellville is finally getting an overdue ‘glow-up’]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Greater Tygerberg Partnership has convinced the City of Cape Town to stand behind a public-private initiative to illuminate the northern suburban area.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsey Schutters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-forgotten-bellville-is-finally-getting-an-overdue-glow-up/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-forgotten-bellville-is-finally-getting-an-overdue-glow-up/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:41:03 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick,DM168</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[HEALTH TRENDS: Discovery report shows members are living longer, but illness is becoming more complex]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The good news is that Discovery Health Medical Scheme members are living longer. The harder news is that many of those extra years are being spent managing more than one chronic condition.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Neesa Moodley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-discovery-report-shows-members-are-living-longer-but-illness-is-becoming-more-complex/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-discovery-report-shows-members-are-living-longer-but-illness-is-becoming-more-complex/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:39:08 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[PERSONAL FINANCE: Why vehicle insurance premiums differ from one person to the next]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Factors like age, claims history and even where a vehicle is parked can affect the premium. ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Neesa Moodley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-why-vehicle-insurance-premiums-differ-from-one-person-to-the-next/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-why-vehicle-insurance-premiums-differ-from-one-person-to-the-next/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:03:45 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick,DM168</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[INTO THE CATHEDRAL: Echoes of the past: Bafana follow the footsteps of Pelé and Maradona ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sometimes it’s as much about the “where” as the “what”. And tonight, at 9pm SA time, Bafana Bafana will take to the pitch at the magnificent and iconic Azteca Stadium in Mexico City to face the hosts in the opening game of the 2026 World Cup.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Craig Ray]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-echoes-of-the-past-bafana-follow-the-footsteps-of-pele-and-maradona-/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-echoes-of-the-past-bafana-follow-the-footsteps-of-pele-and-maradona-/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:47:07 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Fifa World Cup 2026,Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Youth Day in Soweto: Your must-do June 16 guide
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        <description><![CDATA[It’s been 50 years since the 1976 Soweto uprising, and this weekend Jozi My Jozi invites people to spend a symbolic 76 hours in Soweto. We’ll be spending the weekend there and hope you will join us.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ferial Haffajee]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-your-must-do-june-16-guide-1/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-your-must-do-june-16-guide-1/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:35:36 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Johannesburg</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[EDUCATION REFORM: Government phases out outdated qualifications to boost graduate employability]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In a bid to improve graduate employability and align education with workplace needs, the Department of Higher Education and Training has reviewed 1,475 pre-2009 “legacy” qualifications as part of a major transition towards occupational qualifications that include practical work experience.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Siyabonga Goni]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-government-phases-out-outdated-qualifications-to-boost-graduate-employability/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-government-phases-out-outdated-qualifications-to-boost-graduate-employability/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:56:14 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Maverick Citizen</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[SOCCER FEVER: Madlanga Commission goes green and gold for Bafana’s World Cup opener]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In a rare break from the usual sea of dark suits, the commissioners and evidence leaders at the Madlanga Commission arrived decked out in Bafana Bafana colours on Thursday, showing their support for South Africa before the Fifa World Cup 2026 opener against Mexico.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Vincent Cruywagen]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-madlanga-commission-goes-green-and-gold-for-bafanas-world-cup-opener/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-madlanga-commission-goes-green-and-gold-for-bafanas-world-cup-opener/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:49:24 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[RACE READY: Comrades marks 50th edition of ‘up run’ with big focus on safety]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The 50th Comrades “up run” will be the shortest in recent history, with organisers introducing expanded safety measures for the country’s most iconic race.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Annemieke Thomaidis]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-comrades-marks-50th-edition-of-up-run-with-big-focus-on-safety/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-11-comrades-marks-50th-edition-of-up-run-with-big-focus-on-safety/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:42:17 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[China’s zero-tariff ‘gift’ to Africa could be a Trojan horse in disguise]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[China’s zero tariffs for the next two years to African countries that support the Chinese dragon’s one-China policy provide the continent the opportunity to diversify and add value to its export products off the back of a growing China, or worse, to continue to export raw materials to the Asian giant and therefore remain stuck in the post-colonial raw material exporting trap.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[William Gumede]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-10-chinas-zero-tariff-gift-to-africa-could-be-a-trojan-horse-in-disguise/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-10-chinas-zero-tariff-gift-to-africa-could-be-a-trojan-horse-in-disguise/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 12:19:35 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas,Business Maverick</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Everything you need to know about offshore wind energy in SA]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Offshore wind has become an attractive energy source across the globe, but in South Africa there are challenges.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsay Taylah Moses]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-09-everything-you-need-to-know-about-offshore-wind-energy-in-sa/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-09-everything-you-need-to-know-about-offshore-wind-energy-in-sa/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Crunch time for markets as storm clouds gather ]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[For much of the past month, financial markets have resembled a casino around closing time; it has been loud, overcrowded and powered by a relentless sense of greed. The reckoning, when it came last week, was sharp. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 4.2% on Friday alone, its steepest single day decline since Trump’s infamous ‘Liberation Day’ in April 2025. Global equities shed trillions in market value over just a few sessions. The question investors are now asking, with varying degrees of panic, is: Is this merely a healthy rationalising of valuations, or the opening act of a brutal crash?]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Natale Labia]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-09-crunch-time-for-markets-as-storm-clouds-gather-/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-09-crunch-time-for-markets-as-storm-clouds-gather-/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:55:16 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas,Business Maverick</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Nelson Mandela Bay: A rubbish budget for one of the ‘dirtiest cities in the world’]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The budget includes a refuse tariff increase of 6.5%, effective from 1 July 2026. Households and businesses across Gqeberha, Kariega and Despatch will pay more on their monthly accounts for waste collection. What they will not receive in return is a better service.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Claire Botha]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-09-nelson-mandela-bay-a-rubbish-budget-for-one-of-the-dirtiest-cities-in-the-world/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-09-nelson-mandela-bay-a-rubbish-budget-for-one-of-the-dirtiest-cities-in-the-world/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:20:15 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay,Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Ramaphosa’s migration contradiction: Acknowledging xenophobia while feeding the myth]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The greatest threat facing SA is not migration. It is the growing willingness to blame migrants for problems created by the state itself.    ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-ramaphosas-migration-contradiction-acknowledging-xenophobia-while-feeding-the-myth-1/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-ramaphosas-migration-contradiction-acknowledging-xenophobia-while-feeding-the-myth-1/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:56:46 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Have a heart for those fellow Africans now desperately fleeing our country]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Most people from other African countries are not here because they want to be, but because their countries have been ruined by corrupt elites. Turning our anger on them instead of those elites is the most inhumane and cowardly thing to do.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Mark Heywood]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-have-a-heart-for-those-fellow-africans-now-desperately-fleeing-our-country/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-have-a-heart-for-those-fellow-africans-now-desperately-fleeing-our-country/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:42:48 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[The Cost of Distraction — Why Africa struggles to stay the course]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The left is right. The right is right. And Gogo’s chicks are still gone. Africa’s problem is not democracy, and it is not ideology. It is that we cannot stay focused long enough to build.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Themba Dlamini]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-the-cost-of-distraction-why-africa-struggles-to-stay-the-course/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-08-the-cost-of-distraction-why-africa-struggles-to-stay-the-course/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:28:18 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[AI should make us uncomfortable. That is a good thing 
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        <description><![CDATA[AI’s potential as a force for good is clear; whether it delivers will depend less on the technology than on our ability to think critically in a world increasingly shaped by it.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Jon Foster-Pedley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-ai-should-make-us-uncomfortable-that-is-a-good-thing-/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-ai-should-make-us-uncomfortable-that-is-a-good-thing-/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:36:39 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[AI didn’t break university assessments — it exposed a dangerous lack of graduate capability

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        <description><![CDATA[For a long time, higher education has relied on ‘assessment theatre’ to reward the appearance of learning, but AI has exposed this — and that is not a bad thing.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Fulufhelo Nemavhola]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-ai-didnt-break-university-assessments-it-exposed-a-dangerous-lack-of-graduate-capability/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-ai-didnt-break-university-assessments-it-exposed-a-dangerous-lack-of-graduate-capability/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:17:17 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[How anti-migrant tensions are poisoning our children’s future
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        <description><![CDATA[As anti-migrant sentiments surge in South Africa, children suffer emotionally, absorbing the impact of violence that adults fail to acknowledge.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Livhuwani Ramphabana]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-how-anti-migrant-tensions-are-poisoning-our-childrens-future/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-07-how-anti-migrant-tensions-are-poisoning-our-childrens-future/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 22:14:08 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – The business of school sport: Are children paying the price?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Takudzwa Pongweni]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-07-watch-the-business-of-school-sport-are-children-paying-the-price/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-07-watch-the-business-of-school-sport-are-children-paying-the-price/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 10:06:30 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Sport</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[TotalEnergies appeal exposes the new face of climate misinformation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The real battle over greenwashing is no longer about whether claims are true. It is about whether they are sufficiently truthful.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Noxolo Mfocwa]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-05-totalenergies-appeal-exposes-the-new-face-of-climate-misinformation/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-05-totalenergies-appeal-exposes-the-new-face-of-climate-misinformation/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:24:57 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Editing the present for the future: Who gets to decide what we remember?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[In a world where information is constantly being organised, prioritised and filtered before it reaches us, how do we construct a public memory that future generations will inherit.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Ntsikelelo Ngaleka]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-05-editing-the-present-for-the-future-who-gets-to-decide-what-we-remember/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-05-editing-the-present-for-the-future-who-gets-to-decide-what-we-remember/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:20:30 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Executive political leadership: Why a ‘super president’ won’t fix South Africa’s problems]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Successive South African presidents haven’t taken advantage of the power at their disposal, but future leaders should exercise their authority more broadly.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Craig Bailie]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-executive-political-leadership-why-a-super-president-wont-fix-south-africas-problems/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-executive-political-leadership-why-a-super-president-wont-fix-south-africas-problems/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:18:57 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Draft deeds bill fails to address the township family house crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Since there is no legal category of a ‘family home’ available within the deeds system, families in townships across South Africa must defend their homes without the benefit of the law.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[David Dickinson]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-draft-deeds-bill-fails-to-address-the-township-family-house-crisis/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-06-04-draft-deeds-bill-fails-to-address-the-township-family-house-crisis/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – They never gave up: Families fight for justice over apartheid-era atrocities]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Marianne Thamm and Caryn Dolley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-03-watch-they-never-gave-up-families-fight-for-justice-over-apartheid-era-atrocities/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-06-03-watch-they-never-gave-up-families-fight-for-justice-over-apartheid-era-atrocities/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:23:56 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Multimedia</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Mounting evidence suggests rise of Mexican cartel activity in Mzansi]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Caryn Dolley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-05-26-watch-mounting-evidence-suggests-rise-of-mexican-cartel-activity-in-mzansi/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-05-26-watch-mounting-evidence-suggests-rise-of-mexican-cartel-activity-in-mzansi/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 21:33:40 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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