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Pothole payback — A 21-month battle for a R40,000 payout from Nelson Mandela Bay municipality

Maverick News

Pothole payback — A 21-month battle for a R40,000 payout from Nelson Mandela Bay municipality

By Estelle Ellis

Lesufi’s ‘back to basics’ for Joburg is lost in empty promises, potholes and cynicism

Maverick News

Lesufi’s ‘back to basics’ for Joburg is lost in empty promises, potholes and cynicism

By Stephen Grootes

Knysna’s new mayor talks up infrastructure fixes, opposition says council’s ‘reshuffling deckchairs on Titanic’

Politics

Knysna’s new mayor talks up infrastructure fixes, opposition says council’s ‘reshuffling deckchairs on Titanic’

By Suné Payne

Budget 2025: How the government is extracting more while providing less for citizens

South Africa

Budget 2025: How the government is extracting more while providing less for citizens

By Stephen Grootes

‘Not a pleasing environment’ — Ramaphosa says Joburg must fix its many problems, and fast

Politics

‘Not a pleasing environment’ — Ramaphosa says Joburg must fix its many problems, and fast

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Mayor insists they will solve Makhanda’s many problems as hundreds gear up to demand her removal

South Africa

Mayor insists they will solve Makhanda’s many problems as hundreds gear up to demand her removal

By Estelle Ellis

SA pothole tales, as told by Daily Maverick readers

South Africa

SA pothole tales, as told by Daily Maverick readers

By Daily Maverick

The sad destiny of the City of Joburg – even more discord, frustration and anger

Politics

The sad destiny of the City of Joburg – even more discord, frustration and anger

By Stephen Grootes

IN PHOTOS: Boks game scores a big fix for eastern Johannesburg

Sport

IN PHOTOS: Boks game scores a big fix for eastern Johannesburg

By Ferial Haffajee

Removal of ANC’s dominance partly fixed SA’s crisis of party politics — but not the crisis of state

Op-eds

Removal of ANC’s dominance partly fixed SA’s crisis of party politics — but not the crisis of state

By Raymond Suttner

Political pole dance — higher, highest, who has the most puzzling party poster of them all?

Politics

Political pole dance — higher, highest, who has the most puzzling party poster of them all?

By Shaun de Waal

The Book of South African Proverbs

ZAPIRO

The Book of South African Proverbs

By Stephen Francis & Rico