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Seventy years later: The enduring echoes of Sophiatown's forced removals in South Africa

South Africa

Seventy years later: The enduring echoes of Sophiatown's forced removals in South Africa

By Michelle Banda

2025 Budget speech, World Social Justice Day and annual social justice lecture

South Africa

2025 Budget speech, World Social Justice Day and annual social justice lecture

By Lerato Mutsila

Fur flies during debate on State of the Nation Address

Politics

Fur flies during debate on State of the Nation Address

By Rebecca Davis

As Trump upends world order, SA needs to recalibrate foreign policy to be more responsive

South Africa

As Trump upends world order, SA needs to recalibrate foreign policy to be more responsive

By Azwimpheleli Langalanga

Sona 2025 — Ramaphosa’s soft promises on a collision course with hard reality

Maverick News

Sona 2025 — Ramaphosa’s soft promises on a collision course with hard reality

By Stephen Grootes

Praise poet’s family celebrates her Sona appearance — and a special moment for the Eastern Cape

DM168

Praise poet’s family celebrates her Sona appearance — and a special moment for the Eastern Cape

By Suné Payne

Reality check as gang shootings mar Ramaphosa’s vision for a safer South Africa

Maverick News

Reality check as gang shootings mar Ramaphosa’s vision for a safer South Africa

By Caryn Dolley

NHI, housing, employment and education — What Ramaphosa got right and where he fell short

Maverick Citizen

NHI, housing, employment and education — What Ramaphosa got right and where he fell short

By Lerato Mutsila, Naledi Sikhakhane and Tamsin Metelerkamp

From the red carpet to the joint sitting, Sona 2025 in pictures

Maverick Life

From the red carpet to the joint sitting, Sona 2025 in pictures

By Maverick Life Editors

SA to send a crack team to global capitals to rally behind G20

Maverick News

SA to send a crack team to global capitals to rally behind G20

By Daily Maverick

‘We will not be bullied’ — resolute Ramaphosa stands up to US

Politics

‘We will not be bullied’ — resolute Ramaphosa stands up to US

By Rebecca Davis

Ramaphosa address — MK, EFF, ActionSA disappointed, but some GNU partners optimistic

South Africa

Ramaphosa address — MK, EFF, ActionSA disappointed, but some GNU partners optimistic

By Victoria O’Regan