Our Burning Planet

HELL ON THE HIGHVELD

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

Ethan van Diemen
7 mins

OUR BURNING PLANET SOLUTIONS

Cinderella’s ‘golden carriage’ – turning the water and food crisis into an opportunity

Tony Carnie

BUDGET VOTE DEBATE

Mantashe: ‘Gas is going to be a game-changer’ – opposition disagrees

Julia Evans

24: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE

The People: Battle to save water last straw for Nelson Mandela Bay’s residents

Estelle Ellis

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24: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE

The Politics: Bickering continues in Nelson Mandela Bay as taps are set to run dry

Estelle Ellis
6 mins

24: COUNTDOWN TO CATASTROPHE

The Crisis: Water Armageddon loading as Day Zero looms for Nelson Mandela Bay

Estelle Ellis
6 mins

UNIT 4 BLAST

Nine Eskom workers suspended for hydrogen explosion at Medupi power station

Ethan van Diemen
2 mins

OPINIONISTA

The climate crisis presents an opportunity for a more inclusive economy

Xhanti Payi
6 mins

BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA

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

Tiara Walters
12 mins

NET ZERO OP-ED

Messages from Mining Indaba indicate major shift on sustainability, climate change

Christelle van Vuuren, Reinhardt Arp and Renata Lawton-Misra
4 mins

BUDGET VOTE

Environment Minister Creecy defends weather warnings issued during KZN floods

Julia Evans
4 mins

ROVING REPORTERS

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

Valeria van der Westhuizen for Roving Reporters
11 mins

TOP READS THIS HOUR

South Africa

Nine Eskom workers suspended for hydrogen explosion at Medupi power station
South Africa

‘A catastrophe’ – Minister Bheki Cele describes shocking work conditions for SA police
South Africa

The day the queue stood still
South Africa

‘I cried until I couldn’t anymore’ – why the desecration of ancestral graves by mines is an act of spiritual dispossession
Business Maverick

Government rejects 10% pay hike demand by public sector trade unions 
South Africa

The Crisis: Water Armageddon loading as Day Zero looms for Nelson Mandela Bay
South Africa

SA’s Russian connection, in a time of complex global sanctions politics

POISONED PLANET

Pollution kills 9 million people a year and we’re failing to tackle the crisis, report warns

Eric Roston, Bloomberg

BATTLEGROUND ANTARCTICA

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

Tiara Walters

UNCOMFORTABLY NUMB: ANALYSIS

Our antidepressants in the water are making the fish come undone

Kevin Bloom

BAD TO THE BONE

Report on captive lions raises huge welfare, health red flags, and a zoonosis warning

Don Pinnock

CLIMATE CRISIS

Here’s how global heating is costing you in ways which you might not even imagine

Sarah Hoek

CLIMATE REFUGEES

Displaced KZN flood victims relive the horror of being driven from their homes forever

Victoria O’Regan and Onke Ngcuka 

GAS KAPITAL?

Traditional leaders give Wild Coast seismic survey (and Mantashe) a king-size boost

Estelle Ellis and Hoseya Jubase
4 mins

EASTERN CAPE

The intersection of gender and climate justice struggles in Xolobeni

Zukiswa Pikoli
3 mins

FORENSICS

New weapon in fight against wildlife crime launched in Western Cape

Victoria O’Regan
6 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

Global news

Newsdeck

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

Rich nations offer debt guarantees on South African climate deal
Newsdeck

Canada confirms first two monkeypox cases
Newsdeck

First stop Samsung: Biden touts South Korean role in securing global supply chains

MNN Centre for Investigative Journalism

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

Pascalinah Kabi

TROPHY HUNTING

International elephant corridor put at risk by killing of Botswana’s largest tuskers

Don Pinnock

MURKY WATERS

Oh crap! Prolonged closures likely for Durban’s flood-polluted beaches

Tony Carnie

APPROVAL CHALLENGE

Richards Bay floating gas power plant faces turbulent legal waters

Tembile Sgqolana

CLIMATE CRISIS IMPACTS

How global heating will increase virus swapping between species

Ethan van Diemen

OUR BURNING PLANET SOLUTIONS

Startup funded by Bill Gates and Anglo American has a cheaper way to suck carbon from the air

Akshat Rathi for Bloomberg

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SKHAFTIN ROAD TRIP WRAP

Six day road trip ends with new home for Ilka Stein’s mobile grocery store

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ISS TODAY

Poor climate adaptation, outdated infrastructure served as catalysts for KZN floods

Francois Engelbrecht, Alize le Roux, Coleen Vogel and Aimee-Noel Mbiyozo
4 mins

GLOBAL WARMING OP-ED

Moonshot thinking, science fiction prototyping can ignite a climate technology revolution

Wim Naudé
4 mins

TROUBLED WATERS

Is artificial breaching a new chapter or an early sunset for the St Lucia estuary?

Tony Carnie
7 mins

OP-ED

We need a revolution in African farming — regenerative agriculture could be the catalyst

Malik Dasoo
4 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Style-conscious people are buying secondhand

Jack Marley
3 mins

HEAT AND EAT

What the climate crisis will do to your food

Sarah Hoek
4 mins

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

South Africa’s construction mafia sets its sights on local government extortion
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

DA’s post-election spin is Trumpian in its ‘alternative facts’
2021 Local Elections

Southern KZN-ECape: ANC happy with comfortable wins — some residents less so

BUSINESS MAVERICK

Business Maverick

Government rejects 10% pay hike demand by public sector trade unions 
South Africa

SA’s Russian connection, in a time of complex global sanctions politics
South Africa

South African Post Office’s financial crisis worsens – and it’s been declared insolvent (again)
South Africa

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

Peter Becker, sacked from the National Nuclear Regulator Board, won’t go down without a fight

MAVERICK CITIZEN

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Expert sounds alarm on fifth wave after Covid-19 curve turns upwards in SA
COVID-19

CCMA upholds another dismissal over refusal to vaccinate
COVID-19

Epidemics in South Africa: Key lessons on mass vaccination drives learnt from history
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Scientists identify high chance of reinfection with Omicron subvariants for unvaccinated
COVID-19

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

OUR BURNING PLANET

South Africa

Nine Eskom workers suspended for hydrogen explosion at Medupi power station
South Africa

The Crisis: Water Armageddon loading as Day Zero looms for Nelson Mandela Bay
South Africa

The Politics: Bickering continues in Nelson Mandela Bay as taps are set to run dry
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

MAVERICK LIFE

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

South African makes history as he jumps off Mount Everest and glides into the wild blue yonder
Maverick Life

Choices you can make now for better health in old age
Maverick Life

The Dream Deferred (updated) – Thabo Mbeki, post-presidency
DM168

How a dazzle of zebras makes for truly engaging photography

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

South Africa’s construction mafia sets its sights on local government extortion
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

DA’s post-election spin is Trumpian in its ‘alternative facts’
2021 Local Elections

Southern KZN-ECape: ANC happy with comfortable wins — some residents less so

HIDDEN HISTORY

Donkey wars and the Green Revolution

Don Pinnock
7 mins

STARS HAVE STRIPES

How a dazzle of zebras makes for truly engaging photography

Anne Laing
3 mins

EGGCELLENT FORGERY

Scientists crack the mystery of how the cuckoo finch gets other birds to raise its brood

Shaun Smillie
5 mins

SKHAFTIN ROAD TRIP

Day Six — the long journey to a new home

Julia Evans
3 mins

BUSHVELD BLUNDER

Two dead elephants raise questions on relocation from Mpumalanga ‘sanctuary’

Don Pinnock
7 mins

SKHAFTIN ROAD TRIP

Day Three – ‘It should be everybody’s responsibility to keep the planet clean’

Julia Evans
4 mins

SKHAFTIN ROAD TRIP

Day Five: Monetising waste gives communities an extra incentive to recycle

Julia Evans
4 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

Blitzboks continue to struggle despite new Blood
South Africa

South African makes history as he jumps off Mount Everest and glides into the wild blue yonder
Sport

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

Champions to be crowned on final day as curtain closes riveting EPL season
South Africa

Tristan Stubbs’s domestic dominance rewarded with Proteas call-up

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

Charcuterie 101: When a country cooking school came to town
TGIFood

Kingdom of fine herbs

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
DM168

The Bentley Continental GT is unique, and for that you’re going to pay dearly
DM168

The new Porsche 911 GT3 is a simply sensational sports car

TOP READS THIS WEEK

South Africa

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

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

Exclusive: Gupta legal team exits BDK Attorneys
DM168

Queue, the beloved country – Welcome to Aaron Motsoaledi’s dysfunctional Department of Home Affairs
South Africa

Nine Eskom workers suspended for hydrogen explosion at Medupi power station

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
COVID-19

Covid-19 corruption deepens wounds of pandemic across Africa 
Africa

DRC President’s dodgy mining deal with mining magnate likely to be a costly miscalculation

Coronavirus

COVID-19

A call for an independent inquiry into the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
COVID-19

NICD confirms 5,096 new Covid infections in SA on Tuesday
COVID-19

What the latest Covid stats can tell us – and what they can’t
COVID-19

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

Severance pay denied to employee who refused Covid vaccination

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 4 September 2021
Crosswords

Jason and John’s test crossword
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 8 May 2020

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

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

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

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

LOOK & LISTEN

Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 07 of 2022
Maverick Life

The lyrical and visionary world of Virgil Abloh (1980 – 2021)
Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 06 of 2022
Maverick Life

This month on your screen: True-crime thrillers, science fiction adventures and photorealistic dinosaurs
DM168

Sex, drugs and rotten trolls: Celebrity gossipers send digital standards down the tubes

In case you missed it

South Africa

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

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

Exclusive: Gupta legal team exits BDK Attorneys
DM168

Queue, the beloved country – Welcome to Aaron Motsoaledi’s dysfunctional Department of Home Affairs
South Africa

Nine Eskom workers suspended for hydrogen explosion at Medupi power station

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

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

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

Jacob Zuma

South Africa

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

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

Exclusive: Gupta legal team exits BDK Attorneys
DM168

Queue, the beloved country – Welcome to Aaron Motsoaledi’s dysfunctional Department of Home Affairs
South Africa

Nine Eskom workers suspended for hydrogen explosion at Medupi power station

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