Maverick Life
Art tours frame Soweto’s vibrant culture and heritage in canvas, mosaic and mural
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Maverick Life
Artificial Intelligence needs more than code – it needs human meaning
By Hannah Botsis
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
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LOSING ODDS
Students wager NSFAS allowances and their futures at online betting sites
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DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT
Fewer babies, slower growth and the implications of declining fertility rates worldwide
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RAF COLLISION LOOMS
The R500bn Road Accident Fund accounting question nobody wants to answer
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‘GHOST FINE’ PARADISE
Aarto changes how SA pays traffic fines while scammers score
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DIARY OF A CEO
Inside Dis-Chem’s prescription for better rewards
MAVERICK CITIZEN
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MAVERICK CITIZEN
Profiting With “Cheap Lives”
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OBITUARY
Farewell Zoë Wicomb, the vivid voyager who wrote SA into the world
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CLOSING THE CHAPTER
Professor Thoko Mayekiso reflects on a decade of transformative leadership at University of Mpumalanga
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FOOD TREASURE OP-ED
South Africa’s indigenous vegetables — the extraordinary nutritional wealth in our backyards
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KNOWLEDGE HARVEST
How to boost profits for SA’s small-scale farmers — the biotechnology vs agroecology debate
OUR BURNING PLANET
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REFLECTION
Farewell to one of SA’s finest wildlife photographers
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ENERGY TRANSITION OP-ED
Vanadium redox flow batteries and South Africa’s green industrial opportunity
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NEXT BIG CHALLENGE
Can lessons from Eskom be used to tackle SA's water crisis with determination and strategy?
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ROVING REPORTERS
Oppenheimer research grant winner tackles invasive plants with game-changing science
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SOIL CONSERVATION
There is more to donga erosion than meets the eye
MAVERICK LIFE
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OBITUARY
Farewell Zoë Wicomb, the vivid voyager who wrote SA into the world
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OP-ED
Why we all need glimmers — as a mental health practice and a matter of urgency
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CAST YOUR VOTE
Best small town to live in South Africa — nominate yours
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BOOK REVIEW
Reads that resonate, from a gripping thriller to unforgettable memoir and moving fiction
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WHAT’S COOKING
Lekker Brekker Monday: Smashed peas on toast with a fried egg
SCORPIO
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SCORPIO EXCLUSIVE
IDT contractor ripped off workers, bankrolled Tebogo Malaka’s new R16m property
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SCORPIO VIDEO
New Tebogo Malaka bribe footage verifies IDT CEO said there’s ‘sixty’ in Dior bag
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SCORPIO
Exclusive Video: Suspended IDT CEO, spokesperson offer Daily Maverick journalist R60K in cash to quash investigation
AMABHUNGANE
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MAVERICK NEWS
Deadly Water — The life and death of a tenderpreneur (Part One)
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MAVERICK NEWS
Milestone conviction in multibillion ‘cum-ex’ tax fraud tightens noose around Investec
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SOUTH AFRICA
AmaBhungane bids to challenge the Public Procurement Act
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ECONOMY
South Africa’s bad bet: How online gambling is a major source of extraction from the economy
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MAVERICK NEWS
Bus driver’s arrest deepens Intercape and taxi violence row
MAVERICK NEWS
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CASH CRUNCH
Court order has created ‘existential crisis’, says ANC, as it moves to unfreeze bank accounts
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AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Minister Tolashe throws her DG under the bus as she faces claims of misleading Parliament
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PARLIAMENTARY HEARING
Mchunu uses ‘dangerous man’ crime accused Matlala’s affidavit to defend himself
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STATE CAPTURE ANALYSIS
SA’s ongoing capture — Mkhwanazi’s accusations and countering charges merge with past state sabotage
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AMABHUNGANE
Deadly Water — The life and death of a tenderpreneur (Part One)
AFRICA
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POWER STRUGGLE
Plan to postpone Zimbabwe elections to keep Mnangagwa in power roils ruling Zanu-PF
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CRITICAL MIGRATION
Backbone of survival — the breadwinner Basotho women and the families they sustain from South Africa
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ISS TODAY
Ethiopia's grand renaissance dam a game changer in Nile Basin hydropolitics and water security
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HEALTH SOVEREIGNTY
Africa can no longer wait for external actors to solve its healthcare challenges
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REFLECTION
What Jane Goodall’s dog, Rusty, taught me about live journalism
OP-EDS
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ANALYSIS
From Joshlin to Mthethwa to Kirk — how social media fuels confusion and conspiracy theories
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DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT
Fewer babies, slower growth and the implications of declining fertility rates worldwide
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FOOD TREASURE OP-ED
South Africa’s indigenous vegetables — the extraordinary nutritional wealth in our backyards
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CONSERVATION OP-ED
Urgent need to rethink elephant management strategies and move from culling to coexistence
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ISS TODAY OP-ED
Unity at any cost? Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger jointly leave the International Criminal Court
SPORTS
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DREAM ‘DENTED’
Damaged medical tent jeopardising health and safety among reasons Cape Town Marathon was cancelled
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BIG RUN DEBACLE
Organisers explain timeline of decision to cancel Cape Town Marathon
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LEADERSHIP CRISIS
World netball's suspension of NSA president Cecilia Molokwane sparks governance crisis as elections loom
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TOUGH SCHEDULE AWAITS
Rassie springs Porthen surprise for Springboks’ November northern hemisphere campaign
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BLOWOUT
Cape Town Marathon cancelled, deemed unsafe after wind damages structures
TGIFOOD
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WHAT’S COOKING
Pepper steak and mushroom pie — two pie fillings in one
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MERROIR & TERROIR
Spekboom leads the way in a reimagining of food and wine tasting at Geuwels restaurant
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THE MARMALADE THREAD
Prince Albert adds to its creative menu with Silver at World Marmalade Awards
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FOOD EDITOR’S DIARY
Rosé days at Muratie, the wine farm with a Table Mountain view
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WHAT’S COOKING
Garlic roll hamburgers with matchstick chips
NELSON MANDELA BAY
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‘HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT’ FIND
‘Extinct’ 3m largetooth sawfish washes up on Eastern Cape coast
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REFLECTION
Farewell to one of SA’s finest wildlife photographers
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CAMPUS UNREST
Fort Hare vice-chancellor says violent campus protests were 'sponsored'
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POLITICS OF CONSENSUS
Mcebisi Jonas spells out his vision to revitalise Eastern Cape’s ailing economy
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UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNMENT
Take Two for Nelson Mandela Bay’s controversial new acting city manager
TONGUE IN CHEEK
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VAT SO, SKATTIE!
Pieter-Dirk Uys at 80 — the man who dressed the nation’s anxiety in pearls
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LEFT FIELD
Ask yourself, City of Joburg — Who let the dogs out in the war on us?
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Watch – Is South Africa a mafia state?
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Ferial Haffajee: On hate, hope and holding the line for media freedom
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POLITICALLY AWEH
Caught in a bad romance? South Africa’s GNU gets the Politically Aweh treatment
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS
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JSC TRIBUNAL
Get off your feminist, Western, culturally superior, subjective high horse, Mbenenge’s lawyer tells tribunal
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JSC TRIBUNAL
Retired Judge Bernard Ngoepe compares women’s power to a key for Mercedes Benz and Donald Trump
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DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR
The role of state institutions in supporting constitutional democracy
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JUDGES MATTER OP-ED
J20 Sandton summit an opportunity for a global reset to protect the rule of law
SPONSORED CONTENT
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SPONSORED CONTENT
AI in Your Pocket: Meet the Galaxy Z Fold7
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SPONSORED CONTENT
“Bakkie-brigade” installations drive surge in solar after-sales demand
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SPONSORED CONTENT
The gift of boredom.
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SPONSORED CONTENT
When earning stops, what’s your safety net?
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SPONSORED CONTENT
Can GenAI and the music industry co-exist?
CROSSWORDS
WEBINARS
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SOUTH AFRICA
Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
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SOUTH AFRICA
Parkrun’s enduring magic – free, fair and the family values behind the movement
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MAVERICK NEWS
'Mandela: The Lost Tapes' podcast series breathes new life into an icon’s legacy
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BUSINESS MAVERICK
Unpacking South Africa’s 2025 budget speech — challenges, dynamics and implications
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WEBINARS
A Skewed Debate: Mother tongue education in SA remains a privilege, not a right
LOOK & LISTEN
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – Branko Brkic on why journalism is the light we cannot lose
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MAVERICK NEWS
Watch – How tax money funded SA's political parties for up to R2.1bn last year
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MULTIMEDIA
Watch – Department of Social Development defends R3m New York trip as 'modest'
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MULTIMEDIA
Redi Tlhabi talks to Rebecca Davis: Unpacking the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry
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MEDIA
Silencing dissent: Redi Tlhabi with Karen Attiah on voices under fire
