Business Maverick

A VAT hike is not the answer, say experts — here are their solutions to SA’s fiscal crisis

By Lillian Roberts

Maverick News

SA mirrors the new world disorder, where might is right and the weak are crushed underfoot

By Stephen Grootes

Maverick News

Community-led service delivery — good in the short term, difficult in the long term

By Stephen Grootes

Maverick News

Government wastage — the Achilles’ heel of a wealth tax

By Stephen Grootes

Op-eds

Accelerate, extend or abandon? Africa struggles to meet Sustainable Development Goals

By Adivhaho F Ramaite and Alize le Roux

Maverick Citizen

No silver bullet for bridging SA’s healthcare divide, say delegates at hospital conference

By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight

Business Maverick

SA economy grows 0.4% in Q2 after flatlining in Q1, household expenditure shows surprise lift — Stats SA

By Ed Stoddard

South Africa

Why people struggle to eat better (Part One) – survival mode and immediate satisfaction

By Lillian Roberts

Maverick News

Lessons from the distressing ordeal of schoolboy Lifalethu Mbasana

By Velani Ludidi

South Africa

ECD Bill should be a priority for new basic education minister – our children’s futures depend on it

By Nurina Ally, Sanja Bornman and Tess Peacock

South Africa

Inequality – the real challenge that lies ahead in an increasingly unequal world

By Mark Swilling

Africa

World Bank points to worrying slowdown in Africa’s poverty reduction

By Ed Stoddard