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Watch – The invisible children: South Africa’s late birth registration backlog
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Power trips
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GROWTH STRATEGY
DRDGold bets R10bn on bigger tailings business as Vision 2028 reaches critical construction milestones
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SPACE WARS
Herotel chosen as Amazon Leo distributor in Maziv race for satellite internet
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REGULATORY SCRUTINY
FSCA launches investigation as PIC governance crisis widens after CEO suspension
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BUILDING BLOCKS
SA to more than double its electricity generation — Ramokgopa
MAVERICK CITIZEN
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MANDELA DAY
Why water and food must be governed as one system in SA
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BHEKISISA
Shingrix brings stronger shingles protection and tantalising dementia link
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – The invisible children: South Africa’s late birth registration backlog
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BATTLE OF THE FLAGPOLE
Renewed rift over the Pride Flag at Bishops Diocesan College
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CARTOONS
Starved of Human Rights
MAVERICK LIFE
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BOOK EXCERPT
The holy herb: Medicinal cannabis farming in the Klein Karoo
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IN PICTURES
Wildfires in Fontainebleau, France, and more from around the world
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Silo returns with Season 3: Gripping themes and a haunting exploration of memory
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THE CONVERSATION
Running on a treadmill is easier than running outside. Does that matter?
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ESCAPE
Are birds a gateway drug to something nefarious, like a sliver of happiness?
SCORPIO
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DERAILED
SARS audit links ex-Prasa boss Lucky Montana to recipient of ‘tall trains’ funds
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SCORPIO
Molefe ‘slush fund’: ATM data links R11m in cash deposits to ex-Eskom boss locations
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VIDEO
Watch — How alleged illicit payments bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle
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SCORPIO
Revealed: Brian Molefe’s alleged State Capture era ‘slush fund’
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NEWSFLASH
IDT CEO, spokesperson resign ahead of disciplinary hearings over Daily Maverick’s ‘bribe sting'
AMABHUNGANE
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AMABHUNGANE
Ralph Stanfield — How SARS fumbled its chance to take him down ‘Al Capone’-style
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AMABHUNGANE
Flyfofa Aviation couple milked millions from the National Skills Fund
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AMABHUNGANE ANALYSIS
March and March, Jacob Zuma and the shadow of 2021
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AMABHUNGANE
Betting battle joined: SA Reserve Bank probes Betway
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RIGHT OF REPLY
Public Procurement Act process is certainly no circus
POLITICS
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IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
‘Stay in your lane’ — parties urge court to reject Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala interdict
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DIPLOMATIC SPAT
Pretoria accuses Ghana and Nigeria of spreading false news over xenophobia to isolate SA
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ANALYSIS
Ramaphosa said he’d repair the criminal justice system — he failed
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INQUIRY CLASH
Cat Matlala’s ninth life? Madlanga gives key witness one last chance
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XENOPHOBIC UNREST
Buses turned away, reports of hunger at Lindela Repatriation Centre as migrants flee SA
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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WORLD
Fire at Algeria orphanage kills 11, injures 19 near capital
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WORLD
More than 500 feared dead after boats carrying refugees sink off Myanmar, UN says
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WORLD
Rights groups urge Thailand not to deport Chinese journalist to China
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WORLD
Argentine players brandish political Falklands flag after England match
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WORLD
Senior Chinese and North Korean officials hold talks in Pyongyang, KCNA reports
OPINIONISTAS
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OPINIONISTAS
Why SA’s special economic zones look great on paper but fail in reality
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OPINIONISTAS
The hard truth of Zanzibar’s Stone Town: Confronting the history of pricing people
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OPINIONISTAS
The logistics collapse — why centralisation and roads funding disparity are strangling SA’s infrastructure
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OPINIONISTAS
When healing hurts — how hospitals fail women in their darkest hours
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OPINIONISTAS
Safety vs waste — the case for reforming SA’s food dating system
SPORTS
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EVENT SUSTAINABILITY
Can a reimagined Commonwealth Games secure its future?
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MAGICAL MESSI
Messi-inspired Argentina rally late to send England packing from World Cup
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MUY BIEN
Spain stun favourites France with a commanding World Cup semifinal performance
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OPINIONISTAS
England vs Argentina: A match made in football heaven
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GONE TOO SOON
South African soccer player Jayden Adams left a lasting legacy despite untimely death
TGIFOOD
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TGIFOOD
A savoury mince variation with sweet peppers and baby aubergines
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TGIFOOD
Chicken with 17 garlic cloves, wine and a touch of thyme
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TGIFOOD
Chicken tagine with dates, peaches, green olives and cashews
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TGIFOOD
La Perla shines like the Sea Point sun on a balmy day
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TGIFOOD
This winter, give me the wild taste of fynvleis
BOOKS
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BOOK EXCERPT
Christmas with Nelson Mandela: A journalist’s eyewitness account of SA’s first democratic years
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BOOK REVIEWS
Winter reads you won’t put down
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THE INTERVIEW
A Collection of Gaps: A non-linear exploration of the body, home and displacement
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BOOK EXCERPT
Zama Zama: Graham Coetzer digs into the illicit mining underworld
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BOOK REVIEWS
Four must-read books this month: Obsession, identity and South Africa’s political future
Crosswords
WEBINARS
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
The role of state institutions in supporting constitutional democracy
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
Lifting the veil on South Africa's grim prison system
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Building Brand Power
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BRAZEN INSIGHT
Is your brand bland? Interview with Adam Morgan on the danger of dullness
LOOK & LISTEN
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – The invisible children: South Africa’s late birth registration backlog
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Properties threatened by sinkholes as illegal mining hollows out Joburg
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – After the June 30 marches: What our reporters saw — and what might happen next
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – South Africa’s anti-migrant campaigns: What’s really driving them?
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Xenophobia, fear and South Africa’s fault lines
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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LIVE BLOG
LIVE | Xenophobic unrest: July 2021 repeat avoided, but March and March say fight continues
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LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
Employing an undocumented foreign national for domestic work? What you need to know
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POLICING IN CRISIS
How Mkhwanazi’s allegations reshaped the fight against organised crime in the SAPS
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TRUMP MIGRATION FALLOUT
US farmer faces legal pushback for paying white SA workers higher wages
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GROUND-UP
Lumumba Chia fled to SA 27 years ago. He is not allowed to leave
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JUDICIARY IN CRISIS
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OPINIONISTAS
From Mamdani to McKenzie — why depth matters in politics and democracy
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OPINIONISTAS
Legal practitioners' patriarchal language a betrayal of justice and women's empowerment in SA
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OPINIONISTAS
AI ‘hallucinations’ are threatening the administration of justice in SA
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OPINIONISTAS
Zuma’s MK party is not even masking its attempt to capture the judiciary
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OPINIONISTAS
Mandisa Maya’s appointment as Chief Justice is a victory for all, especially for black women in law
Jacob Zuma
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LETTER TO MAHLAMBA NDLOPFU
As MK and DA put the boot in, sanity has nowhere left to park
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FLIPPING THE BIRD
Ntshavheni says SA diplomat will face action for ‘hobnobbing’ with Zuma and Ajay Gupta
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DIPLOMATIC DEFENCE
Lamola orders probe after SA diplomat joins Zuma’s India reunion with fugitive Ajay Gupta
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CABINET RESHUFFLE
‘Slap in the face’ — political parties, civil society slam Dina Pule’s Cabinet appointment
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POLITICS
Poverty, political playbooks and Jacob Zuma — the forces behind SA’s anti-immigrant crisis
