The Weekend Wrap
Who’s in and who’s out of Ramaphosa’s Cabinet? Why we need to talk to our kids about marijuana; and how Ralph Stanfield cozied up with Old Mutual and Atterbury.
When President Cyril Ramaphosa announces his Cabinet sometime after his inauguration on Wednesday, it will signal the seriousness of shaping this much-talked-about national unity government – and who holds power where.
By Marianne Merten
When President Cyril Ramaphosa announces his Cabinet sometime after his inauguration on Wednesday, it will signal the seriousness of shaping this much-talked-about national unity government – and who holds power where.
By Marianne Merten
An amaBhungane and Daily Maverick investigation reveals how entities and associates linked to gang boss accused Ralph Stanfield and his wife, Nicole Johnson, tie them to a R3bn Cape Town industrial development property project — with the blessing of developers Atterbury and Old Mutual.
By amaBhungane and Daily Maverick reporters
An amaBhungane and Daily Maverick investigation reveals how entities and associates linked to gang boss accused Ralph Stanfield and his wife, Nicole Johnson, tie them to a R3bn Cape Town industrial development property project — with the blessing of developers Atterbury and Old Mutual.
By amaBhungane and Daily Maverick reporters
At his second-term inauguration in Pretoria on Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa struck a deliberately inclusive and unifying note while welcoming South Africa’s new political reality.
By Rebecca Davis
At his second-term inauguration in Pretoria on Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa struck a deliberately inclusive and unifying note while welcoming South Africa’s new political reality. But behind the scenes of the GNU, there are already signs that Ramaphosa’s diplomatic chops may never be tested more.
By Rebecca Davis
With reports of the likely closure of a number of print newspapers in South Africa, what does it say about the state of our crumbling news industry and shrinking newsrooms?
By Anton Harber
With reports of the likely closure of a number of print newspapers in South Africa, what does it say about the state of our crumbling news industry and shrinking newsrooms?
By Anton Harber
Weed, dagga, doobie, ganja – call it what you want, but it’s out there aplenty and its private use is now legal, which means we as parents should have an open discussion with our children about it.
By Marianne Thamm
The Inside Out sequel gives parents and children yet another fantastic framework to discuss the emotional complexity that accompanies growing up.
By Tracy Benson
South Africa’s National Arts Festival’s economic impact on its host city, Makhanda, is estimated to be US$4.5 million a year. But it also makes an impact on a social and an artistic level.
By Jen Snowball
A group of bird-watchers sighted the extremely rare Mascarene martin in KwaZulu-Natal – before a lanner falcon intervened.
By Tony Carnie
‘What in the rock of ages are those?’ ‘You accidentally made rusks!’ ‘You cooked rocks!’ Just three of the 800 TikTok comments lampooning my failed attempt to make amagwinya, or vetkoek, a much-treasured food item in South Africa. (That’s not them in the picture by the way.)
By Ray Mahlaka
‘What in the rock of ages are those?’ ‘You accidentally made rusks!’ ‘You cooked rocks!’ Just three of the 800 TikTok comments lampooning my failed attempt to make amagwinya, or vetkoek, a much-treasured food item in South Africa. (That’s not them in the picture by the way.)
By Ray Mahlaka
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