IN PICTURES The 2026 Cannes Film Festival: Moments from the Croisette 8 min 0 By Maverick Life Editors
THE INTERVIEW The Glass Island: An exploration of humanity’s failings through surreal autobiography 5 min 0 By Lucinda Jolly
GOING UNDER My Heart Story: Shape-shifters, paranoia, and jazz on the operating table 12 min 9 By Tony Jackman
THEATRE REVIEW Lest we forget: The play observing the Soweto Uprising through a fiercely human lens 6 min 0 By Keith Bain
IN PICTURES Endless struggle: Water crisis deepens across Free State, North West, Limpopo 5 min 1 By Felix Dlangamandla
OPERA REVIEW Cape Town Opera’s Carmen is a tempestuous feminist tragedy with a golden-voiced femme fatale 9 min 0 By Keith Bain
BOOK EXCERPT The Oudtshoorn feather boom: Famed feather palaces of the Klein Karoo 6 min 2 By Chris Marais
IN PICTURES Sandy fire forces evacuations as firefighting aircraft battle fast-moving blaze in California 5 min 0 By Daily Maverick Photo Team
THE CONVERSATION SA study reveals most dog fights happen at home and how to prevent it 4 min 0 By Josef Hanekom
NOVEL VIBES A glimpse inside the Green Room at the Franschhoek Literary Festival 7 min 0 By Joy Watson
PHOTO ESSAY Sony World Competition: The year's most creative photography exploring culture and history 7 min 0 By Sony World Photography Awards
THE CONVERSATION How to model good eating and body image habits for your kids 4 min 0 By Courtney P. McLean and Chelsea Arnold
SOLITARY AND CONFINED Japan’s loneliness industry gives an early warning to the world 7 min 0 By Herman Lategan
THE CONVERSATION Do we absorb information better on paper, rather than screens? 4 min 0 By Erik D Reichle and Lili Yu
BOOK EXCERPT No-Nonsense Nutrition: A science-based plan to transform health 4 min 0 By Dominique Ludwig
WHAT WE'RE WATCHING Apex: Scary thriller is rock-steady in delivering the action goods 4 min 1 By Sandra Visser
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING Untold Courage: Exploring the complex legacies of apartheid through a 4-part documentary 7 min 0 By Lucinda Jolly
BOOK EXCERPT The Cango Tango: Adventures in South Africa’s oldest tourist attraction 4 min 0 By Julienne Du Toit