Maverick Citizen

Man wins damages after being shot by police during Covid lockdown

By Estelle Ellis

TGIFood

Muse, a lockdown survivor that thrives nearly five years later

By Tony Jackman

South Africa

Glenda Gray’s fierce fight for science, the Covid-19 ruckus, and the bathroom row about HIV drugs

By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight

South Africa

Almost 350 children died of malnutrition in SA during lockdown in 2020

By Estelle Ellis

Maverick Life

Trails and tribulations — Limpopo villagers take to hiking to heal ‘weary souls’ and find lost link to nature

By Lucas Ledwaba

TGIFood

Life in Tableau: The world from my front window

By Tony Jackman

South Africa

Covid hiatus doing a number on 2023 matrics tackling ‘tough’ maths papers

By Lucas Ledwaba

World

Reflections on Nick Cave’s ‘Faith, Hope and Carnage’

By Mark Heywood

South Africa

An addict of sight lurks in the Covid night – this is 2020 South Africa through a lockdown lens

By Obie Oberholzer

South Africa

Broken Pieces of a Human: Death and lockdown – I know the taste of sorrow now

By Dimpho Thobela

Africa

Bloomer: Life in an old age home after a name change, a second mid-life crisis and no bra

By Anne Schlebusch

Maverick Citizen

Joburg’s People’s Pantry pleads for help to keeping feeding hundreds of desperate people

By Takudzwa Pongweni