Maverick News

‘The system is going to collapse’ – Union warns Western Cape over plans to slash 2,400 teaching posts

By Lisakanya Venna and Siyabonga Goni

Business Maverick

Sugarcane growers stand by claims of job losses linked to sugar tax

By Georgina Crouth

Sci-Tech

When AI takes all of the jobs, who will pay our taxes?

By Steven Boykey Sidley

Business Maverick

Sugar industry calls for freeze on sugar tax, asks government for a sweeter deal

By Neesa Moodley

Business Maverick

Eskom tariff hikes will ‘materially squeeze’ mine profit margins — Minerals Council SA

By Ed Stoddard

Business Maverick

SA Post Office plans another round of retrenchments to break its money-losing streak

By Ray Mahlaka

South Africa

Restrictions on gatherings significantly changed; masks no longer required when outdoors

By Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa

How fast will the ANC fall, part four: What real growth in SA would look like

By John Matisonn

South Africa

Quality of life declines in Gauteng, deepening inequality

By Yashena Naidoo, Julia de Kadt and Alexandra Parker

South Africa

Domestic workers who lost their jobs during lockdown forced to beg on the streets with their babies

By Kimberly Mutandiro for GroundUp

Business Maverick

Retrenchments don’t just impact on companies – they impact on our society and economy

By Anne Cabot-Alletzhauser

Business Maverick

Little tax room to manoeuvre as Covid-19 pandemic triggers bleaker contraction

By Tania Ajam, Dennis Davis, Deborah Tickle and Ingrid Woolard