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University food schemes fill the gap as student hunger threatens academic success
STUDENT HUNGER

University food schemes fill the gap as student hunger threatens academic success

Students without funding are struggling to eat and study at university, with some relying on their parents’ social grants just to get food. This happens as universities also try to provide daily meals to thousands of needy students; however, only a certain number eat due to financial constraints.
By Siyabonga Goni
AFFORDABLE HOUSING OP-ED

CT’s Tafelberg social housing units cut by Heritage assessment

By Zacharia Mashele, Buhle Booi and Zamindlela Mkhwanazi
CT’s Tafelberg social housing units cut by Heritage assessment
SA’S CANCER STORY (PART 5)

Why the Northern Cape’s only state cancer paediatrician left for the private sector

By Biénne Huisman
Why the Northern Cape’s only state cancer paediatrician left for the private sector
OPINIONISTA

World Cities Day — Holding the line on eviction protections for the vulnerable

By Damilola Alafiatayo
World Cities Day — Holding the line on eviction protections for the vulnerable
HOUSEHOLD SQUEEZE

Fuel levy cut offers brief relief as food basket outpaces SA’s unchanged SRD grant

By Iman Allie
Fuel levy cut offers brief relief as food basket outpaces SA’s unchanged SRD grant
LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’
Maverick Citizen

LISTEN: Season 3 of Maverick Citizen podcast ‘What’s Eating Us?’

By Lillian Roberts
Content creator Olivia Viglatzis fights hunger one budget meal at a time
FEED THE DREAM

Content creator Olivia Viglatzis fights hunger one budget meal at a time

By Iman Allie
Running the Gauntlet — The matrics caught between xenophobia, paperwork and the classroom door
UNDOCUMENTED LEARNERS

Running the Gauntlet — The matrics caught between xenophobia, paperwork and the classroom door

By Sean Christie
Innovation meets impact as Minister Buthelezi launches Batho Pele AI chatbot
Sponsored Content

Innovation meets impact as Minister Buthelezi launches Batho Pele AI chatbot

By Department of Public Service and Administration
The Constitution’s promise is still contested and still unfinished
CONSTITUTION @ 30

The Constitution’s promise is still contested and still unfinished

By Takudzwa Pongweni
No more ‘business as usual’ — experts sound warning on SA’s lapsed food plan
HUNGER FOR ACTION

No more ‘business as usual’ — experts sound warning on SA’s lapsed food plan

By Iman Allie
Gauteng malaria spike was due to travel in flood regions, experts conclude
DELAYED DIAGNOSIS

Gauteng malaria spike was due to travel in flood regions, experts conclude

By Tony Carnie
BOOK EXTRACT

Disability justice in Africa — a radical shift from silos to solidarity is urgent

By Mildred Omino
Disability justice in Africa — a radical shift from silos to solidarity is urgent
XENOBAROMETER

Ministers’ statements on R5-million visa rule weaponised against foreign traders

By Lucas Nowicki
Ministers’ statements on R5-million visa rule weaponised against foreign traders
CYBER SAFETY

SA Human Rights Commission urges stronger laws to protect children online

By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SA Human Rights Commission urges stronger laws to protect children online
CARTOON

Missing central point

By 2Lani and UBUNTOONS
CAMPUS SAFETY

Universities have policies to protect GBV victims, experts say, but not the will

By Siyabonga Goni
OP-ED

Why SA must invest in young people’s mental health sooner rather than later

By Crick Lund, Simone Peinke and Anya Hollands
ECO DECEPTION

How to spot greenwashing and mislabelled seafood in SA

By Iman Allie
Rethinking Activism in Africa — activists as antibodies against a rotten social order
BOOK EXTRACT

Rethinking Activism in Africa — activists as antibodies against a rotten social order

Rethinking Activism in Africa: Voices and Visionaries for Social Justice and Human Rights is a new book, edited by well-known activist and writer Mark Heywood. It contains unique and moving essays from writers in eight countries across Africa. In this series, Daily Maverick is publishing extracts from four essays, starting with Heywood’s introduction.
By Mark Heywood
GASTROINTESTINAL CRISIS

Rhodes students hit by gastro, thrusting Makhanda water system into spotlight (again)

By Lerato Mutsila and Siyabonga Goni
XENOBAROMETER

Locked out of state clinics, Durban’s sick migrants turn to a last-resort lifeline

By Greg Ardé
BHEKISISA

SA’s regulators are struggling to keep up with black market weight-loss jabs

By Linda Nordling
FROZEN POSTS

Qualified doctors desperate for jobs as KZN’s public hospitals go understaffed

By Sue Segar for Spotlight
SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted
OPINIONISTA

SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted

By Kelle Howson
The many long journeys for cancer treatment far from home
SA’S CANCER STORY (PART 4)

The many long journeys for cancer treatment far from home

By Biénne Huisman
Sugar tax sparks health, jobs, affordability debate ahead of SA’s mini budget
CONTESTED LEVY

Sugar tax sparks health, jobs, affordability debate ahead of SA’s mini budget

By Iman Allie
High court sets aside multibillion-rand ARV contracts over procurement irregularities
GROUNDUP

High court sets aside multibillion-rand ARV contracts over procurement irregularities

By Tania Broughton for GroundUp
ECD subsidy expands as government races to close SA’s one-million-child gap
BANA PELE

ECD subsidy expands as government races to close SA’s one-million-child gap

By Tamsin Metelerkamp

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