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MAVERICK CITIZEN TUESDAY EDITORIAL

All we are saying is ‘Give Peace a Chance’

Mark Heywood
5 mins

BUDGET VOTE

Environment Minister Creecy defends weather warnings issued during KZN floods

Julia Evans

DISASTER AFTERMATH

Transnet scrambles to repair KZN flood damage as jobseekers invade construction sites

Chris Makhaye and Nce Mkhize

SADC WATCH

Public finance spending must be effective, says Zambian finance minister as SADC’s model law waits in wings

Moses Magadza and Clare Musonda

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SIDELINE LIABILITY OP-ED

Conflict of interest — running a side hustle can get you fired

Kerrie-Lee Olivier
3 mins

GROUNDUP OP-ED

Unclean air remains a genuine threat to health amid SA’s fifth Covid wave

Gareth Kantor and Jennifer Stearns
6 mins

BHEKISISA CENTRE FOR HEALTH JOURNALISM

What the latest Covid stats can tell us – and what they can’t

Mia Malan and Joan van Dyk
8 mins

OUTRAGE SPREADS

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande condemns racist urination incident at Stellenbosch University

Victoria O’Regan
6 mins

CHILD HUNGER OP-ED

Court may end ducking and diving by Lindiwe Zulu on ECD subsidies

Elisabeth van Wyk
8 mins

INAUGURATION

Chancellor Edwin Cameron calls for a Stellenbosch University ‘free of hatred and degradation’

Tamsin Metelerkamp
4 mins

TOP READS THIS HOUR

South Africa

SCA Judge President Maya drags her heels on Zuma case, raising eyebrows
South Africa

Tshwane’s stadium that never was: R140m to build, R84m to demolish
Ukraine Crisis

Former Russian military officer says Ukraine conflict will only get worse — for Russia
South Africa

Nathi Mthethwa’s (final?) monumental red flag
South Africa

‘Gentleman’s agreement’: Despite mining ban, Russia scours Antarctica for massive fossil fuel deposits
South Africa

Disgruntled ANC Mangaung group takes on interim provincial committee, but denies claims of influence by Ace Magashule
South Africa

Judge ‘surprised’, State ‘dismayed’, but absent Zuma scores another delay

PARAMEDICS UNDER ATTACK

On call with the unsung ambulance heroes who face violence and robbery while trying to save lives

Shiraaz Mohamed

ANIMAL ABUSE

Soweto family finally secures conviction of man who raped their beloved dog

Ufrieda Ho

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The Mourning After

Wilson Mgobhozi Africartoons

SPOTLIGHT

Lubricant helps prevent HIV infection, but access at SA clinics limited

Biénne Huisman

EASTERN CAPE

The intersection of gender and climate justice struggles in Xolobeni

Zukiswa Pikoli

OPINIONISTA

Why I must be able to write about whatever I wish – with few exceptions

Ismail Lagardien

CORONAVIRUS

NICD confirms 5,096 new Covid infections in SA on Tuesday

Estelle Ellis
2 mins

GROUNDUP

Hell Affairs: Disabled SA students risk becoming stateless as Home Affairs repeatedly refuses ID applications

Liezl Human for GroundUp
4 mins

GROUNDUP

Severance pay denied to employee who refused Covid vaccination

Tania Broughton
3 mins

COVID-19

Black Sash report reveals extent of issues experienced by Social Relief of Distress grant recipients

Suné Payne
2 mins

Global news

Newsdeck

EU lets gas buyers decide on rouble accounts, but “advises” against it
Newsdeck

Britain offers smallpox shot as monkeypox cases spread in Europe
Newsdeck

Top Ukrainian commanders not surrendered from Azovstal, pro-Russian rebel says
Newsdeck

Russian forces fall back in northeast Ukraine, McDonald’s retreats from Moscow

HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS

Music and the food of love — a baker and musician harnesses talents to support Ukraine

Tamsin Metelerkamp

ECD FUNDING CRISIS

First early childhood development census reveals underfunded and underqualified sector

Tamsin Metelerkamp

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Post mortem of a Public Service

2Lani & Afritoons

ELECTRIC SHOCK

Closing down Babylon — Donald Trump’s cultural appropriation of Eddy Grant song ends badly

Ilse du Plessis

REFLECTION

Touchy-feely: Emotion isn’t just in fashion — it may be the new path to success

Karin Schimke

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GROUNDUP

President’s delay in appointing judges, renewing contracts delays fight against corruption

Raymond Joseph
3 mins

JUDICIARY

Yengeni’s Zondo complaint way off the mark, but raises important questions on judicial independence

Alison Tilley and Mbekezeli Benjamin
5 mins

OPINIONISTA

Time for in-person ConCourt hearings to resume

Nurina Ally
4 mins

CONCOURT OP-ED

Opening salvo in Blind SA case — ‘Copyright Act a hurdle to freeing the potential of each person’

Jonathan Berger
6 mins

BHEKISISA

Why the inner condom can take your sexual pleasure to new heights

Tian Johnson, Pontsho Pilane, Anna Matendawafa and Mamello Sejake
7 mins

REPORTING ON CHILDREN OP-ED

Journalists can make a difference in easing the plight of Africa’s children — here’s how

Girlie Sibanda
4 mins

TUESDAY EDITORIAL

Human rights defenders are being targeted and killed – will Nokuthula Mabaso’s death be in vain?

Zukiswa Pikoli
4 mins

GROUNDUP

Mbalula rails against Prasa management over CT Central Line repairs, security issues

Tariro Washinyira
4 mins

South African Person of the Year

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Winner: Imtiaz Sooliman of Gift of the Givers; Runners-up: Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo & The Vaccinators
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Winner: Dr Emmanuel Taban; Runners-up: Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema & Dr John Nkengasong
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Winner: Siya Kolisi; Runners-up: Temba Bavuma & Tatjana Schoenmaker
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Winner: Spaza shop owners; Runners-up: Wendy Alberts & Busi Mavuso
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Winner: The two doctors who made a Covid breakthrough; Runners-up: Elon Musk & Greta Thunberg

BUSINESS MAVERICK

South Africa

Peter Becker, sacked from the National Nuclear Regulator Board, won’t go down without a fight
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Zambia leaves South Africa choking in its dust at the 2022 Mining Indaba
South Africa

Sibanye CEO Froneman explains R300m remuneration package
South Africa

SA Reserve Bank widely expected to raise interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday
South Africa

Inside Pieter Boone’s plan to return Pick n Pay to its former glory

MAVERICK CITIZEN

COVID-19

Two years into the Covid disaster, where do we stand?
COVID-19

Vaccines and social grants are potentially changing the economic and political face of rural SA
COVID-19

CCMA upholds another dismissal over refusal to vaccinate
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Scientists identify high chance of reinfection with Omicron subvariants for unvaccinated
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Expert sounds alarm on fifth wave after Covid-19 curve turns upwards in SA

OUR BURNING PLANET

South Africa

‘Gentleman’s agreement’: Despite mining ban, Russia scours Antarctica for massive fossil fuel deposits
South Africa

Russian polar vessel arrives in Cape Town as pact aims to quell tensions
South Africa

Illegal miners started Mpumalanga coal mine fire weeks ago – it’s still burning today
South Africa

On patrol with the Black Mambas, the all-female anti-poaching unit in the Greater Kruger area
South Africa

New weapon in fight against wildlife crime launched in Western Cape

MAVERICK LIFE

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This is the shiny new bridge that killed the fabled journey to Catembe and the Ponte mercado
World

Putin’s nemesis: Bill Browder returns with a gripping non-fiction thriller
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If you’ve left retirement planning until very late, here’s what you need to do immediately
COVID-19

Regaining fitness after Covid-19 infection can be hard. Here are 5 things to keep in mind before you start exercising again
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Amal and George Clooney foundation honours Justice Albie Sachs for courageous work fighting for justice

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

Joburg’s new mayor is in tune with the city – and you can take that as gospel
2021 Local Elections

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

IEC’s lists of candidates: South Africa, take your pick
2021 Local Elections

Cape Town’s youngest mayor yet, but an old DA hand – ‘excited’ Geordin Hill-Lewis is ready for the hot seat
2021 Local Elections

King of the coloured people, Gayton McKenzie, takes multiple coalition calls
2021 Local Elections

eThekwini metro (Part Two): ‘mafioso’ business forums rebrand and rake in government contracts
2021 Local Elections

Lights! Music! Action: Manifesto launches from Good aunties to ATM Transformers

GROUNDUP

Attorneys demand answers after 15-month wait on reserved judgement in ‘emergency’ housing case

Liezl Human for GroundUp
2 mins

MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism

Villagers take mining firm to court over polluted blue water, toxic to plants and animals

Pascalinah Kabi
7 mins

MNN CENTRE FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Lesotho communities blame diamond mine pollution for trail of sickness, death and ‘poisoned pasture’ 

Pascalinah Kabi for MNN
7 mins

SHACK DWELLERS UNDER ATTACK

Abahlali leader describes how Nokuthula Mabaso was shot 4 times in back, then in breast and stomach

Zukiswa Pikoli
5 mins

CHILD LABOUR

No country can claim progress if it is built on the backs of children — Ramaphosa

Julia Evans
4 mins

OPINIONISTA

How the noble act of blood donation by fellow human beings saved me 

Tony Heard
4 mins

INEQUALITY OP-ED

Vaccines and social grants are potentially changing the economic and political face of rural SA

Leslie Bank
6 mins

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SCORPIO

South Africa

Shayne’s World: How R1.8bn in UIF cash vanished in Coast2Coast debt hole
South Africa

Exposed: Zweli Mkhize’s R6m ‘cut’ from PIC’s R1.4bn deal using Unemployment Insurance Fund money
South Africa

UIF’s R1.8bn loss: Here’s how it happened – in a nutshell
SCORPIO

VBS Theft, Money Laundering & Life’s Little Luxuries: Julius Malema’s time of spending dangerously
South Africa

Digital Vibes scandal: The story behind the story

AMABHUNGANE

South Africa

Fuel thieves siphon off millions from Mpumalanga Eskom power station
South Africa

High court ruling involving Zuma’s taxes may alter the ways of South Africa’s democracy
South Africa

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie
South Africa

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

The Guptas’ poisonous legacy: How State Capture hobbled Alexkor (Part One)

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS

Declassified UK

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

Cameroon: The corrupt and brutal Central African state is run by five men — with support from the United Kingdom
Declassified UK

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

Torture ‘for your amusement’: How Thatcher’s government misled MPs and public about its dealings with the Pinochet regime
Africa

Revealed: The CIA and MI6’s secret war in Kenya

SPORTS

Sport

As CSA extends olive branch to Boucher it must consider a SJN audit
World

PGA Championship plays out as golf faces an existential crisis between money and legacy
South Africa

Parliament calls for urgency in resolving matter of SA rugby boss Jurie Roux
Sport

Alleged broken plane light, bloody knuckles and a court appearance for Springbok Elton Jantjies
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Indefatigable Pieter-Steph du Toit targets big year with Boks after fighting back from injury

TGIFOOD

TGIFood

A hundred bucks for cooking oil? How sky-high prices are frying your budget
TGIFood

Eat and drink the city’s best, all in one Parkwood block
TGIFood

Mopani worms stake a claim on the global stage
TGIFood

What’s cooking today: Chicken & vegetable pot roast
TGIFood

What’s cooking today: Lamb or mutton vindaloo

MOTORING

South Africa

The Honda Ballade is back
South Africa

Mercedes-Benz SA launches its premium C-Class sedan — a new baby S-Class
South Africa

Hyundai SA’s all-new high-performance Kona N is guaranteed to make you grin
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The Bentley Continental GT is unique, and for that you’re going to pay dearly
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The new Porsche 911 GT3 is a simply sensational sports car

TOP READS THIS WEEK

South Africa

SCA Judge President Maya drags her heels on Zuma case, raising eyebrows
South Africa

Exclusive: Gupta legal team exits BDK Attorneys
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Queue, the beloved country – Welcome to Aaron Motsoaledi’s dysfunctional Department of Home Affairs
South Africa

Tshwane’s stadium that never was: R140m to build, R84m to demolish
South Africa

Reserve Bank smoked out Guptas’ money laundering Bank of Baroda before State Capture findings

AFRICA

Africa

International elephant corridor put at risk by killing of Botswana’s largest tuskers
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This is the shiny new bridge that killed the fabled journey to Catembe and the Ponte mercado
Africa

Ugandan troops in Cabo Delgado could ignite powder keg of domestic conflict
Africa

AU’s ‘Panel of the Wise’ faces uphill battle against old challenges
Africa

Africa’s solutions to conflict failing in face of diverging interests and ideologies 

Coronavirus

COVID-19

More than 10,000 new cases registered in South Africa on Wednesday
COVID-19

Regaining fitness after Covid-19 infection can be hard. Here are 5 things to keep in mind before you start exercising again
COVID-19

Prior infection plus vaccination provides the strongest protection against Covid variants
COVID-19

SA figures indicate hundreds of reinfections — Covid cases climb by 3,237
COVID-19

Ministers issue plea as Covid cases soar, slam ‘senseless killing’ of Hillary Gardee

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
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Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
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Crossed Out – TGIF, 8 May 2020
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Crossed Out – 4 September 2021
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Crossed Out – 11 September 2021

WEBINARS

Webinars

Fast-food advertising targeting children puts their health and futures at risk, say experts
Webinars

Lack of democratic reform in Eswatini likely to fuel greater unrest – activists
Webinars

Climate crisis will worsen brutality against African migrants as their fate is outsourced to a failed state, investigator warns
Webinars

Joining the Dots: Pravin Gordhan, Floyd Shivambu and the dodgy origins of the ‘Indian cabal’ narrative
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Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation

LOOK & LISTEN

Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 07 of 2022
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The lyrical and visionary world of Virgil Abloh (1980 – 2021)
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Our World in Pictures: Week 06 of 2022
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This month on your screen: True-crime thrillers, science fiction adventures and photorealistic dinosaurs
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Sex, drugs and rotten trolls: Celebrity gossipers send digital standards down the tubes

In case you missed it

Ukraine Crisis

Home Affairs sends SA man’s Ukrainian wife and little boy back to conflict-torn country
South Africa

How eThekwini staffers tried to hijack food meant for rescuers of the dead and displaced
South Africa

SCA Judge President Maya drags her heels on Zuma case, raising eyebrows
South Africa

Exclusive: Gupta legal team exits BDK Attorneys
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Queue, the beloved country – Welcome to Aaron Motsoaledi’s dysfunctional Department of Home Affairs

Judiciary in CRISIS

South Africa

‘Fearless and independent’ SA courts hailed for holding the line against Zuma onslaught
South Africa

Judge Hlophe not ‘untouchable’, should not be given ‘free pass’ – full Bench of Gauteng High Court
South Africa

JSC recommends Ronald Hendricks, Denzil Potgieter and Vuyokazi Noncembu for high court positions
South Africa

Judge Zondo hauls Lindiwe Sisulu over the coals for ‘unwarranted attack’ on African judiciary
South Africa

‘Imperial Presidency the weak link in the Constitution’ — retired Justice Dikgang Moseneke

Jacob Zuma

South Africa

SCA Judge President Maya drags her heels on Zuma case, raising eyebrows
South Africa

Judge ‘surprised’, State ‘dismayed’, but absent Zuma scores another delay
South Africa

Jacob Zuma, Yesterday’s Man of power politics
South Africa

How South Africa can embrace its history rather than disgrace it with a R22m massive flag pole
South Africa

‘Fearless and independent’ SA courts hailed for holding the line against Zuma onslaught

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