Maverick Citizen

VACCINE UPTAKE

Slow start to inoculation programme for children between 12 and 17

Michelle Banda
2 mins

AWARENESS SESSION

Look out for telltale signs of gender-based violence, parents warned at Atlantis memorial for slain Charné Viljoen

Vincent Cruywagen

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED

WHO numbers underscore urgent need for stronger leadership and ambitious TB recovery plan

Zameer Brey, Marcus Low, Yogan Pillay and Ingrid Schoeman

HEALTHCARE DISCRIMINATION

SA health system corruption sparks protest to Union Buildings

Mosima Rafapa
2 mins

TROUBLED KINGDOM

Social media fills the gap in Eswatini, but political issues still unresolved

Carien du Plessis
5 mins

Spotlight: PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING

What public sector mental health services look like in the Free State and where to seek help

Refilwe Mochoari
7 mins

GROUNDUP: repatriation waiting game

Refugee dies clinging to hope of leaving South Africa — UNHCR vows investigation

Tariro Washinyira
5 mins

SAPS’ R1.6bn PPE SPLURGE

Competition Commission and SIU investigate police’s disinfectant supplier Red Roses Africa 

Mark Heywood
6 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

New York City mandates vaccines; South Africa registers 591 new cases

Bloomberg
8 mins

COVID INOCULATION POLICY

‘Personal privilege ends where public peril begins’: Making the case for mandatory vaccination

Zukiswa Pikoli
3 mins

OP-ED: ZIMBABWE IN RUINS

Corruption and state capture, not sanctions, are the cause of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown

Janet Zhou
11 mins

TOP READS THIS HOUR

2021 Local Elections

‘You can’t be in power forever’: Ace Magashule weighs up ANC prospects
South Africa

The CumEx Files (Part One): Investec implicated in investigations into the world’s largest tax fraud
South Africa

Criminal justice system would be ‘placed in extreme state of emergency’ if SAPS prevented from using track and trace technology, says judge
South Africa

Casac, Helen Suzman Foundation submit concerns that Mkhwebane and Hlophe ‘not fit and proper’ contenders for top ConCourt post
COVID-19

264,809 deaths later: Covid-19’s terrifying toll on South Africa, almost three times the official figure
South Africa

Digital Vibes scandal: The story behind the story
2021 Local Elections

Ground Level Report: The battle for a seemingly perfect Karoo municipality

GROUNDUP: SYSTEMS COLLAPSE

Broken IT systems throw SA magistrate courts into chaos

Geoffrey Allsop

Maverick Citizen: Tuesday Editorial

Big pharma rules, okay? No, it’s not okay

Mark Heywood

GroundUp: SERVICE DELIVERY

Mthatha families resort to buying own transformers, illegal connections to electrify homes

Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp

ISS TODAY: ANALYSIS — ENVIRONMENTAL SHIFTS

Climate change accelerating urban migration across Africa while placing increasing pressure on congested cities

Aimée-Noël Mbiyozo for ISS TODAY

BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM

The verdict is in – and Sputnik V is out for South Africa

Aisha Abdool Karim and Joan van Dyk

The Life Esidimeni Inquest

Portraits of lives lost: Our sister Maria – They just buried her

Harriet Perlman and Darnell Nxumalo. Pictures by Mark Lewis

EXCESS DEATHS

264,809 deaths later: Covid-19’s terrifying toll on South Africa, almost three times the official figure

Mark Heywood
6 mins

TROUBLED KINGDOM OP-ED

Uneasy calm in Eswatini after trust breaks down between Mswati III and his subjects

Bheki Makhubu
5 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

Pfizer shot prevents teen hospitalisation; South Africa registers 453 new cases

Bloomberg
7 mins

OPINIONISTA

Crash and burn: The impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of school principals and teachers

Mike Russell
5 mins

Global news

Newsdeck

Pfizer, BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID-19 booster shot in study
Newsdeck

Russia reports cases of more contagious Covid-19 variant
Newsdeck

Pfizer jab effective against Delta variant in teens, study finds
Newsdeck

‘Act of terror’: Man charged with murder of British lawmaker Amess

ANALYSIS: CORONAVIRUS

Sahpra doubtful of covid home testing kits, despite growing availability abroad

James Stent and Gareth Kantor

2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS: GROUND LEVEL VISUAL REPORT

Broken promises on water, electricity and housing: A long journey through the Free State and North West

Bheki C. Simelane

OPINIONISTA

Flawed Makhanda High Court judgment is an Achilles’ heel in rape case law in South Africa

Omphemetse S Sibanda

Civil Society Watch 18 October — 24 October

Putting paid to economic injustice and discussing the ethical implications of vaccine hesitancy

Zukiswa Pikoli

ZAPIRO

The Fifth Horseman

Zapiro

RIGHT TO WORK OP-ED

Randjesfontein farm: A reminder of government’s inconsistency on evictions

Timothy Fish Hodgson and Onen Cylus

CORONAVIRUS OP-ED

How Covid-19 vaccination can beat South Africa’s fourth wave

Jonny Myers
5 mins

CORONAVIRUS GLOBAL UPDATE

US to weigh mixing boosters; South Africa registers 414 new cases

Bloomberg
6 mins

SUGAR INDUSTRY

Master recovery plan includes a ban on tax increases for three years, say SA Canegrowers

Laura Lopez Gonzalez
4 mins

GROUNDUP

Stinking, broken, overflowing: These are the pit latrines Eastern Cape learners are expected to use at school

Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
3 mins

GROUNDUP

Bus transformed into mobile classroom to drive learning for Langa schoolchildren

Mary-Anne Gontsana
2 mins

GROUNDUP ANALYSIS

Covid reinfection: Evidence shows vaccination provides greater protection than antibodies alone

GroundUp Staff
3 mins

2021 ELECTIONS GROUND LEVEL REPORT

No jobs, houses or water – the people of Delft want a word with their new councillor

Suné Payne and Vincent Cruywagen. Pictures by Karabo Mafolo
5 mins

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

‘You can’t be in power forever’: Ace Magashule weighs up ANC prospects
2021 Local Elections

Ground Level Report: The battle for a seemingly perfect Karoo municipality
2021 Local Elections

Connecting the many dots between politics, spooks, cops and criminals
2021 Local Elections

Vereeniging brought to its knees by consistent blackouts, sanitation collapse and pollution
2021 Local Elections

It’s the political coalitions, stupid!
2021 Local Elections

South Africa and the judiciary will be under threat in the post-election season of open lawfare
2021 Local Elections

RET: Zuma plans big-bang show of popularity at welcome home prayer meeting

BUSINESS MAVERICK

South Africa

The CumEx Files (Part One): Investec implicated in investigations into the world’s largest tax fraud
South Africa

Alcohol ban ahead of possible Covid-19 fourth wave in December will be crippling, warns Pick n Pay’s Ackerman
South Africa

Helium producer Renergen: Filled with hot air or a giant in the making?
Business Maverick

How much more will you pay for your medical scheme next year?
Africa

Africa is a mineral treasure chest that could be a huge boost for development – if state predators are kept at bay

MAVERICK CITIZEN

COVID-19

How Covid-19 vaccination can beat South Africa’s fourth wave
COVID-19

Vaccinations to open for 12- to 17-year-olds next week
DM168

Right to Care vaccination team on a mission to get to far-flung places in the Eastern Cape
COVID-19

Three months of living, breathing and dreaming the Sisonke study
COVID-19

Fear and confusion rife among foreign nationals about accessing Covid jab in South Africa

OUR BURNING PLANET

South Africa

Durban won’t budge on beach safety as another ‘undisclosed’ UPL toxic chemicals list comes to light
DM168

SA National Nuclear Regulator neglects radioactive mine dumps threatening the health of thousands
DM168

From records to rodents: Gold Fields chief Chris Griffith needs Operation Chinchilla to succeed
DM168

The anatomy of a disaster: A short history of Eskom and South Africa’s reliance on coal
2021 Local Elections

Vereeniging brought to its knees by consistent blackouts, sanitation collapse and pollution

MAVERICK LIFE

South Africa

Spectacular natural choreography: how the ocean put on a show of blue bioluminescence around False Bay and Hermanus
Magazine

And all I thought was, something is wrong with me
Magazine

Our World in Pictures: Week 41 of 2021
Maverick Life

Tannie Evita emerges from lockdown
Magazine

The curious case of the absent dead Englishman

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

‘You can’t be in power forever’: Ace Magashule weighs up ANC prospects
2021 Local Elections

Ground Level Report: The battle for a seemingly perfect Karoo municipality
2021 Local Elections

Connecting the many dots between politics, spooks, cops and criminals
2021 Local Elections

Vereeniging brought to its knees by consistent blackouts, sanitation collapse and pollution
2021 Local Elections

It’s the political coalitions, stupid!
2021 Local Elections

South Africa and the judiciary will be under threat in the post-election season of open lawfare
2021 Local Elections

RET: Zuma plans big-bang show of popularity at welcome home prayer meeting

OPINIONISTA

South Africa’s public discourse is anorexic, we all need to reduce the vitriol and build constructive engagement

Seelan Naidoo
4 mins

MUNICIPAL EVICTIONS

EC shack dwellers call on Human Rights Commission to probe their post-apartheid forced removal

Mkhuseli Sizani and Hoseya Jubase
5 mins

STRUCTURE & CULTURE

Playfully essential and essentially playful: Denis Goldberg’s House of Hope in Hout Bay

Emma Dollery
10 mins

COVID-19

Right to Care vaccination team on a mission to get to far-flung places in the Eastern Cape

Estelle Ellis
6 mins

COVID-19

Still no Sahpra report on adjustments made to ivermectin use after leave to appeal

Estelle Ellis
3 mins

HOMELESSNESS CRISIS

Cape Town housing protest dispersed as police fire stun grenades

Marecia Damons
3 mins

STRIKES

Steel federation says 6% wage increase offer is fair and final

Masego Mafata
2 mins

FOOD JUSTICE OP-ED

Covid-19 deepened the challenges faced by small-scale fishers in South Africa

Maia Nangle
4 mins

SCORPIO

South Africa

Digital Vibes scandal: The story behind the story
SCORPIO

R1.88m from Digital Vibes deal funnelled to May Mkhize’s farm loan — family’s ‘cut’ climbs to R8.7m
South Africa

Beyond reasonable doubt: VBS scandal exposed Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu’s corrupt dealings
SCORPIO

Zweli Mkhize’s son collected bags of Digital Vibes cash, says SIU
Business Maverick

FROM OUR ARCHIVES: Exposed: DoH’s R150m Digital Vibes scandal – Zweli Mkhize associates charged millions for Covid-19 media briefings

AMABHUNGANE

Africa

Pandora Papers: Inside Zimbabwean tycoon Billy Rautenbach’s offshore family trust
South Africa

Spooks get another lashing – ConCourt rules aspects of eavesdropping and spying indeed unlawful
South Africa

Prasa pays R3m to Mbalula’s administrator — just before court culls him
South Africa

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie
Politics

Intelligence committee report shows legislators knew of SSA malfeasance – and ‘bugging judge’ lifts lid on ongoing unsavoury wiretaps

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS

Declassified UK

REVEALED: The UK military’s overseas base network involves 145 sites in 42 countries
Declassified UK

How the UK Security Services neutralised the country’s leading liberal newspaper
Declassified UK

‘Colonialism never ended’: The elite British cabal propping up a Gulf dictatorship
Declassified UK

UK information operations in the time of coronavirus
Declassified UK

‘Nothing to hide here’: Inside the world’s largest arms fair in the heart of London

SPORTS

COVID-19

Djokovic will need to be vaccinated to play Australian Open, says minister
South Africa

Proteas need to rely on self-belief and hard work for T20 World Cup success
Sport

Desiree Ellis lauds seven-star Banyana Banyana
South Africa

Former Chiefs star beaten to death in act of mob ‘justice’ in Alex
DM168

Player retention is key to South Africa’s success

TGIFOOD

TGIFood

Missing Marmite: The end of the dearth is in sight
TGIFood

The Hotel at the end of a Long Day’s Drive
TGIFood

Throwback Thursday: Soutribbetjie
TGIFood

A Hallmark of excellence on a rooftop whips up a storm
TGIFood

The earthly African origins of the Nectar of the Gods

MOTORING

DM168

Range Rover Sport SVR: I’m sorry, but this is quite a fun ride
Business Maverick

Che Figo! The Italian legend lives on — meet the 2021 Alfa Romeo Giulia
Business Maverick

The motor dragon: China’s shift to electric vehicles will rev up a revolution
DM168

Driving Volkswagen’s first GTi got me into gear for a trip down memory lane
Business Maverick

Toyota Hilux D/Cab 2.8 GD-6 Raider 4×4 Manual: Benchmark bakkie

TOP READS THIS WEEK

TGIFood

Missing Marmite: The end of the dearth is in sight
2021 Local Elections

‘You can’t be in power forever’: Ace Magashule weighs up ANC prospects
South Africa

The Gambler: Zuma’s casino spotting reignites questions about his medical parole
South Africa

Jason Rohde’s application for recusal of judge Salie-Hlophe exposes legal merry-go-round in Western Cape division
South Africa

The independent Republic of Cape Town: Storming into a nightmare vision of the year 2045

AFRICA

Africa

Uneasy calm in Eswatini after trust breaks down between Mswati III and his subjects
Africa

More coups likely in Africa unless AU addresses ‘unconstitutional preservation of power’ instances
Africa

Is the death of a military junta rebel leader in Mozambique the curtain call for Renamo resistance?
Africa

Corruption and state capture, not sanctions, are the cause of Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown
Africa

Currency crisis and wrangling over exchange controls may undo early economic progress in Zimbabwe

Coronavirus

COVID-19

264,809 deaths later: Covid-19’s terrifying toll on South Africa, almost three times the official figure
COVID-19

Quality of life declines in Gauteng, deepening inequality
COVID-19

How Covid-19 vaccination can beat South Africa’s fourth wave
COVID-19

Big pharma rules, okay? No, it’s not okay
COVID-19

Still no Sahpra report on adjustments made to ivermectin use after leave to appeal

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 4 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 1 May 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 11 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 31 July 2021

WEBINARS

Webinars

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa
Webinars

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
Webinars

Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
Webinars

The Poisoners: an unfinished history of poisoning and ultimately a political story to be continued
Webinars

Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation

LOOK & LISTEN

Magazine

Our World in Pictures: Week 41 of 2021
Magazine

This weekend we’re watching: A dark Danish comedy about drinking culture
Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 40 of 2021
Maverick Life

Coming soon: A harrowing war drama through the eyes of a UN translator
Webinars

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa

In case you missed it

South Africa

Lieutenant-General Francinah Vuma declares all top positions ‘vacant’, excluding national and provincial commissioners
South Africa

More problems than solutions: Being paid to kill Western Cape baboons is no way to manage wildlife
TGIFood

Missing Marmite: The end of the dearth is in sight
DM168

Former Mafia-linked banker Vito Palazzolo tells South African government: ‘I’m back, but I’m no threat’
2021 Local Elections

‘You can’t be in power forever’: Ace Magashule weighs up ANC prospects

Judiciary in CRISIS

South Africa

Casac, Helen Suzman Foundation submit concerns that Mkhwebane and Hlophe ‘not fit and proper’ contenders for top ConCourt post
South Africa

On a mission from his God – Chief Justice Mogoeng’s message to South Africa: ‘We are bewitched’
South Africa

Judges reveal their financial interests
South Africa

The rise and (slow) fall of John Hlophe, the judge who almost took the judiciary down with him

Jacob Zuma

South Africa

The Gambler: Zuma’s casino spotting reignites questions about his medical parole
South Africa

Vote ANC despite current leadership behaviour, Zuma tells supporters in video link at rally of the faithful
2021 Local Elections

RET: Zuma plans big-bang show of popularity at welcome home prayer meeting
South Africa

So long, Mogoeng Mogoeng – an improbable choice for Chief Justice
2021 Local Elections

If we want to remedy our current choiceless democracy, we must re-establish the link between politics and the people

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