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IN PICTURES
Fashion week in London, and more from around the world
By Daily Maverick Photo Team
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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ANALYSIS
Economic fire — Interest rate adjustment makes for interesting braai chat
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Failure to launch
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Estonian echoes — SA’s digital public infrastructure looks like it was made in Estonia
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LOCAL VEHICLE PRODUCTION
Minister of Small Business Development Ndabeni pushes for localised manufacturing in automotive sector
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DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY
SA is under cyber siege — and the situation will only get worse
MAVERICK CITIZEN
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STORE HOUSE
Bringing home the spekboom — Wonder plant should be a staple veggie, say researchers
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EDUCATION
R6,600 a month to catch up: Inside SA’s costly private tutoring market
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STUDENT FUNDING
MPs slam NSFAS over R616m middleman payouts for accommodation system
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FEMINIST HISTORY
Pacifist Emily Hobhouse’s 1926 state funeral to be brought back to life in Bloemfontein
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SPOTLIGHT
Health policy trailblazer Precious Matsoso credits patience, faith and The Beatles
MAVERICK EARTH
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HORN HEIST ARREST
Wildlife trafficking net widens — Hawks nab a fifth suspect on World Rhino Day
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WELCOME BACK
Great white shark spotted in False Bay after eight-year absence
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STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
‘Send out the plumbers and the water bills!’ deputy minister tells leaky councils
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BABOONS OP-ED
Cape Town risks ‘monument to management failure’ just before municipal elections
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DEADLY FAILURE OP-ED
A collar was not enough: Botswana’s failure to protect its research elephants from trophy hunters
SCORPIO
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NO STING IN THE TAIL...YET
One year after IDT boss ‘bribe’ sting, no arrests or prosecutions
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DERAILED
SARS audit links ex-Prasa boss Lucky Montana to recipient of ‘tall trains’ funds
- 3
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
- 5
SCORPIO
Revealed: Brian Molefe’s alleged State Capture era ‘slush fund’
AMABHUNGANE
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AMABHUNGANE
PetroSA was owed R227m, but may end up losing R1.4bn instead
- 2
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Probe into IGI alleged misconduct stalled as secret-fund millions remain without scrutiny
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AMABHUNGANE
UPDATE: Eskom admits to R3-billion in payments ‘outside of contractual terms’
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AMABHUNGANE
Online gambling: Look who’s knocking at the door
- 5
AMABHUNGANE
R31m mobile vet clinics deal leaves government with nothing
POLITICS
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Zuma pledges no ‘trouble’ at polls but still insists MK was robbed in 2024
- 2
OPINIONISTAS
Freedom from the ANC could be our real emancipation
- 3
THE WRECKER-IN-CHIEF
Trump’s chaos abroad mirrors the damage he’s inflicting on Washington
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US ESCALATION
Pretoria puzzled by punitive US travel bans — ‘What more must we do?’
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MICAH FREED
Djibouti frees top SA investigative journalist Micah Reddy
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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WORLD
Swedish, Finnish fighter jets intercept group of Russian military aircraft
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WORLD
Kazakhstan arrests 5 military officers after 14 die during naval exercise
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WORLD
Pope Leo arrives in France with AI, apologies for clergy abuse on agenda
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WORLD
Explosion fells building in heart of touristic Athens, three injured
- 5
WORLD
OpenAI to preview GPT-6 Cyber within days, Fortune reports
MAVERICK LIFE
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POET’S CORNER
In charge of our fate, we still choose to kill the Earth and ourselves
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THE INTERVIEW
We asked Trevor Noah what makes SA comedy special — here’s what he said
- 3
IN PICTURES
Fashion week in London, and more from around the world
- 4
GOING FOR A SONG OP-ED
AI and the future of creativity — can artists’ histories travel with their work?
- 5
THE CONVERSATION
What happened when a South African school switched from English to bilingual science tests
SPORTS
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LONG-TERM PLANNING
Pitso Mosimane looks to Springbok depth for Bafana blueprint
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NEW POSITION
Wallabies set to challenge Springboks’ air supremacy in Perth showdown
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NEW BEGINNINGS
Haashim Pead tug-of-war puts club rugby’s biggest challenge into perspective
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CRICKET FEAST
Proteas’ David Miller pumped for exciting home summer as World Cup nears
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DEFYING GRAVITY
Young SA gymnast has turned self-doubt into a winning routine
TGIFOOD
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GROOT BOEREWORS TREK
Succulent & spicy — the very best boerie in the land
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BRAAI DAY
Five ways with pork — sosaties, 3 chops recipes, and a crackling good quest
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BRAAI DAY
Five ways with lamb and mutton on the coals
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BRAAI DAY
Five ways with a chicken flattie, skewered and grilled
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BRAAI DAY
Five ways with braai bread this Heritage Day
MOTORING
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SAFETY CHECKS
Fail-safe? Corolla Cross two-star test puts accountability in the spotlight
- 2
PHANTOM SHARES
The Finance Ghost: Optasia and WeBuyCars show the joys and risks of growth stocks
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PHOTO ESSAY
Speed Classic Cape Town 2025: Iconic cars conquer Philip Kgosana Drive in debut hillclimb
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PENSION SHOCK
Auto industry fails workers as pension arrears hit record billions
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WHEEL SMART
Need to insure a classic car? Here’s how to avoid being taken for a ride
Crosswords
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Smuggler Kingpin: Marianne Thamm and Peter Hain on smuggling, power and corruption
- PAST
The Invisible Backbone: How Women Have Shaped the Childcare Economy in SA
LOOK & LISTEN
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POLITICALLY AWEH
South Africans wagered R1-trillion last year — but who’s regulating the betting industry?
- 2
POLITICALLY AWEH
SA’s libraries under threat as cities look to unlock land value
- 3
MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — Manifesto test: DA’s local government plan eyes the private sector, devolving policing
- 4
MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Manifesto test: The revolution promised, the record questioned
- 5
MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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GROUNDUP
SAFM apologises for Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma interview
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CHASING THE GREEN
The money game — why the Springboks and All Blacks are playing in Baltimore
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WHIRLPOOL
Swimming icon Tatjana Smith issues demand to Swimming SA over prize money dispute
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US-SA RELATIONS
Ramaphosa to provide ‘timely’ reply to Trump’s five asks
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KILLING SPREE
Ekurhuleni under lockdown: Police launch manhunt in Kempton Park after eighth murder victim found
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JUDICIARY IN CRISIS
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OPINIONISTAS
From Mamdani to McKenzie — why depth matters in politics and democracy
- 2
OPINIONISTAS
Legal practitioners' patriarchal language a betrayal of justice and women's empowerment in SA
- 3
OPINIONISTAS
AI ‘hallucinations’ are threatening the administration of justice in SA
- 4
OPINIONISTAS
Zuma’s MK party is not even masking its attempt to capture the judiciary
- 5
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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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
Zuma pledges no ‘trouble’ at polls but still insists MK was robbed in 2024
- 2
OPINIONISTAS
Freedom from the ANC could be our real emancipation
- 3
TRC ROULETTE
I saw nothing, heard nothing, former justice minister Jeff Radebe tells TRC inquiry
- 4
KHAMPEPE COMMISSION
What would Mandela do? Lessons for Mbeki and Zuma in confronting the past
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TROUBLE AT HOME
Zuma swaps MK party’s eThekwini mayoral candidate as party-list probe deepens
