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Daily Maverick is a South African online and print newspaper with quality investigative journalism and opinion pieces. Please support Daily Maverick:
Last update: 2024-03-28 11:59:50.998923 UTC+2
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Police appeared to have discounted evidence suggesting taxi strongman Bonke Makalala was a key player in attempts to strong-arm commercial bus operators. Now he has emerged as an alleged killer.
With uMkhonto Wesizwe’s contestation of the general election now a legal certainty, and the publication of the parties’ candidate lists, this is a good time to assess whether this poll will be significantly different from those of the past.
South Africa has taken great strides in deploying private sector capital into renewable energy projects, giving the country its best chance at improving energy resilience and combating climate change. But 2024’s twin challenges are expanding the capacity of the national power grid and making significant advancements in energy storage technologies.
Alleged 28 gang boss Ralph Stanfield, who together with his wife Nicole Johnson was arrested in a car theft case last year, has heard he may face yet another criminal charge — this time in connection with a house break-in.
[CONSUMER CRUNCH] Banks will have to put greater focus on collections as consumer pressures continue
Repo rate to remain at 8.25% until May as inflation spikes, dashing hopes of rate cut, with consumers turning to credit for groceries as middle-class South Africans spend 73% of income on debt.
Biden’s administration is resisting hostility towards SA from Congress — but if Trump wins in November, all bets are off.
For an Italian dinner the other day, we offered this beef shin stew as a variation on Osso Buco, the traditional veal dish. We served it with creamy polenta, or ‘Italian pap’, as someone referred to it during the dinner.
There are at least two political parties campaigning for the upcoming elections on a single issue: Cape independence. But is the promise that the Western Cape could secede from the rest of South Africa actually based on fact?
There are serious gaps in psychiatry regarding treatment, prevention and care for children and adolescents in South Africa. Offering solutions, Dr Anusha Lachman says psychiatric services should be offered in ways that are Afro-centric and culturally sensitive.
Old Mutual raises minimum salary to R180,000 a year, proudly claiming to bridge the wage gap in the financial services sector, with chairman Trevor Manuel hailing the move as a step towards fairer pay practices.
Cocoa prices topped $9,000 a tonne this week, an almost four-fold spike in prices over the course of 12 months as the El Niño-linked drought, which followed a deluge, hit the crop in top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana.
Tony Heard, who died on Wednesday 27 March 2024 at the age of 86, was one of the bravest people I have known. His quiet and fearless opposition to the apartheid regime brought him many accolades, and cost him his job. He was a journalist’s journalist, a man for whom principles counted above all else.
Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda has unveiled a water security plan for ailing city systems despite having earlier denied that there was a crisis.
The success of TMNP’s conservation soldiers who target crime on Table Mountain hinges on the data collected and analysed by a group of women, who carry out their vital work quietly in the background. We talked to some of them
Over the past five years, nearly 79% of all net jobs created in South Africa were in the Western Cape: this means that out of approximately every five jobs created in South Africa, four were created in this province.
The Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Reserve Bank kept interest rates on hold again on Wednesday as it signalled concern about inflation remaining stubbornly above the midpoint of its 3% to 6% target range.
‘Arguably the biggest barrier to investing for retirement is fear.’
Ukrainian authorities said the northeastern city of Kharkiv was hit by a guided bomb, killing at least one person and injuring others in the first such strike on the city since the war began more than two years ago.
On Monday, the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) made its party lists open to the public, revealing the 14,662 candidates nominated by political parties to fill the seats in the National Assembly and provincial legislatures after the May 29 elections. We take a look at the more eye-catching features.
Former President and current Umkhonto Wesizwe party leader Jacob Zuma appears on the IEC list despite not being eligible as a candidate for elections.
The Eastern Cape Department of Health owes suppliers in the province an estimated R4.8-billion as its financial position remains precarious at best despite upbeat claims by the province’s politicians that the turnaround plan for the department was going well.
Tension between Israel and Hezbollah heightened after the Iran-backed group fired rockets at a northern Israeli town, killing one person.
Old Mutual reveals it paid out a whopping R30-million a day in claims in 2023, with CEO Iain Williamson highlighting the financial strain on consumers and hinting at a potential recovery on the horizon.
The controversial General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill was adopted in the National Assembly on Tuesday with an unusual agreement between the ANC and the DA, while others expressed misgivings. To reach this point has taken an unusually short time – just four months.
The world has turned grey, and nature has turned angry. A battle of three against one is raging halfway to Antarctica. Wind, rain and ocean unite their assault against the red-and-white icebreaker floating almost 5 000 tons. As above, so below. Staring at an invisible horizon from her porthole, Dr Marike Stander is as determined as the forces outside. Her destination: a near-inhospitable island. Her mission: finding fingerprints.
Moving, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking ... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the last 48 hours.
About 60% of the human body is made up of water. Excessive water loss can be fatal.
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