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WEEKEND WRAP
Madlanga effect, Cape Town housing squeeze, and why buy books we never read
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Business Maverick
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PULP FRICTION
Sappi’s Q3 slump reflects a cash squeeze, not the demise of SA’s paper industry
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AFTER THE BELL
Why my hope is springing eternal … once again
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Draw the curtains
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OIL MARKET JOLTS
Explainer: Why jet fuel and diesel are so vulnerable to price shocks
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SERVICE WITH A SMILE
Smart thinking — Minister Schreiber takes credit for Home Affairs’ bank ID card revolution
Maverick Citizen
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MEDICAL ETHICS
Formula firms targeting healthcare workers to shape feeding advice
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SAFE TRADING
Maties students launching free marketplace website to stop campus scams
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HIDDEN LOSSES
Food waste in SA could be slashed by fixing one missing ingredient
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OPINIONISTAS
Grade 1 at age 5: A policy built on unstable foundations
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SPOTLIGHT
After HIV, addiction is SA’s biggest battle and it’s being ignored
Maverick Earth
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LOST SPECIES
The $100m-buck gamble: Should an extinct SA antelope roam the Cape again?
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MAVERICK EARTH
Kruger elephant deaths: The question SANParks still hasn’t answered
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‘TOXIC DISCHARGE’ SAGA
NPA hits Sasol with fresh warrants, seven years after chemical contamination complaint
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HOEDSPRUIT EMERGENCY
Hurt hyena bet on the right humans when it collapsed at this Limpopo lodge
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ENERGY PUSH
Aussie diggers target ‘world-class’ gas fields in Mpumalanga
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'
Johannesburg
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026
New rule: DA will ringfence water, electricity revenue for services
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HEALTH HAZARD
Sewage leaks choke Soweto as infrastructure crumbles
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TELECOMS CRISIS
Joburg admits R4.8m Telkom debt as City websites crash
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JOBURG GO-SLOW
Wildcat protests down six Pikitup depots, residents pay for own bin collection
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AFTER THE BELL
Of restaurants, memories and problems with the town council
Maverick News
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WINNING START
Ill-disciplined All Blacks survive Stormers scare in tour opener
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EXCLUSIVE
Another UCT leadership crisis: 34 complaints, secret findings and a VC in court
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PUMAS TEST
Boks have a long to-do list against Argentina before turning attention to All Blacks
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OBITUARY
Farewell Estelle Ellis, who chased broken lifts, broken hospitals and broken promises
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MASTERMIND
Red flags or red herrings? Why Rennie’s selections will keep Boks guessing
Maverick Life
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INSPIRE
Children can play in Joburg’s infamous jail
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WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
Nolan’s The Odyssey reimagines Homer in an epic worth the journey
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BOOK EXCERPT
Karoo Saloon on Route 62: How a biker bar became a rock roadhouse route
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IN PICTURES
World Dog Surfing Championships, and more from around the world
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BOOK EXCERPT
Worth the Fight: The story behind how Jonathan Jansen revived a failing school
Op-eds
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VISION SNAG OP-ED
A 10-year driving licence makes sense, a 10-year eye test gap does not
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026 OP-ED
More coalitions are coming, with power and kingmaking the name of the game
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HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED
African states must refuse to be complicit in the US policy of ‘third-country removals’
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ECO COLLAPSE OP-ED
Climate cover-up leaves Europe burning as warnings are buried
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CONTRACTS OF DEATH OP-ED
How Africans were lured to fight for Russia and sent to Ukraine’s deadliest fronts
Sports
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MEMORABLE MOMENTS
The day Janine van Wyk helped Banyana conquer mighty Nigeria
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FOR THE RECORD
No denying All Blacks vs the Boks is the greatest rivalry
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WINNING START
Ill-disciplined All Blacks survive Stormers scare in tour opener
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PUMAS TEST
Boks have a long to-do list against Argentina before turning attention to All Blacks
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MASTERMIND
Red flags or red herrings? Why Rennie’s selections will keep Boks guessing
TGIFood
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CALL ME BELLA
The flowering of Bella-Isabella Niehaus
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HOW WE EAT
‘No dietary requirements (but I do hate pap)’
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FOOD BABBLE
Every dish has a face, and other peri-hot insights
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WHAT’S COOKING
Chicken tenderloins with brown mushrooms, shallots, tomatoes and fettuccine
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WHAT’S COOKING
The Tatin sisters’ famous tarte, baked in a copper pot
Nelson Mandela Bay
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OBITUARY
Farewell Estelle Ellis, who chased broken lifts, broken hospitals and broken promises
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TRANSFORMER SAGA
DA seeks to hold mayor Lobishe personally liable for R25m Coega transformer lease
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
Nelson Mandela Bay is bent but not broken and can still be rebuilt
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BIG STINK
Nelson Mandela Bay sewage failure a ‘human rights crisis’
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FINANCIAL RELIEF
Tariff retreat sets up Bay households for electricity credits
Corrections
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APOLOGY
The schoolboy in the Russian uniform — where we fell short
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R17-BILLION SWEETENER
Durban rolls out red carpet for UPL as prosecutors dither over chemical inferno charges
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STRAIGHT TALK
Busi Mavuso: If Joburg thrives, SA thrives
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FATAL POLICY ERROR OP-ED
Legalising rhino horn is a deadly mistake, and CITES CoP20 must close the door completely
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Apology: John Steenhuisen
Opinion
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OPINIONISTAS
National Water Action Plan gets the diagnosis right but misses the real fix
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OPINIONISTAS
How Wits should handle the fossil fuel divestment dilemma
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OPINIONISTAS
Life in Trump’s backyard and surviving DJT’s insidious badgering of Washington, DC
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NELSON MANDELA BAY
Nelson Mandela Bay is bent but not broken and can still be rebuilt
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OPINIONISTAS
Grade 1 at age 5: A policy built on unstable foundations
Sponsored Content
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Stitch offers PayShap Request with smart routing infrastructure
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Binance shares 10 tips for women starting their crypto journey
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Plan connectivity like flights: A practical guide to eSIMs for South African travellers
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Celebrating women in logistics: Leadership lessons from DPD South Africa’s leadership team
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Access to justice needs more than principle
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 – More than 1,200 City Power outages in two weeks leave Joburg buckling
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – The DA MP, Tony Leon’s lobbying firm and the SIM card law
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch — ‘Spies in America’: From South African freedom fighter to foreign agent
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PODCAST
How cycling lessons in Khayelitsha helped a young person overcome her fear of failing
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POLITICALLY AWEH
What’s behind SA’s latest wave of xenophobia?
