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    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:30:07 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lula and Bolsonaro statistically tied in potential Brazil runoff, polls suggest]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro remain statistically tied in simulated runoffs ahead of next month's election, two polls showed on Monday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-lula-and-bolsonaro-statistically-tied-in-potential-brazil-runoff-polls-suggest/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:41:52 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[CNN, MS NOW and Politico sue Trump, challenging White House ban]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - CNN, MS NOW and Politico sued President Donald Trump and other members of his administration on Monday for banning them from White House grounds, saying the action violated their rights to free speech and a free press under the US Constitution's First Amendment.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-sue-trump-challenging-white-house-ban/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:36:32 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[THE LONG INTERVIEW: Serial entrepreneur Emma Grede wants women to talk about money]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The co-founder of Skims and Good American reflects on midlife, her new book Start With Yourself and financial independence for women.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Emilie Gambade]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-22-serial-entrepreneur-emma-grede-wants-women-to-talk-about-money/</link>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Life,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[SAPS IN CRISIS: Top cop arrested for alleged rape and sexual grooming amid Madlanga inquiry, GBV scourge]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A senior South African Police Service officer is facing criminal charges for allegedly raping a teen in a Sandton hotel earlier this year and recently sexually grooming a 16-year-old girl. Acting National Police Commissioner Puleng Dimpane has reiterated that an officer’s seniority or rank does not place them above the law.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Caryn Dolley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-top-cop-arrested-for-alleged-rape-and-sexual-grooming-amid-madlanga-inquiry-gbv-scourge/</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:59:04 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[FEMICIDE CRISIS: Two in court for Ekurhuleni murder, but police yet to connect wave of killings]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Police have made arrests in a case involving one of the nine murdered women in Ekurhuleni, but have shed little light on the broader killings, with two women in the dock and a male suspect released due to a lack of evidence.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reitumetse Pilane]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-two-in-court-for-ekurhuleni-murder-but-police-yet-to-connect-wave-of-killings/</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:16:35 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[MADLANGA COMMISSION: Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni describes ‘avalanche’ of deaths, defends ‘jogging’ texts]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Taxi boss Joe ‘Ferrari’ Sibanyoni tells the Madlanga Commission that he denies hiring hitmen or having corrupt police ties, defends WhatsApp messages and explains taxi ‘izinkabi’ (usually referring to contract killers), while facing extortion and cartel allegations.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Vincent Cruywagen]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-joe-ferrari-sibanyoni-describes-avalanche-of-deaths-defends-jogging-texts/</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:53:12 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Singing lemurs may use a soprano-like trick to project songs]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sept 21 (Reuters) - When an opera singer reaches for a high note, a subtle shift in the shape of the mouth and throat can make the sound carry farther. New research shows that one of Madagascar's most unusual animals — a singing lemur — may be doing something similar high in the rainforest canopy.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-singing-lemurs-may-use-a-soprano-like-trick-to-project-songs/</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:30:54 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[LIVING NIGHTMARE: QwaQwa residents battle 10-year water, electricity outage ‘nightmare’]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Severe water and electricity outages stemming from ageing infrastructure and chronic mismanagement are leaving communities in the QwaQwa region of the Free State without access to basic services. Local families, schools and businesses face daily struggles, with many residents forced to trek long distances for water.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tamsin Metelerkamp]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-qwaqwa-residents-battle-10-year-water-electricity-outage-nightmare/</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:15:03 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Citizen,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Trump approval falls to career low of 32% as high costs bite, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 32% - the lowest of his political career - as his fellow Republicans soured on his handling of the cost of living amid the unpopular Iran war, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-trump-approval-falls-to-career-low-of-32-as-high-costs-bite-reutersipsos-poll-finds/</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:06:11 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Hill-Lewis links Ekurhuleni killings to DA’s campaign to empower ‘trustworthy’ metro cops]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The DA has offered a R500,000 award for information on the women killed in Ekurhuleni, but in the lead-up to the local government elections, DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis has also used the killings to make a broader argument about policing powers and the state of the EMPD.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lunga Simelane]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-hill-lewis-links-ekurhuleni-killings-to-das-campaign-to-empower-trustworthy-metro-cops/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-hill-lewis-links-ekurhuleni-killings-to-das-campaign-to-empower-trustworthy-metro-cops/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:05:54 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Politics</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wisdom of Solomon: Hallucination-free (hopefully) — new draft AI policy will be ready by March, says Malatsi]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[It’s all fun and digital sovereignty until someone uses AI to draft a new national AI policy and you’re the minister who has to withdraw it.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Lindsey Schutters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-hallucination-free-hopefully-new-draft-ai-policy-will-be-ready-by-march-says-malatsi/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-hallucination-free-hopefully-new-draft-ai-policy-will-be-ready-by-march-says-malatsi/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[INVESTING IN THE FUTURE: Beyond the World Cup — Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry gives Boks, All Blacks cash lifeline]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[While the recent Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series between the Springboks and All Blacks was a rousing on-field success, it is also a long-term financial stabiliser for the two stressed unions.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Craig Ray]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-beyond-the-world-cup-rugbys-greatest-rivalry-gives-boks-all-blacks-cash-lifeline/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-beyond-the-world-cup-rugbys-greatest-rivalry-gives-boks-all-blacks-cash-lifeline/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 20:41:30 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Sport,Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[PROJECT COAST: Apartheid’s covert operation that built and dismantled SA’s biological weapons programme]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The first of six parts on the biological programmes that went by the benign name of Project Coast – a covert endeavour representing some of the worst practices in building and dismantling a biological weapons capability responsibly. Profound lessons can be learnt about how to – and how not to – govern high-consequence programmes.         ]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Wilmot James, Brendan Beng and Andrea Uhlig]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-apartheids-covert-operation-that-built-and-dismantled-sas-biological-weapons-programme-1/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-apartheids-covert-operation-that-built-and-dismantled-sas-biological-weapons-programme-1/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:55:03 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Op-eds</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[More technology doesn’t always mean better classroom learning]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Sweden’s retreat from screens prompts questions about the value of digital learning.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Stephen Mahony]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-more-technology-doesnt-always-mean-better-classroom-learning/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-more-technology-doesnt-always-mean-better-classroom-learning/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:14:24 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[GROUNDUP: Police and NPA liable for Gqeberha murder by man out on bail]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Gqeberha High Court has found the minister of police and National Director of Public Prosecutions negligent.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tania Broughton]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-police-and-npa-liable-for-gqeberha-murder-by-man-out-on-bail/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-police-and-npa-liable-for-gqeberha-murder-by-man-out-on-bail/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:13:54 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Nelson Mandela Bay</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[SA’s xenophobia reflects a blindspot that now demands a continental response]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s persistent xenophobic violence against African immigrants is fuelled by economic grievances and political scapegoating, despite evidence challenging claims that migrants are responsible for jobs, crime and pressure on public services. The violence has now become a wider continental problem requiring stronger political leadership from South Africa and other African governments.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Azu Ishiekwene]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-sas-xenophobia-reflects-a-blindspot-that-now-demands-a-continental-response/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-sas-xenophobia-reflects-a-blindspot-that-now-demands-a-continental-response/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:56:38 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Windbag Mbalula’s stupidity is emblematic of the ANC’s plunge into ignominy]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[There is a lot wrong with the ANC, so the stupidity of its secretary-general should ordinarily be the least of our concerns. However, he shows us why the party has become the punchline in a bad joke.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Mondli Makhanya]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-windbag-mbalulas-stupidity-is-emblematic-of-the-ancs-plunge-into-ignominy/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-windbag-mbalulas-stupidity-is-emblematic-of-the-ancs-plunge-into-ignominy/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:54:41 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Analysis</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[How parliamentary haste sabotaged procurement reform and delayed transformation]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Parliament’s haste has sabotaged critical procurement reform, resulting in the Constitutional Court invalidating the Public Procurement Act. This rushed legislation causes delayed transformation, and to prevent this in the future, there needs to be strict public participation rules and recorded votes to prevent failures.&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Daryl Swanepoel]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-how-parliamentary-haste-sabotaged-procurement-reform-and-delayed-transformation/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-21-how-parliamentary-haste-sabotaged-procurement-reform-and-delayed-transformation/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:53:13 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[After the Bell: Everyone’s doing the side-hustle shuffle — just don’t hide your job-juggling]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[One or two or three or four jobs – that’s how we roll these days. And as long as you don’t take the approach of a certain V&amp;A Waterfront staffer, most employers are okay with it.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Stephen Grootes]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-everyones-doing-the-side-hustle-shuffle-just-dont-hide-your-job-juggling/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-everyones-doing-the-side-hustle-shuffle-just-dont-hide-your-job-juggling/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:46:31 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Business Maverick</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[THE CONVERSATION: Why long gaps between meals may not be healthy for older people]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Going for much of the day without eating is often promoted as a way to improve health or lose weight. But a new study suggests that long gaps between meals may have different effects on older adults – especially those in the oldest age groups.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Adrián Carballo Casla]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-why-long-gaps-between-meals-may-not-be-healthy-for-older-people/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-why-long-gaps-between-meals-may-not-be-healthy-for-older-people/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Life</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kremlin says AfD’s victory in Germany due in large part to lack of cheap Russian gas]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Kremlin said on Monday that the far-right Alternative for Germany's (AfD) first place in a state election in northeastern Germany was in large part due to Berlin no longer buying cheap Russian gas and choosing to buy expensive US energy instead.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-kremlin-says-afds-victory-in-germany-due-in-large-part-to-lack-of-cheap-russian-gas/</link>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:16:44 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Three South Korean soldiers injured in DMZ blast near border, military says]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Three South Korean military officers were injured on Monday in an unexplained explosion while conducting an operation in the western sector of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-three-south-korean-soldiers-injured-in-dmz-blast-near-border-military-says/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-three-south-korean-soldiers-injured-in-dmz-blast-near-border-military-says/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:17:29 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Spanish PM Sanchez says AI industry cannot be self-regulated]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence cannot be self-regulated by those who control the technology, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-spanish-pm-sanchez-says-ai-industry-cannot-be-self-regulated/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-spanish-pm-sanchez-says-ai-industry-cannot-be-self-regulated/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:17:25 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[North Korea says new sanctions cannot block development, KCNA reports]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[North Korea said on Monday it would not tolerate what it called hostile forces' efforts to curb Pyongyang's cooperation with other countries, adding that no new sanctions would block its development or defence of its core interests, state media KCNA reported, citing a Foreign Ministry spokesperson.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-north-korea-says-new-sanctions-cannot-block-development-kcna-reports/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-north-korea-says-new-sanctions-cannot-block-development-kcna-reports/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:17:18 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[South Korea presidential chief of staff resigns amid slide in support for Lee]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's chief of staff, Kang Hoon-sik, offered to resign on Monday, the presidential office said, following weeks of declines in Lee's approval ratings that have been partly blamed on failed ministerial nominations.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-south-korea-presidential-chief-of-staff-resigns-amid-slide-in-support-for-lee/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-south-korea-presidential-chief-of-staff-resigns-amid-slide-in-support-for-lee/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:17:12 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[GROUNDUP: This Eastern Cape town only gets water for an hour a day]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Kou-Kamma Local Municipality says it needs R210-million to upgrade and maintain water and sanitation infrastructure.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Marecia Damons]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-this-eastern-cape-town-only-gets-water-for-an-hour-a-day/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-this-eastern-cape-town-only-gets-water-for-an-hour-a-day/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:12:47 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News,Nelson Mandela Bay</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: JM Coetzee’s biblical trilogy comes to screen in daring cinematic saga]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Tiago Guedes’s Aquí ambitiously adapts Coetzee’s Jesus trilogy into an on-screen saga that’s rich in biblical allusion and philosophical enquiry but occasionally losing narrative momentum.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kristen Harding]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-jm-coetzees-biblical-trilogy-comes-to-screen-in-daring-cinematic-saga/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-jm-coetzees-biblical-trilogy-comes-to-screen-in-daring-cinematic-saga/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick Life</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[France vows response after Iran closes language centre in Tehran]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (Reuters)&nbsp;-&nbsp;France will summon Iran's ambassador and take appropriate measures in response after Iranian authorities sealed a French language centre affiliated with its embassy in Tehran, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.&nbsp;]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-france-vows-response-after-iran-closes-language-centre-in-tehran/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-france-vows-response-after-iran-closes-language-centre-in-tehran/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:49:09 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Australia to seek UN security council seat from 2029]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[SYDNEY, Sept 21 (Reuters)&nbsp;-&nbsp;Australia will bid to join the United Nations Security Council from 2029, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, as he launched a campaign to secure one of the two non-permanent seats available to its bloc.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Reuters]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-australia-to-seek-un-security-council-seat-from-2029/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-21-australia-to-seek-un-security-council-seat-from-2029/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 04:47:36 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>World</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Looming El Niño threatens to shatter SA’s summer harvest triumph]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[There are still ample  supplies in the silos across the country after a record harvest, but concerns about the effects of El Niño on the season ahead seem to be driving up commodity prices.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Wandile Sihlobo]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-looming-el-nino-threatens-to-shatter-sas-summer-harvest-triumph/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-looming-el-nino-threatens-to-shatter-sas-summer-harvest-triumph/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 22:46:29 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When women live in fear, none of us can remain neutral]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The discovery of women’s bodies across Ekurhuleni has once again brought South Africa’s gender-based violence crisis into sharp focus. But outrage alone will not make women safer. Universities, communities and men themselves must confront the cultures that enable violence, strengthen systems of accountability and turn concern into sustained action.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Jerome September]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-when-women-live-in-fear-none-of-us-can-remain-neutral/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-when-women-live-in-fear-none-of-us-can-remain-neutral/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:45:27 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Beyond broken cameras — the surveillance tech needed to protect SA women]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Across the globe, CCTV cameras and AI software are being used to scour tens of thousands of hours of footage to help find the missing. It is time for South Africa to do the same.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[D Khosa]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-beyond-broken-cameras-the-surveillance-tech-needed-to-protect-sa-women/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-20-beyond-broken-cameras-the-surveillance-tech-needed-to-protect-sa-women/</guid>
        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 17:58:57 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Monday Cane — performative justice that prioritises retribution over protection]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s cycle of violence exposes the limits of punishment after the fact when prevention, policing and intervention fail beforehand. When retribution becomes the most visible response, justice risks becoming a performance rather than a system capable of protecting people and deterring violence.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Themba Dlamini]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-the-monday-cane-performative-justice-that-prioritises-retribution-over-protection/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-the-monday-cane-performative-justice-that-prioritises-retribution-over-protection/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:39:21 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why no teen builds a resilient identity alone]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Who are you when you grow up feeling hungry, unsafe and excluded from opportunity? Who do you trust, and who do you turn to? Just how far does self-motivation take you in Tembisa, Umlazi or Nyanga?]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Abigail Wood and Linda Theron]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-why-no-teen-builds-a-resilient-identity-alone/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-why-no-teen-builds-a-resilient-identity-alone/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:18:35 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Violence is South Africa’s unofficial 13th language]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa has a 13th language, which saturates daily life and numbs society through its staggering brutality.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Kenneth Diole]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-violence-is-south-africas-unofficial-13th-language/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-18-violence-is-south-africas-unofficial-13th-language/</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:15:22 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Community groups are preventing Joburg from collapsing — they need more support]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[I am usually the voice of doom and gloom coming through your television or radio, speaking about everything that is wrong with Johannesburg. It may therefore surprise some people to learn that I remain optimistic about the future of the city I love.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Julia Fish]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-17-community-groups-are-preventing-joburg-from-collapsing-they-need-more-support/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-17-community-groups-are-preventing-joburg-from-collapsing-they-need-more-support/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:34:28 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas,Johannesburg</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[When the GBV campaign hashtags fade, the fear doesn’t]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[More needs to be done than relying on once-a-year campaigns like Women’s Month to fight gender-based violence. What is needed is a shift from expecting women to self-manage their safety toward systemic accountability, effective law enforcement and active male responsibility.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Maryam C Adewunmi]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-when-the-gbv-campaign-hashtags-fade-the-fear-doesnt/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-when-the-gbv-campaign-hashtags-fade-the-fear-doesnt/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:48:31 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[SA’s young voters are not apathetic, they are auditing an unresponsive democracy]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Young South Africans are not apathetic but increasingly unconvinced that voting translates into accountability, as broken promises and unresponsive local institutions erode trust in democracy. The answer is not another lecture to ‘show up’, but a system that keeps a visible ledger of promises, performance and consequences.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Themba Dlamini]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-sas-young-voters-are-not-apathetic-they-are-auditing-an-unresponsive-democracy/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-sas-young-voters-are-not-apathetic-they-are-auditing-an-unresponsive-democracy/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:36:35 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Resetting and renewing Idac won’t solve SA’s corruption crisis]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[A new, reformed Investigating Directorate Against Corruption needs to be a fully independent, single-entity anti-corruption body — outside executive control and potentially under Chapter 9 — to effectively combat grand corruption and restore the rule of law.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Paul Hoffman]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-resetting-and-renewing-idac-wont-solve-sas-corruption-crisis/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-resetting-and-renewing-idac-wont-solve-sas-corruption-crisis/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:13:22 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Tamsin Metelerkamp]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-16-watch-inside-sassas-grant-review-queues-outages-suspensions/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-16-watch-inside-sassas-grant-review-queues-outages-suspensions/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 20:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Disturbing diplomacy is part of US bid to pressure SA]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[It is surely no coincidence that the US statements about visa restrictions against South Africans were made just before the planting of crosses in Washington to highlight farm murders.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Dawie Jacobs]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-disturbing-diplomacy-is-part-of-us-bid-to-pressure-sa/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-16-disturbing-diplomacy-is-part-of-us-bid-to-pressure-sa/</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:44:46 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Animal welfare is a real crisis, but Cape Town’s draft bylaw regulates the wrong things]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The City of Cape Town’s draft Animal Keeping Bylaw misdirects its regulatory efforts, targeting compliant pet owners and small groomers rather than the informal breeders driving the animal welfare crisis.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Brett Herron]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-15-animal-welfare-is-a-real-crisis-but-cape-towns-draft-bylaw-regulates-the-wrong-things/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-15-animal-welfare-is-a-real-crisis-but-cape-towns-draft-bylaw-regulates-the-wrong-things/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:08:15 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lenacapavir rollout a major HIV milestone but the real test is keeping people protected]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s new HIV-prevention medicine offers considerable hope, but we must follow what happens to the people who receive it for maximum benefit.]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Colleen Aldous]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-15-lenacapavir-rollout-a-major-hiv-milestone-but-the-real-test-is-keeping-people-protected/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-15-lenacapavir-rollout-a-major-hiv-milestone-but-the-real-test-is-keeping-people-protected/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 20:01:59 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Opinionistas</category>
        
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        <title><![CDATA[Stop teaching women how not to be murdered and focus on the men killing them]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[How much more careful must we become? How many more routes must we abandon, streets avoid and public spaces surrender before we admit that the problem is not that women are insufficiently cautious?]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Cassandra Gudlhuza]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-15-stop-teaching-women-how-not-to-be-murdered-and-focus-on-the-men-killing-them/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-15-stop-teaching-women-how-not-to-be-murdered-and-focus-on-the-men-killing-them/</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 10:58:27 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Workers’ trillions should rebuild SA for all, not feed financial speculation for the few]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The Public Investment Corporation and Government Employees Pension Fund need to move away from financial markets and private deal-making to where billions of rands are released to fund public housing, water, transport and job-creating infrastructure projects.&nbsp;]]></description>
        
        <author><![CDATA[Brian Ashley]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-14-workers-trillions-should-rebuild-sa-for-all-not-feed-financial-speculation-for-the-few/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-09-14-workers-trillions-should-rebuild-sa-for-all-not-feed-financial-speculation-for-the-few/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:07:38 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Prasa’s R5.6bn Siyangena scandal demands NPA action]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Pieter-Louis Myburgh]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-14-watch-prasas-r56bn-siyangena-scandal-demands-npa-action/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-14-watch-prasas-r56bn-siyangena-scandal-demands-npa-action/</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:36:21 GMT</pubDate>
        <category>Maverick News</category>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch — Inside the capture of Cape Town’s Planning Tribunal]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Kevin Bloom]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-10-watch-inside-the-capture-of-cape-towns-planning-tribunal-1/</link>
        <guid>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-10-watch-inside-the-capture-of-cape-towns-planning-tribunal-1/</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:03:03 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Watch – Declassified document shows ANC were favourable to offering indemnity to apartheid-era crimes]]></title>
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        <author><![CDATA[Marianne Thamm]]></author>
        <link>https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/video/2026-09-08-watch-declassified-document-shows-anc-were-favourable-to-offering-indemnity-to-apartheid-era-crimes/</link>
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