Our Burning Planet

KNP IN PERSPECTIVE (PART TWO)

Beyond its exceptional beauty, Kruger National Park is on the ropes and hurting

Helena Kriel and Don Pinnock
11 mins

NEW FRAME

Troubled Waters: Killing the will of the villagers next to Lake St Lucia

Nomfundo Xolo

CONSERVATIONIST VS DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Claws out for DD ‘The Cat’ Mabuza as his past comes back to haunt him

Kevin Bloom

OPINIONISTA

Africa secured a few major wins at COP26 — we must now mobilise for COP27 and a Green New Deal

Roland Ngam

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ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

Africa still on the backfoot over climate crisis policy in run-up to COP27

Dhesigen Naidoo
4 mins

THE WAY FORWARD

Six key considerations underpinning South Africa’s nascent ‘just transition’ plan

Ethan van Diemen
4 mins

PLANET OVER THE LIMIT

Scientists sound alarm over world chemical pollution levels

Onke Ngcuka
3 mins

WEBINAR

Climate finance for African nations is the sustainable solution – activist and author Vanessa Nakate

Julia Evans
4 mins

ANALYSIS

Gwede Mantashe vs academia and activism (and the media, and the world)

Rebecca Davis
5 mins

CLIMATE IMPACT

Heating planet could lead to annual $1.6-trillion labour productivity loss, study finds

Julia Evans
7 mins

LETTER TO EDITOR

Seismic surveys: South Africa cannot afford the luxury of refusing to develop valuable resources on which it sits

the board of HCI
8 mins

TOP READS THIS HOUR

South Africa

Beyond its exceptional beauty, Kruger National Park is on the ropes and hurting
South Africa

Patrick Shai: Actor, activist and a natural on stage — but a man not always at peace with himself
South Africa

Appeal court dismisses bid to resuscitate Gordhan SARS report – Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s legal bills mount
Africa

Telkom loses R1bn in value after Ramaphosa sets the SIU on the fixed-line operator
COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA
South Africa

Ipid registers criminal case against National Commissioner Sitole for dodging questions on Kinnear assassination
South Africa

Claws out for DD ‘The Cat’ Mabuza as his past comes back to haunt him

OFFSHORE EXPLORATION

Court bid to halt West Coast seismic survey: Company asks for more time to draft responding affidavit

Onke Ngcuka

BOOK REVIEW

‘Black Lion’ is an inspirational walk on the wild side

Ed Stoddard

NATURAL WORLD

Brilliant bees that waggle with intent

Don Pinnock

THE CONVERSATION

Are you interested in the weather and its impact on nature? Here’s a career for you

Jennifer Fitchett

OFFSHORE EXPLORATIONS

Fishers and civic organisations take legal action against West Coast seismic surveying

Onke Ngcuka

KHOISAN COURT BATTLE

Liesbeek development ‘better for indigenous cultural heritage’, counsel argues, while raising fears Amazon could pull out

Onke Ngcuka

TIMING QUESTIONED

Mantashe boots civil society representative from nuclear regulator just as contentious Koeberg work gets nod

Tamsin Metelerkamp
5 mins

DOWN IN THE DUMPS

A linchpin of SA’s recycling economy, informal waste pickers should be integrated into the mainstream economy

Michelle Banda
4 mins

TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION

Widespread, deadly flooding in SA classified as national disaster

Tembile Sgqolana
3 mins

KNP IN PERSPECTIVE (PART ONE)

The Kruger National Park and its complex history of conservation and dispossession

Don Pinnock
8 mins

Global news

Newsdeck

U.S. responds to Russia security demands as Ukraine tensions mount
Newsdeck

Prince Andrew Formally Denies Sex-Abuse Claims in Court Filing
Newsdeck

Neil Young to Spotify: Either remove my music or Joe Rogan podcast
Newsdeck

Spotify removing Neil Young’s music after his Joe Rogan ultimatum

COLD FACT

Climate change will limit choice for Winter Games hosts: study

Steve Keating for Reuters

SEA CHANGE

The harpoons are gone, but whales face more complex modern threats

Julia Evans

KZN FLOODING

Search continues for teen boy as rain-battered Ladysmith counts cost of floods

Lungi Langa

ENERGY TRANSITION OP-ED

Green hydrogen provides answer to many of South Africa’s decarbonisation prayers, studies show

Mariam Isa and Chris Yelland

SLOW DEATH

Spike in snare trap placements leading to growing number of wildlife deaths in KZN

Lungi Langa

LIESBEEK DEVELOPMENT

Khoisan group in court battle to halt construction of Amazon Africa headquarters

Onke Ngcuka

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WATER CRISIS

Parts of Eastern Cape emerge from drought, but Gqeberha dam levels are still below 19%

Tembile Sgqolana
4 mins

HYDROCARBON INDUSTRY

Government’s ‘gung-ho approach’ to oil and gas exploration deserves strong resistance — environmental activist

Tembile Sgqolana
3 mins

OFFSHORE EXPLORATION

Seismic surveys: Shell’s gone — but another devil has arrived

Onke Ngcuka
5 mins

JUST TRANSITION

Halt all new coal plants, UN secretary-general tells World Economic Forum

Julia Evans
5 mins

DEFORESTATION

Botswana’s big problem is not elephants, but runaway bushfires

Don Pinnock
4 mins

DECARBONISE

A new ‘green hydrogen’ venture could change the way we do business

Ethan van Diemen
3 mins

TOXIC SPILLS

Creecy beefs up Zululand rivers pollution probe after coal waste collapse

Tony Carnie
6 mins

KZN JUMBO ATTACK

Family survives after bull elephant batters and flips car at Lake St Lucia

Tony Carnie
2 mins

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
2021 Local Elections

RET knives out for Ramaphosa: Zuma faction mobilises to blame party president for poor ANC showing
2021 Local Elections

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

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

The future of politics in South Africa shifts after coalition window closes with seismic changes at metro level
2021 Local Elections

Western Cape: DA the biggest winner after all municipal councils are constituted
2021 Local Elections

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

BUSINESS MAVERICK

Africa

Telkom loses R1bn in value after Ramaphosa sets the SIU on the fixed-line operator
COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA
South Africa

Gwede Mantashe vs academia and activism (and the media, and the world)
South Africa

Identifying the swathe of losers and the sliver of winners in the Steinhoff debacle
South Africa

Appian Capital up in legal arms over Sibanye-Stillwater collapsed $1bn Brazil deal

MAVERICK CITIZEN

COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA
COVID-19

Living with Covid: The pandemic has changed and so must South Africa’s approach to it
COVID-19

WHO says Europe entering new phase; South Africa registers 1,332 new cases
COVID-19

Fauci optimistic that the worst of Omicron is over; South Africa registers 1,931 new cases
COVID-19

New year, same rules: The science behind masks, ventilation and keeping a distance

OUR BURNING PLANET

South Africa

Beyond its exceptional beauty, Kruger National Park is on the ropes and hurting
South Africa

Claws out for DD ‘The Cat’ Mabuza as his past comes back to haunt him
South Africa

Gwede Mantashe vs academia and activism (and the media, and the world)
South Africa

Evasive eThekwini municipality comes clean on Durban beach pollution – sort of
Maverick Life

Brilliant bees that waggle with intent

MAVERICK LIFE

South Africa

Patrick Shai: Actor, activist and a natural on stage — but a man not always at peace with himself
World

Our World in Pictures: Week 03 of 2022
Maverick Life

Don’t look up: several asteroids are heading towards Earth – here’s how we deal with threats in real life
Maverick Life

Brilliant bees that waggle with intent
Maverick Life

The Every: The hilarious and horrifying new novel from Dave Eggers

South Africa Votes

2021 Local Elections

Power and houses: How ANC, Good and DA Cape Town mayoral candidates are angling for your vote
2021 Local Elections

RET knives out for Ramaphosa: Zuma faction mobilises to blame party president for poor ANC showing
2021 Local Elections

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

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

The future of politics in South Africa shifts after coalition window closes with seismic changes at metro level
2021 Local Elections

Western Cape: DA the biggest winner after all municipal councils are constituted
2021 Local Elections

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

GROUNDUP

Beachgoers continue to swim despite warnings of severe contamination across Durban shores

Nokulunga Majola for GroundUp
3 mins

STORM DISASTER

Eastern Cape officials still counting losses after floods kill 14 and displace hundreds

Tembile Sgqolana
6 mins

ENERGY SUMMIT

The just transition: Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe explains his reasons for sticking with coal

Julia Evans
5 mins

POWER GENERATION

Electricity demand: Global economic recovery sends coal usage soaring

Ethan van Diemen
2 mins

OFFSHORE EXPLORATION

Seismic survey: South Africa’s top science academy calls for rethink on outdated sea-blasting technology

Tony Carnie
5 mins

TOXIC SPILL

River turns black after coal mine dam collapse next to rural communities and Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game reserve

Tony Carnie
7 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Four New Year’s resolutions for a healthier environment in 2022

Viniece Jennings
3 mins

The Outlaw Ocean Project OP-ED

Exposé makes waves in midst of climate migration storm and EU shadow immigration system controversy

Ian Urbina
11 mins

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SCORPIO

South Africa

NPA on high alert as business rescue practitioners plot coal exports for Gupta-owned Optimum
South Africa

High court battle kicks off to claw back Insure Group Managers’ R1.2bn nest egg
Business Maverick

Zweli Mkhize’s ‘family friend’ and ex-private secretary pocket Covid-19 cash via R82m Department of Health contracts
SCORPIO

Ronica Ragavan: ‘A devotee, glorified secretary and Madam Fix-It’
South Africa

Gupta Inc strikes again with high court victory in ongoing Optimum battle

AMABHUNGANE

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
Business Maverick

The Guptas’ poisonous legacy – the coal gambit: How State Capture hobbled Alexkor (Part Two)
South Africa

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

GLOBAL INVESTIGATIONS

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

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

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

Exclusive: British army earns money recruiting police for Singapore in ‘bizarre’ colonial-era scheme

SPORTS

Sport

Harmer returns to Proteas squad for New Zealand tour
DM168

Could Quinton de Kock’s decision to quit Test cricket start a perilous trend for the sport in South Africa?
World

Teed off: Aussie Open organisers back-pedal on ‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ shirts after ban backlash
Africa

Salah and Egypt hungry for Afcon glory, but they must take down Ivory Coast’s Elephants first
South Africa

Proteas coach Mark Boucher charged with gross misconduct midway through ODI series

TGIFOOD

TGIFood

First Marmite, now fish paste: The shattered world of a simple breakfast
TGIFood

The Divine Fordsburg bakery where location anchors all
TGIFood

Culinary schools in South Africa need to be decolonised
TGIFood

Throwback Thursday: Rice pudding
TGIFood

Back to the Root in the heart of the Winelands

MOTORING

Business Maverick

Fancy that – turns out the new Toyota Prado is indeed better off-road than a Renault Sandero
Business Maverick

Land Rover: Defender of the faith
Business Maverick

Land Rover Defender 90: Three-door, off-road, on-road maestro
Business Maverick

The road ahead: Motoring trends in 2022
South Africa

The updated Q5 flies the Audi flag high, despite a global drought in computer chips

TOP READS THIS WEEK

South Africa

Claws out for DD ‘The Cat’ Mabuza as his past comes back to haunt him
South Africa

Patrick Shai: Actor, activist and a natural on stage — but a man not always at peace with himself
South Africa

‘They’ll have to bring bouncers’: Former ANC rebel Makhosi Khoza squares up to her new party, ActionSA
South Africa

Lindiwe Sisulu’s F-you to Ramaphosa should surprise no one — here’s why
TGIFood

First Marmite, now fish paste: The shattered world of a simple breakfast

AFRICA

Africa

West raising red flags over Wagner’s expanding mercenary reach in CAR and other African nations
Africa

New report shows liquor industry is working against WHO efforts to curb alcohol abuse
Africa

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

Richard Leakey — a giant among students of human origins
Africa

Burkina Faso president Roch Kabore detained: Plague of military coups spreads in West Africa

Coronavirus

COVID-19

Experts: End South Africa’s national state of disaster
COVID-19

Fauci optimistic that the worst of Omicron is over; South Africa registers 1,931 new cases
COVID-19

Dismissal of employee refusing mandatory workplace vaccination ruled as fair by CCMA
COVID-19

Ontario to crack down on doctor misinformation; South Africa registers 4,322 new cases
COVID-19

WHO says Europe entering new phase; South Africa registers 1,332 new cases

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 4 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 11 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 8 May 2020

WEBINARS

Webinars

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

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa
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
2021 Local Elections

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

LOOK & LISTEN

World

The Matrix: Resurrections, a product of late-stage capitalist postmodern hyperreality
Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 01 of 2022
Maverick Life

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

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

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

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Lindiwe Sisulu’s extraordinary attack on South Africa’s Constitution
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Claws out for DD ‘The Cat’ Mabuza as his past comes back to haunt him
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How President Ramaphosa and ANC leaders misled SA about the party’s cadre deployment committee
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Patrick Shai: Actor, activist and a natural on stage — but a man not always at peace with himself
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‘They’ll have to bring bouncers’: Former ANC rebel Makhosi Khoza squares up to her new party, ActionSA

Judiciary in CRISIS

South Africa

Showdown looms after Lindiwe Sisulu denies Presidency statement that she apologised and retracted her attack on judges
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As Ramaphosa harbours vain hope of fixing a sputtering ANC, we must heed Zondo’s warning
South Africa

South Africa stagnates in fight against corruption — Transparency International
South Africa

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

Grieve-ous act? Lindiwe Sisulu’s latest tirade against critic ‘plagiarised’ speech by former UK attorney general

Jacob Zuma

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Claws out for DD ‘The Cat’ Mabuza as his past comes back to haunt him
South Africa

Patrick Shai: Actor, activist and a natural on stage — but a man not always at peace with himself
South Africa

‘They’ll have to bring bouncers’: Former ANC rebel Makhosi Khoza squares up to her new party, ActionSA
South Africa

Lindiwe Sisulu’s F-you to Ramaphosa should surprise no one — here’s why
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First Marmite, now fish paste: The shattered world of a simple breakfast

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