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Poverty

Hope rises: How one school is redefining education for kids from Cape Town's poorest communities

South Africa, DM168

Hope rises: How one school is redefining education for kids from Cape Town's poorest communities

by: Takudzwa Pongweni

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

Business Maverick, South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Maverick News

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

by: Lillian Roberts

Diamonds the Richtersveld’s worst friend as infighting and illegal mining tears community apart

South Africa

Diamonds the Richtersveld’s worst friend as infighting and illegal mining tears community apart

by: Kristin Engel

‘Squid Game’ Season 2 is a dystopian reflection of capitalism’s dark side

Maverick Life

‘Squid Game’ Season 2 is a dystopian reflection of capitalism’s dark side

by: Dirk Matten

Social development minister reaches out and promises to attend to a desperate community’s problems

Maverick News

Social development minister reaches out and promises to attend to a desperate community’s problems

by: Suné Payne

Machines of Loving Grace — how AI might fix the world, and why the West must get scarier before that happens

Sci-Tech, World

Machines of Loving Grace — how AI might fix the world, and why the West must get scarier before that happens

by: Steven Boykey Sidley

Desperate plea to Godongwana for jobs, housing, healthcare and education as cost of living crisis bites

South Africa, Maverick News

Desperate plea to Godongwana for jobs, housing, healthcare and education as cost of living crisis bites

by: Lisakanya Venna and Siyabonga Goni

More than half of Gauteng people say South Africa is a failed state: survey

Business Maverick, South Africa, Maverick News

More than half of Gauteng people say South Africa is a failed state: survey

by: Ferial Haffajee

Save our children - Almost 30% of children under 5 are stunted

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

Save our children - Almost 30% of children under 5 are stunted

by: Lori Lake

One in seven moms in South Africa are teens — here are the numbers

South Africa, Maverick Citizen

One in seven moms in South Africa are teens — here are the numbers

by: Anna-Maria van Niekerk, Linda Pretorius and Laura Grant

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

Op-eds

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

by: Adivhaho F Ramaite and Alize le Roux

Two Western Cape towns bridge the poverty and race divide

Op-eds

Two Western Cape towns bridge the poverty and race divide

by: Andisiwe Makwecana