The use of load shedding as a pointed election weapon; unpacking the effects of ICJ’s Gaza genocide case and the good, bad, and ugly of AI in dating apps.
The arrival of Stage 6 load shedding over the weekend underscores how potent an issue the energy crisis will be in this year’s elections. And the timing of the latest round of problems at Eskom, between the State of the Nation Address and the launch of the EFF’s election manifesto, could not have been worse for the ANC.
By Stephen Grootes
The arrival of Stage 6 load shedding over the weekend underscores how potent an issue the energy crisis will be in this year’s elections. And the timing of the latest round of problems at Eskom, between the State of the Nation Address and the launch of the EFF’s election manifesto, could not have been worse for the ANC.
By Stephen Grootes
Ensuring Israel’s compliance – meaning actual implementation – with the provisional measures will require action by other international bodies, states and civil society.
By Ottilia Anna Maunganidze and Xhanti Mhlambiso
During chaos and swirl, South Africa has always been strongest when it takes a high moral ground. Denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his justification of Hitler’s invasion of Poland is a necessary place to start.
By Branko Brkic
During chaos and swirl, South Africa has always been strongest when it takes a high moral ground. Denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin and his justification of Hitler’s invasion of Poland is a necessary place to start.
By Branko Brkic
During Day Two of Parliament’s State of the Nation Address debate, both sides of the House hauled out lists of stats and people’s names to show, or disprove, progress. The only thing proven, however, was the depth of the political abyss.
By Marianne Merten
West Africa is now separated into two blocs with antagonistic ideologies, allied with foreign sponsors on opposite sides of the geopolitical divide.
By Phillip van Niekerk
Can algorithms truly capture the complexities of human attraction and compatibility, or do they reduce love to a series of data points and calculations? We explore the strange world of online dating apps.
By Zanele Fengu
Every now and then South Africa produces a talented musician who takes the local industry by storm. Tyla Seethal, popularly known simply as Tyla, has taken it to global proportions.
By S’bo Gyre
In a world grappling with the escalating threat of wildfires, Daily Maverick digs into the economic toll and scope of what has been described as one of the most intense wildfire seasons in the Western Cape so far.
By Victoria O’Regan and Kristin Engel
Dr Unathi Ngonono and a team of doctors at Bedford Orthopaedic Hospital are bringing joy to children with Blount’s disease, which causes outward bowing of the lower limbs.
By Estelle Ellis
Dr Unathi Ngonono and a team of doctors at Bedford Orthopaedic Hospital are bringing joy to children with Blount’s disease, which causes outward bowing of the lower limbs.
By Estelle Ellis
Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits.
By Heather Lench
We all know which restaurants are lavished with awards, but where are South African diners spending their money? Telling trends were observed in the data of a key survey.
By Georgina Crouth
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