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2026-10-30 · 38 items · 3 topical
75 HOUSEHOLD SQUEEZE: Fuel levy cut offers brief relief as food basket outpaces SA’s unchanged SRD grant
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 12:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
65 SPY TRIAL : EFF secures Zuma-era SSA spy records as Idac stands by R12m case
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 18:16 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
60 RESET AGENDA: Bad news for Mkhwanazi’s naysayers as Cachalia backs him to head Hawks
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 22:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
55 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Five Tshwane polls give DA an edge in coalition negotiations
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 22:37 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
55 ANALYSIS: So you want to govern a metro? Be careful what you wish for
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 12:37 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
50 POLITICALLY AWEH: Six parties share how they’ll tackle the cost of living
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 16:00 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
45 TRC Roulette : Khampepe probe — Selebi ordered TRC files sealed, says ‘master file’ keeper Louis Bester
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 22:33 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
40 The SAPS continues to flounder through delayed reforms
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 22:51 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
40 Seven years and R44-million later – Nigel’s water reservoir remains unfinished
GroundUp · published 29 Oct 14:41 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
35 ROAD SAFETY: Come clean about broken traffic lights and streetlights, AA urges municipalities
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 23:03 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
35 DIGITAL MENACE OP-ED: Misinformation, disinformation and the threat to electoral integrity
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 22:36 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
35 EXPLAINER: Reserve Bank data paint mixed picture as inflation comes knocking
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 21:03 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
35 GEOPOLITICS OP-ED: Brazil’s election — a victory for Lula, a wake-up call for democracy
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 20:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
35 HOSTING AMBITIONS: SA unveils Durban as candidate city in its bid to host the Olympic Games
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 17:38 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
35 El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti for rescue while elections postponed
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 12:52 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
35 AMABHUNGANE: Takeover row: Butters vs the Takeover Regulation Panel — and Warren Chapman
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 06:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
35 Activists concerned that Cape Town’s “affordable” housing will not be affordable
GroundUp · published 29 Oct 03:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
30 BUSHVELD LUNACY: Dig first, find water later: Limpopo’s industrial insanity
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 23:35 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
30 UPROOTED: The tree-loving Georgian billionaire, the Pretoria landscaper and the SA baobab export row
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 23:25 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
30 From ballot box to Just Energy Transition — participation without power
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 22:01 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
30 PAY UP: Pay R110.7m, or face liquidation — the ultimatum facing WP Rugby Football Union
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 21:48 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
30 AFTER THE BELL: Why are SA’s cannabis rules still up in smoke?
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 20:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
30 Bad audit opinion for Gauteng Department of Social Development
GroundUp · published 29 Oct 13:43 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
30 Lesotho dam authority must pay M90-million in long-overdue compensation
GroundUp · published 29 Oct 11:38 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
30 Border? What border? This is what South Africa’s frontier with Zimbabwe looks like
GroundUp · published 29 Oct 06:00 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
25 SA’S CANCER STORY (PART 5): Why the Northern Cape’s only state cancer paediatrician left for the private sector
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 22:28 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
25 OBITUARY: Paris Mashile — regulator who fought to make SA’s phone calls cheaper
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 20:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
25 Watch – The pipeline between US white supremacists and the SA right
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 20:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
25 Taiwan flags ‘obvious’ threat from 50 Chinese vessels in wide sweep of waters
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 12:52 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
20 THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: Interest on your money in the bank may deliver less than expected after tax
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 20:24 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
20 North Korea fires around 10 ballistic missiles toward sea off east coast, Seoul says
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 12:52 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
15 What it takes to fight increasingly sophisticated, AI-powered disinformation campaigns
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 18:38 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
15 BOOK EXCERPT: Sandstone Estates – where steam locomotives bring SA railway history to life
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 06:30 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
15 Leak website releases data on thousands of US Homeland Security employees
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 06:06 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
10 HANGING IN: Belligerent Proteas on back foot, but stay in the fight against Aussies
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 20:58 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
10 Alphabet stock sinks as search woes cause revenue miss, cash burn worsens
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 06:08 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
8 CRYPTO CORNER: Bitcoin turns 18 this weekend as the world economy gets drunk on cryptocurrency
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 23:05 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
5 WHAT’S COOKING: Rich, fruity Christmas cake
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 08:53 · listed 30 Oct 02:30
2026-10-29 · 42 items · 7 topical
82 Fuel levy remedy: Relief for a month, pressure for a lifetime
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:37 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
75 GOVERNANCE FIASCO OP-ED: Bronkhorstspruit gastro outbreak: A failure to keep people safe
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 23:08 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
70 PROJECT MAYIBUYE: SSA operation targeting EFF lacked national security basis, court told
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 00:44 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
66 XENOBAROMETER: Ugandan man nearly killed by March and March mob speaks from hospital
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 23:37 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
62 ANALYSIS: Treasury faces high-stakes battle on the road to social safety net grant reform
Daily Maverick · published 29 Oct 01:02 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
62 DIGITAL POLITICS OP-ED: ActionSA takes the anti-foreigner slogan to the ballot box
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 17:30 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
60 Rhodes University launches probe into water after gastro outbreak
GroundUp · published 28 Oct 12:43 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
58 CRIMEFIGHTING REFORM: R1bn in recovered loot to fund Firoz Cachalia’s police reset
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 23:20 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
55 CITY PRIDE: Before Joburg’s new mayor cuts the ribbon, meet the people who cleared the site
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 18:15 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
52 DOUBLE TROUBLE: Suliman Carrim granted R100K bail in Madlanga case, but remains jailed on car-smuggling charges
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 22:54 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
52 Wildlife is not livestock — Aucamp’s dangerous plan to turn conservation into agriculture
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 11:39 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
50 CONSTITUTION @ 30: The Constitution’s promise is still contested and still unfinished
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 17:31 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
50 High Court to decide on asylum seeker detentions
GroundUp · published 28 Oct 06:00 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
48 Coalition fights to save pristine Limpopo bushveld from huge Chinese industrial land grab
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 21:30 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
46 POWER POLITICS OP-ED: Eleven years, thousands of megawatts, zero delivery — SA’s gas-to-power procurement failure
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 21:00 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
45 Yawn-fest — political parties bore voters with dull election slogans, poles show
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 23:00 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
45 Health workers take insourcing demand to the CCMA
GroundUp · published 28 Oct 14:09 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
45 Butterworth children still taught in zinc shacks
GroundUp · published 28 Oct 05:00 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
42 Fruit farmers take Premier to court
GroundUp · published 28 Oct 13:41 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
40 Right of reply: SA needs more factories, not more walls
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:30 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
38 Qatari mediators present Iran with new deal to end the war, official says
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:25 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
38 Brandvlei prisoners face recurring water shortages
GroundUp · published 28 Oct 11:06 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
35 Watch — Frank Chikane, DA polls and the ANC’s retreat from the cities
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 23:49 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
35 TRC Roulette : Apartheid’s scapegoat — the jarring paradox of mass killer Eugene de Kock
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 23:30 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
35 As Trump staggers to the polls, Americans yearning for change prepare to say ‘enough’
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 16:34 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
35 Two high-speed trains collide in Spain, rail operator says
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:25 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
35 Policeman kills knife attacker outside Israeli embassy in Serbia
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:25 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
35 US costs of Iran war rise to over $47bn, according to Pentagon estimate
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 05:52 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
30 STING OPERATION: SA ‘refugee’ in US faces decades behind bars on child sexual exploitation charges
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 23:54 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
30 WALTZING AUSTRALIA: Aussie batters make Proteas toil and broil under the blistering Newlands sun
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 20:34 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
30 BUSINESS REFLECTION: Loaded for Bear: Equity markets have not priced in Trump’s next coup attempt
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 20:33 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
30 IN PICTURES: Deadly train crash in Spain and more from around the world
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 18:41 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
28 Cleaners for luxury property rentals go on strike in Camps Bay
GroundUp · published 28 Oct 14:07 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
25 Markets are waking up to the risks they have spent months ignoring
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 18:18 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
22 Three killed, thousands evacuated as Cyclone Arnab hits eastern India
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:25 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
20 ROAD TO 100: Comrades Marathon Centenary edition — an entries explainer
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:30 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
18 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Al Wat Ek Weet — A local film’s heartfelt message about adolescent mental health
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 06:30 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
15 FEED THE DREAM: Content creator Olivia Viglatzis fights hunger one budget meal at a time
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:50 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
15 YOUNG GUNS: Rassie injects talented youth into Springbok squad for Nations Championship finale
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 12:42 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
12 CRÉATION AFRICA: Empowerment, inclusion and cultural pride are all welcome in the House of Xandria
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 18:18 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
10 THEATRE REVIEW: First Date — A comedic musical flashback to the days before dating apps
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 17:30 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
8 WHAT’S COOKING: Asparagus spears with rosemary-infused Parmesan butter cream
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 11:00 · listed 29 Oct 02:30
2026-10-28 · 37 items · 6 topical
85 DRY CITY: Four days, four protests — Desperate Joburg residents hit the streets over water cuts
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 22:17 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
72 March and March protests against immigrant delivery drivers
GroundUp · published 27 Oct 15:25 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
70 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Hill-Lewis warns small parties could force a coalition government in Cape Town
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 22:04 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
66 XENOBAROMETER: Ministers’ statements on R5-million visa rule weaponised against foreign traders
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 20:30 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
62 ANALYSIS: Ex-SAA acting chief Seshibe guilty on 4 of 6 charges as runway runs out
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 00:18 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
60 POLITICALLY AWEH: What each party says about SA’s housing crisis
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 20:00 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
55 AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: SA farmers swap maize for sunflower as ‘Godzilla’ El Niño threatens harvests
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 23:00 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
50 PODCAST: How migrants survive xenophobia and the shadowy ‘volunteers’ who target them
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 15:01 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
45 Mantashe shifts focus from women’s vulnerability to linguistic legitimacy
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 22:54 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
45 DELICATELY BALANCED: Starc masterclass and Proteas mistakes give Australia an edge at Newlands
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 20:44 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
45 GROUNDUP : Taps dry as Eastern Cape town waits for water works upgrade
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 17:44 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
45 Luxury lodge fined R15-million for flouting environmental laws
GroundUp · published 27 Oct 10:34 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
45 Taps dry as Eastern Cape town waits for water works upgrade
GroundUp · published 27 Oct 09:08 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
40 GROUNDUP : Judge tells parties in Lesotho water project battle to settle out of court
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 22:26 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
40 Congo’s Ebola cases surpass 10,000 as fears grow of wider African spread
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 12:31 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
40 Judge tells parties in Lesotho water project dispute to settle out of court
GroundUp · published 27 Oct 11:05 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
40 Labour Court slams CCMA commissioner for relying on AI hallucination
GroundUp · published 27 Oct 09:18 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
35 Flavio Bolsonaro headed to the US after losing Brazil election, sources say
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 22:38 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
35 AFTER THE BELL: Signs of hope — Home Affairs works, if you can find the right queue
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 20:30 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
35 A new study suggests HIV prevention has stalled. But there may be a silver lining
GroundUp · published 27 Oct 08:30 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
30 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION: Police rescue 15 wild tortoises from Gqeberha property, four others found dead
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 22:24 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
30 East African Crude Oil Pipeline financing: Can Standard Bank’s climate claims survive scrutiny
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 21:07 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
30 Soweto housing fraud case postponed for seventh time
GroundUp · published 27 Oct 13:00 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
28 DYSFUNCTIONAL POUND: R286 a day to feed a dog? Law firm’s pound report raises questions
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 20:35 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
25 CRÉATION AFRICA: The inner-city Joburg bookseller who is breaking barriers
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 15:04 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
20 There is another Afrikaner story worth telling, rooted in reconciliation and a shared future
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 23:18 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
18 FORBIDDEN STORIES: Killed while livestreaming — the blogger who exposed Mozambique’s toxic chromium mining corridor
Daily Maverick · published 28 Oct 00:12 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
18 BOOK EXTRACT: Disability justice in Africa — a radical shift from silos to solidarity is urgent
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 20:30 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
15 FUTURE PLASTIC: How to make your plastic coffee cup biodegradable — most recycling bins won’t help
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 17:30 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
15 Jailed Tanzanian opposition leader begins hunger strike
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 12:30 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
12 LIV prioritized executive payments over vendors
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 22:24 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
12 Indian media groups decry Modi’s privacy law in court, say newsrooms face shutdown risk
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 12:31 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
12 King Charles heads to Caribbean as calls for slavery reparations grow
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 12:30 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
10 WINNING: Anna Trapido is Food Writer of the Year
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 13:14 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
8 The other Pillay at the Geneva pharmacy
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 22:45 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
8 THE CONVERSATION: In a culture obsessed with staying young, we ignore the many benefits of ageing
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 17:30 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
5 WHAT’S COOKING: A steak salad with baby potatoes, broccoli, green beans, tomatoes and two dressings
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 11:00 · listed 28 Oct 02:30
2026-10-27 · 35 items · 7 topical
85 TSHWANE CRISIS: Water minister denies Bronkhorstspruit illnesses an ‘outbreak’ — despite 833 reported cases
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 23:00 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
75 Some relief for Tshwane residents after city centre water declared safe
GroundUp · published 26 Oct 13:39 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
75 Week without water brings Joburg residents onto the streets
GroundUp · published 26 Oct 11:35 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
70 Lesufi said 80,000 panic buttons were distributed. It was 2,000
GroundUp · published 27 Oct 03:30 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
70 TRANSNATIONAL TRAFFICKING: Latest OR Tambo International Airport cocaine bust exposes Brazil-SA drug smuggling route
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 22:09 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
60 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Four eThekwini polls show MK’s possible paths to power
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 22:57 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
60 COLLISION COURSE: Parliament summons SAA, demanding answers to deepening financial turmoil and turbulent governance
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 22:40 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
50 Local elections 2026: How do you choose who to vote for?
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 20:17 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
50 When the state fails to protect you, self-defence isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 19:32 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
50 “You’d swear everyone owns a gun” says Khayelitsha police forum member
GroundUp · published 26 Oct 12:04 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
45 Why the best-laid plans to fix Joburg won’t work — and what will
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 20:16 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
45 El Niño threatens to deepen southern Africa’s poverty crisis
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 17:52 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
45 TRC Roulette : Apartheid chain of command: ‘I know everything,’ Eugene de Kock tells TRC inquiry
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 13:01 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
40 FOREIGN AFFAIRS: SA has moved on from Trump’s G20 summit snub, says Ambassador Roelf Meyer
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 23:04 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
40 AFTER THE BELL: The fall of Numsa’s Irvin Jim — when institutions outgrow their eternal leaders
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 20:30 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
40 DELAYED DIAGNOSIS: Gauteng malaria spike was due to travel in flood regions, experts conclude
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 20:13 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
40 CYBER SAFETY: SA Human Rights Commission urges stronger laws to protect children online
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 13:55 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
35 Netanyahu’s political survival on the line as Israel votes
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 05:39 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
35 Regulation of religion — SA must tackle religious abuse without restricting freedom of belief
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 00:00 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
35 Egypt approves military support for Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks escalate
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 22:22 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
35 OP-ED: Why SA must invest in young people’s mental health sooner rather than later
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 20:22 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
35 Officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 12:05 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
30 Retail reverse: Sean Summers ready to pass Pick n Pay ball to successor Spencer Sonn
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 22:56 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
30 Venezuela opposition leader Machado returns home after fraught year away
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 12:05 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
25 North Korea-South Korea tensions high as letters lodged with UN, howitzer spotted
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 12:05 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
25 In photos: Joburg’s first Queer Festival celebrates freedoms won over decades
GroundUp · published 26 Oct 10:14 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
20 THE CONVERSATION: A map of SA’s allergy hotspots gives you time to prepare for pollen season
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 20:12 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
20 Jordan arrests three suspects in deadly church attack, state media says
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 12:05 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
15 CRUCIAL ELECTIONS: ‘Sick and tired of being sick and tired’ — US limbers up for midterms
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 11:49 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
12 Jay-Z to headline next year’s Super Bowl halftime show
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 05:46 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
12 CARRYING CONFIDENCE: Proteas show early hand, riding the winning momentum into Newlands decider
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 18:41 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
10 ANCIENT ECOSYSTEMS: Grass is far more than the lawn you lounge on
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 20:24 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
10 Dealing with conservation’s inconvenient individual
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 20:23 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
8 WHAT WE’RE WATCHING: Forgotten Island — The inventive animated film putting Filipino folklore in the spotlight
Daily Maverick · published 27 Oct 06:30 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
5 Actor Walter Koenig, Star Trek’s plucky Chekov, dies at 90
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 22:08 · listed 27 Oct 07:59
2026-10-26 · 28 items · 7 topical
85 Watch – Top Court puts ANC candidates back on ballot after missed deadline
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:45 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
85 SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 11:39 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
82 CAUGHT OUT: Gayton McKenzie’s Blu Label visits raise fresh questions over Ticketpro sale
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 06:40 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
80 NOT A DROP: ‘This thing is killing us’ — Bronkhorstspruit bears the cost of Tshwane’s water failures
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:25 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
78 POLITICS & POLICING: From EFF’s Malema to ANC’s Carrim — the politics permeating SA’s cop collusion scandal
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:49 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
66 SIGNS OF INCOMPETENCE: IEC under fire after unqualified sign language interpreter used at election workshop
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:16 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
62 ANALYSIS: Inside the big shiny plan to change how local government works
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 23:09 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
50 JSC’s October 2026 interviews reveal leadership and judicial appointment challenges
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 00:01 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
50 The fundamental flaw in SA’s water financing model
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 17:51 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
48 REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Ekurhuleni after dark — unlit streets, empty promises and women’s lives on the line
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:35 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
45 Elections 2026: Polokwane is pouring sewage into two rivers
GroundUp · published 26 Oct 05:00 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
40 Lula’s Brazil election win has given the world breathing space
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 10:52 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
40 Lula, Brazil’s iconic working class president, wins historic fourth term in dramatic comeback
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 05:34 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
40 France’s Le Pen launches presidential bid as protests rattle the nation
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:31 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
40 UNHEALTHY ALTERCATION: Union demands Kariega hospital security upgrades after violent trauma unit clash
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:00 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
40 South Africa’s AI strategy must be pro-employment
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 17:38 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
35 SHOT IN THE ARM: Doctors break ground on new R528m Baywest hospital in Nelson Mandela Bay
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:20 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
35 Saudis say Riyadh airport partly reopens despite renewed Houthi threats
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:14 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
35 INVESTMENT OUTLOOK: The investment tide has gone out in South African retail
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 20:53 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
30 GREEN CORRIDOR CHAOS: Cable thieves, sewage spills and invasive plants are choking the Baakens Valley
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 22:06 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
30 OBITUARY: Liza Key — a ‘dizzying disruptor’ at the heart of South Africa’s film scene
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 21:59 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
30 Route 67 shows how Nelson Mandela Bay gets in its own way
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 14:08 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
25 Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from Congo
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 05:37 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
22 TRANSACTION TECH: Settling up: The state of digital payments in South Africa
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 23:06 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
15 BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires: Multiple Gutenberg moments and the defining question of our age
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 20:55 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
12 STROKE OF STARDOM: Coach Rocco Meiring’s formula fuels swimmer Pieter Coetzé’s rise
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 11:21 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
8 WELLNESS: Why your efforts to improve your sleep may be keeping you awake
Daily Maverick · published 26 Oct 06:30 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
8 ANALYSIS: Simon Sebag Montefiore’s ambitious attempt to make sense of the Middle East
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 14:04 · listed 26 Oct 09:47
2026-10-25 · 7 items · 1 topical
62 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: 10 under-30 candidates make a powerful case for their seat in council chambers
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 08:19 · listed 25 Oct 11:56
45 Response to sardine mortality must be grounded in science and evidence
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 08:23 · listed 25 Oct 11:56
35 TIP-OFF AND BUST: Baobab trees seized in Durban ship warehouse probe
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 12:59 · listed 25 Oct 11:56
30 SMOOTH OPERATOR: Gayton Mckenzie’s gift of the gab is both his blessing and his curse
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 12:04 · listed 25 Oct 11:56
30 THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: The ‘things were better under apartheid’ narrative is a cry for help
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 08:26 · listed 25 Oct 11:56
8 Defying the cynics — how purpose, reality and action unlock human potential
Daily Maverick · published 25 Oct 13:03 · listed 25 Oct 11:56
5 POETRY CORNER: It's time to retire ancestors and spirits and face the finality of death
Daily Maverick · published 24 Oct 17:00 · listed 25 Oct 11:56
2026-10-24 · 35 items · 4 topical
80 Tshwane water is “unsafe for human consumption”, Parliament hears
GroundUp · published 24 Oct 07:11 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
60 OFFLINE: SA’s Presidency website taken down as cybersecurity flaw sparks warnings across the world
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 21:01 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
60 Protesters block major Cape Town highway – demand water, electricity
GroundUp · published 23 Oct 13:51 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
60 Immigrant drivers too scared to enter Gauteng townships
GroundUp · published 23 Oct 11:21 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
55 LOCAL ELECTIONS TOUR: ‘We are moving backwards’ — Lekwa-Teemane’s collapse bleeds into residents’ daily lives
Daily Maverick · published 24 Oct 08:00 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
55 CAMPUS SAFETY: Universities have policies to protect GBV victims, experts say, but not the will
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 13:58 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
55 Bronkhorstspruit elderly must fetch water from a hole
GroundUp · published 23 Oct 11:52 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
55 SASSA to spend R290-billion on social grants this year
GroundUp · published 23 Oct 05:41 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
50 BHEKISISA: SA’s regulators are struggling to keep up with black market weight-loss jabs
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 15:51 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
50 Raw sewage floods this Durban main road
GroundUp · published 23 Oct 06:00 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
45 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Slovo Park should be a Joburg success, but residents have lost hope in elections
Daily Maverick · published 24 Oct 08:00 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
45 OUR CITY NEWS: Joburg power, water outages put medically vulnerable residents at risk
Daily Maverick · published 24 Oct 08:00 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
45 SUMMER SCORCHER: Weather service sounds El Niño alarm for North-East, including Kruger Park
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 18:40 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
45 FROZEN POSTS: Qualified doctors desperate for jobs as KZN’s public hospitals go understaffed
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 15:46 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
45 CLEANING HOUSE: World body orders Athletics SA overhaul after president ousted for financial misconduct
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 07:30 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
40 Preparing for the storm — grassroots action drives Durban’s climate disaster response
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 15:58 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
35 CONSTITUTION @ 30: Art, justice and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Celebrating 30 years of the Constitutional Court
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 13:52 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
35 Brazil may turn right-wing again — this is why South Africans should care
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 10:55 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
30 Austria expels four Vienna-based Russian diplomats on security grounds
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 13:12 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
30 All 14 Indians in yacht incident off Yemen coast reported safe, embassy says
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 13:11 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
25 ECO DECEPTION: How to spot greenwashing and mislabelled seafood in SA
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 14:00 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
25 Taiwan shuts down ahead of Typhoon Champi, nearly 1,000 flights cancelled
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 13:12 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
25 Hacking attempts surge as companies, governments rush to patch PHP flaws
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 07:39 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
20 MARKET THEATRE: Queer Fest kicks off: ‘Shockwave’ celebrates transformation over despair
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 17:57 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
20 BOOK EXTRACT: Rethinking Activism in Africa — activists as antibodies against a rotten social order
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 11:47 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
15 CRÉATION AFRICA: GuguByGugu uses mohair to fuse luxury streetwear with a rich African heritage
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 15:04 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
15 POLAR POLITICS: China’s Antarctic marine protected area has a Soviet name, with more Russian fingerprints emerging
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 07:30 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
15 Nepal to get $20m from climate fund after deadly August flood
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 07:08 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
10 Claude Monet’s ‘Iris’ becomes most expensive artwork sold at auction in France, Sotheby’s says
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 13:12 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
10 TITLE BECKONS: Maiden Formula One title in sight for phenom Kimi Antonelli
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 11:39 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
10 Tunisian police clash with protesters in capital on day of heightened tensions
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 07:39 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
10 BOOK EXCERPT: Paradise found — A full-throttle view of Africa’s island treasures
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 07:30 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
10 Microsoft develops AI tool that can diagnose ‘sequentially’ like a doctor
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 07:11 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
8 INSTANT CLASSIC: Veteran author delivers a baking bible for our time
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 12:00 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
5 I have a picture for you! 17 October-23 October
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 15:37 · listed 24 Oct 10:40
2026-10-23 · 36 items · 12 topical
78 INTERVIEW: Godongwana says coveted investment-grade status is now ‘within reach’
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 23:36 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
75 Watch - Ramaphosa’s reform message as polls show continued ANC decline
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 23:18 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
75 SA’s R13bn social grant cuts are arbitrary, cruel and economically short-sighted
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 21:24 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
70 GROUNDUP: High court sets aside multibillion-rand ARV contracts over procurement irregularities
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 21:35 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
68 GROUNDUP: Mob beats immigrant man to death in central Durban
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 21:30 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
68 Cipla wins court fight over HIV pill tender
GroundUp · published 22 Oct 14:29 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
66 Man beaten to death in central Durban
GroundUp · published 22 Oct 17:57 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
65 A 100-day plan to keep Joburg’s lights on
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 21:29 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
62 The mini budget keeps SA diplomacy afloat, but structural rot still festers
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 01:22 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
62 SUPPLY CRISIS: Foul water scares hit Joburg suburbs — councillors blame ‘cowboy’ contractors
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 23:35 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
60 Xenophobia’s high price — why ConCourt’s defence of refugees matters for us all
Daily Maverick · published 23 Oct 00:51 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
60 AFTER THE BELL: Mini budget applause is meaningless to young jobseekers hustling on street corners
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 22:14 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
55 DISEASE DISASTER: Angry neighbours, game sales in jeopardy as Addo’s foot-and-mouth disease crisis deepens
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 19:06 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
55 PRESS FREEDOM: Media wins as court reopens trial of Zuma-linked spy in R12m fraud case
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 14:46 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
55 QUIZ: The local elections are coming. How much do you know?
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 11:42 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
52 GROUNDUP : Life as an asylum seeker in SA’s broken immigration system
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 13:29 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
50 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: This new Soweto party uses Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s face to win votes
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 13:30 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
48 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: A red beret in the Deep South — meet the EFF’s unlikely ward candidate
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 23:23 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
45 Beaufort West patients have to travel 10 hours for lifesaving treatments
GroundUp · published 22 Oct 14:58 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
45 Business Reflection: Loaded for Bear: MTBPS shines light on lost revenue from missed mining opportunities
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 14:08 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
40 IN THE DOCK: Suliman Carrim’s legal woes deepen as Absa vehicle smuggling allegations emerge
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 16:48 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
40 Treasury allocates R1.6-billion to fight child stunting
GroundUp · published 22 Oct 13:10 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
35 TEST BRILLIANCE: Titanic Temba Bavuma inspires a Proteas win for the ages against Australia
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 23:36 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
35 SOUND POLLUTION: Stadium noise and nuisance put Nelson Mandela Bay residents’ rights on the line
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 21:17 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
35 POLL PERIL: ANC campaigner suffers electric shock and broken leg during poster drive
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 13:39 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
30 REPEAT CONVICT: SA double murderer ‘with racist alter ego’ may lose US citizenship over lies
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 23:45 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
30 ARSON ATTACK: Tibet’s exile government asks Pretoria for protection, SA says leave it to SAPS
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 14:02 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
30 Two killed, 8 injured in attack on airport in Saudi oil city Dammam
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 12:40 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
30 Russia frees retired US schoolteacher in goodwill gesture as Putin meets Witkoff
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 12:40 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
30 Judge let off the hook despite conflict of interest
GroundUp · published 22 Oct 12:08 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
25 Beatings, cyberattacks and threats darken Vucic’s Serbia ahead of elections
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 12:45 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
25 Taiwan probes organised crime links to China’s ‘transnational repression’
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 12:40 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
22 INSPIRATIONAL STORY: From a Gqeberha bus stop to Spike Lee’s desk, a friendship becomes acclaimed film
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 23:20 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
15 THE FINANCIAL WELLNESS COACH: Weighing up rental income against long-term investment growth
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 22:22 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
5 FRENCH LETTER: The violence of 17 October has a long backstory (but who cares about history?)
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 13:09 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
3 WHAT’S COOKING: Throwback Thursday: Ash-baked potatoes
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 12:00 · listed 23 Oct 02:30
2026-10-22 · 40 items · 14 topical
88 MTBPS 2026: Opposition calls Godongwana’s fuel levy cuts ‘a scam’ as GNU offers muted support
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 00:30 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
88 MTBPS 2026: Rising revenue allows for fuel levy relief, El Niño readiness in Godongwana’s mini budget
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 16:15 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
85 10 key takeaways from the budget speech
GroundUp · published 21 Oct 16:29 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
85 MTBPS 2026: Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement — Full Speech
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 16:08 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
82 MTBPS 2026: GBV and early childhood development get prioritised in mini budget of maximum efficiency
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 16:13 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
70 Watch – Ferial Haffajee and Ernst Roets on Agoa, crosses and autonomy
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 21:34 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
70 GROUNDUP: Tshwane’s drinking water crisis a wake-up call for SA as sewage pollution sickens hundreds
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 16:28 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
70 Tshwane’s drinking water crisis a wake-up call for SA
GroundUp · published 21 Oct 11:36 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
68 ANALYSIS: Bronkhorstspruit water crisis exposes a national pattern of municipal failure and impunity
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 20:30 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
68 PRESS FREEDOM: SSA seeks to shut media, public out of R12m spy trial, citing intelligence risk
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 14:32 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
62 GASTROINTESTINAL CRISIS: Rhodes students hit by gastro, thrusting Makhanda water system into spotlight (again)
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 23:34 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
60 TRC Roulette : Former justice minister Brigitte Mabandla denies instruction to halt post-TRC prosecutions
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 23:33 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
60 SRD grant extended for another year, minister announces
GroundUp · published 21 Oct 16:34 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
60 When killers earn sympathy, society’s moral compass has truly collapsed
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 13:39 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
55 AMABHUNGANE: Openness or secrecy: media and evidence leaders square off at Madlanga Commission
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 20:31 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
55 INTERVIEW: New EU envoy red-flags rigid BEE, SA’s Ukraine ‘double standard’, but hails ‘deeper’ ties
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 14:34 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
50 Minister goes to court over Knoflokskraal settlement
GroundUp · published 21 Oct 13:47 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
45 AMABHUNGANE ANALYSIS: Gloves come off between PetroSA and ex-partner, Nako Energy
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 06:30 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
45 Life as an asylum seeker in SA’s broken immigration system
GroundUp · published 22 Oct 06:00 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
45 Bellville traders take City of Cape Town, SAPS and anti-immigrant vigilantes to court
GroundUp · published 21 Oct 15:08 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
40 Iraq closes Sheeb border crossing with Iran to check security, sources say
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 13:42 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
35 Learners wait seven years for R39-million school
GroundUp · published 22 Oct 05:00 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
35 Trump Inc, American kleptocracy and the art of US State Capture
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 21:50 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
30 Government websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 06:56 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
30 Watching the watchers — the Mother City’s expanding surveillance network demands voyeurism scrutiny
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 01:20 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
30 PROMISED LAND: Title deeds may be key to unlocking SA agriculture’s full potential
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 18:50 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
25 North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warns South Korea, says border loudspeakers to be ready
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 06:55 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
25 PERSONAL REFLECTION: ‘We are here, Janine’ — my account of fatal Orient Beach shark attack
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 21:43 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
25 North Korea tells border troops to take ‘resolute action’ if South threatens their safety
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 13:41 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
25 Australian lawmaker loses both legs in vehicle attack as suspect appears in court
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 13:40 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
20 MAGICAL MARCO: Jansen takes five wickets to leave Australia on the brink of heavy defeat
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 23:21 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
20 Malaysia bans civil servants from using mapping app Waze, citing links to Israel
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 13:40 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
18 DEFENSIVE DEPTH: Bafana boast centre-back riches as Mosimane weighs options for Kenya double-header
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 22:18 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
15 New World screwworm cases confirmed in wildlife in Texas, beef cow in New Mexico
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 06:53 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
15 Meta strikes deal to keep Zuckerberg in California after wealth tax concerns
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 06:50 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
15 FORWARD DOMINANCE: Bok Women face stern Ireland challenge in first clash in two decades
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 13:47 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
12 THE INTERVIEW: Stephen Symons’ Starlorn finds fragile humanity amid the fractures of war
Daily Maverick · published 22 Oct 07:30 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
12 CRÉATION AFRICA: This fashion-focused consulting firm wants to build the ‘LVMH of Africa’
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 15:03 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
10 IN PICTURES: A greyhound race in Sydney, French riots, and more from around the world
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 22:37 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
10 20 Questions: 20 Questions with Laura Brink
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 14:07 · listed 22 Oct 07:25
2026-10-21 · 40 items · 0 topical
TIME TO REFOCUS: SA’s URC teams face northern examination as club season ramps up
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 12:37 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
WHAT’S COOKING: Bockwurst with a warm potato and bacon salad and braised red cabbage
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 12:00 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Mothers win case against “cultural” adoption guidelines
GroundUp · published 21 Oct 10:57 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
BATTING MASTERCLASS: Brilliant Bavuma pulls Proteas back into series against Aussies with career-best Test score
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 07:40 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
INQUEST: Anele Tembe could ‘climb over balcony’ despite cocaine and alcohol toxicology evidence, inquiry hears
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 07:40 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
BOOK EXCERPT: How dolerite turned the Karoo into an ancient canvas and a barrier to fracking
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 07:30 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Defiant Andile Lungisa claims Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral crown despite ANC appeal plans
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 07:30 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Musk ordered slowdown of Starlink service used by Ukraine’s military, WSJ reports
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 06:34 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Too much of a good thing: private doctors often take risks with pain medicines
GroundUp · published 21 Oct 06:00 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Hitting home — how a motorist panic button is a lifeline for GBV victims
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 03:26 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
SA’s immigration conundrum is not at the border; it is at the Union Buildings
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 02:46 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
BEYOND THE GREEN BOOK: Inside South Africa’s revolutionary leap into the digital identity system
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 02:23 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
OBITUARY: Lovell Friedman — Cape mosaic artist who built public memory from broken pieces
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 01:16 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
No excuses — Mantashe must apologise for crude, politically sexist remarks on sexual exploitation
Daily Maverick · published 21 Oct 00:28 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Trump says Ukraine has to want to settle war
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 23:33 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Nigeria confirms Ebola case in patient who arrived from Uganda
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 23:14 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Feared extinct, Bangka slow loris primate rediscovered in Indonesia
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 23:07 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Four national polls show ANC decline, DA growth and MK drift
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 23:03 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
UNLAWFUL AMMUNITION: Former top cop Mphego’s path, from Selebi and Zuma scandals to ammo accused
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 23:02 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
TRC Roulette : Mbeki’s Radio Freedom broadcast on eve of Cradock Four funeral played at Khampepe inquiry
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 23:02 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
EXPRESS KIDNAPPINGS: Researcher Steven Gruzd met alleged killers at Airbnb, court hears, as Grindr link emerges
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 23:02 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Another blow to Tolashe’s legacy as sacked spokesperson wins R1.5m and job back
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 22:56 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
GREEN STEEL: Coega Steels launches R500m low-emission rolling mill, creating 600 jobs
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 21:25 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
SA’S CANCER STORY (PART 4): The many long journeys for cancer treatment far from home
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 21:23 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
AFTER THE BELL: Are our ATMs about to become less exciting?
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 21:19 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
XENOBAROMETER: Locked out of state clinics, Durban’s sick migrants turn to a last-resort lifeline
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 21:18 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
CONTESTED LEVY: Sugar tax sparks health, jobs, affordability debate ahead of SA’s mini budget
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 21:06 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Are we building Gqeberha with the future in mind?
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 20:45 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
BULLION BOOST: Gold, an ancient store of wealth, is finally gaining digital traction
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 19:19 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
THE CONVERSATION: Feeling angry? Don’t blow off steam. Try these tips instead
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 18:30 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
BAIL DENIED: ‘Dangerous pattern’: Shadrack Sibiya denied bail over threats and wiped cellphone
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 16:00 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Blind SA takes minister to court over access to world libraries
GroundUp · published 20 Oct 15:53 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Fires strike railway line settlement as relocation talks drag on for 13 years
GroundUp · published 20 Oct 14:40 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
MTBPS 2026: How it started and how it’s going: a quick intro to the mini budget
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 14:21 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Masiphumelele youth explore ways to access healthy food
GroundUp · published 20 Oct 14:16 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
BANA PELE: ECD subsidy expands as government races to close SA’s one-million-child gap
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 13:39 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
No water, no vote, say residents of this Limpopo township
GroundUp · published 20 Oct 11:35 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Families to return to Bishopscourt, 60 years after forced removals
GroundUp · published 20 Oct 10:54 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Pride is more than a parade — the importance of queer freedom
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 07:30 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
Only choose candidates who will fix your city, Joburg voters told
GroundUp · published 20 Oct 04:30 · listed 21 Oct 11:08
2026-10-20 · 34 items · 13 topical
92 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Fuel relief, Agoa warning and voter anger dominate President’s election briefing
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 23:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
90 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: ANC abandons plan to name mayoral candidates amid fears of supporter backlash
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 23:36 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
88 THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Ramaphosa’s GNU survived an ANC rebellion, but Joburg will test everything
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 00:55 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
85 BACK TO WORK: Back to reality — Masemola returns as Western Cape anti-gang cop’s home petrol-bombed
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 20:20 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
78 DIGITAL POLITICS OP-ED: Borders, ballots, court clashes — how the anti-immigrant movement is setting SA’s elections agenda
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 21:26 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
75 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: ‘Who do I vote for?’ Reader questions answered on coalitions, councils and voting
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 18:58 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
72 KHAMPEPE COMMISSION: Mbeki denies secret deals with apartheid-era generals, blames NPA for TRC prosecution delays
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 23:18 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
70 Hundreds of children fall ill after Tshwane fails to chlorinate water
GroundUp · published 19 Oct 20:21 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
68 BAIL BID: Did Suliman Carrim tailor his evidence? Magistrate wants transcripts before bail judgment
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 15:29 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
66 Sewage and pollution threaten Pretoria’s water supply
GroundUp · published 19 Oct 04:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
62 Some relief for Khayelitsha school. But sewage worries remain
GroundUp · published 19 Oct 10:33 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
60 CRYING SHAME: ECD nutrition tender postponed eight times as Eastern Cape children wait for food
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 22:54 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
60 AMABHUNGANE: Analysis — Cape Town ‘gang boss’ Ralph Stanfield’s courtroom showdown looms
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 06:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
55 AFTER THE BELL: Escaping the debt trap could set SA on the road to fiscal victory
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 20:57 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
48 Elections 2026: Midlands municipality claws back millions in electricity revenue
GroundUp · published 19 Oct 04:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
45 OUR CITY NEWS: Joburg’s public pools crisis — delays, neglect and empty promises during the summer heatwave
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 00:41 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
45 THE BALLOT BOX OP-ED: AI cannot predict SA’s 2026 elections outcome, but it may influence November 4 polls
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 07:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
40 SA agriculture has a plan to unleash growth, but it needs revitalised focus, implementation
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 23:45 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
40 Wits and SA universities must cut fossil fuel ties to champion climate action
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 18:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
35 France imposes curfews in parts of Paris, other cities after weekend of riots
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 23:06 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
35 Putin proposes summit with Trump and Xi to discuss Ukraine deal, WSJ says
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 12:23 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
35 PODCAST: Johannesburg’s junior mayor race put youth mental health and civic duty centre stage
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 07:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
30 Crypto Corner: Explainer: What is Africa Bitcoin Corporation and why did it make the FSCA mad?
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 00:50 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
30 Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Lula spar in first debate as personal attacks fly
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 12:23 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
30 Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case as regional outbreak spreads
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 06:36 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
25 ACCOUNTABILITY DIVIDE OP-ED: SA and Kazakhstan reveal sharply contrasting paths to biological weapons dismantlement
Daily Maverick · published 20 Oct 00:13 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
25 Why Donald Trump’s quest for the Nobel peace prize was a dangerous delusion
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 18:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
25 Gugulethu granny to represent Western Cape at national elderly athletics games
GroundUp · published 19 Oct 16:10 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
20 Six migrants, including infant, die after boat collision off Greece’s Lesvos
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 12:23 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
18 US Supreme Court to review 1868 federal ban on home distilling of liquor
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 23:01 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
15 All clear given after bomb threat diverts Austrian Airlines flight from Israel to Bulgaria
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 12:23 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
15 Strong winds fuelled grass fire at Canadian military base that killed four
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 06:32 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
10 THE CONVERSATION: Why are we so obsessed with true crime? It’s not just morbid curiosity
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 18:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
5 TRAGIC TRIBUTES: La Rochelle players and fans honour Hyron Andrews’ memory with compassion and class
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 07:30 · listed 20 Oct 02:30
2026-10-19 · 22 items · 8 topical
85 LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: Build your own coalition in Joburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Cape Town
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 16:49 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
82 COMMISSION’S NOTCH STICK: Madlanga’s sting: Airport arrests, assassinations, panic attacks, dishonourable discharges
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 23:10 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
78 ANALYSIS: The ANC-DA national coalition will survive the elections, and could grow stronger
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 22:42 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
70 MANIFESTO TEST: PA promises debt write-offs and a 3-month rates holiday
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 14:26 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
70 OUR CITY NEWS: Joburg mayoral candidate Tlaleng Mofokeng on balancing grief and her political vision
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 14:05 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
62 PRESS FREEDOM: Media groups launch urgent bid to reopen R12m SSA spy trial to public
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 00:51 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
62 PRIVATISATION PIVOT: Port in peril — former Transnet workers recalled to cover for Durban Gateway Terminal
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 21:41 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
60 POWER CUTS: Underground tour reveals scale of problems plaguing Joburg’s power infrastructure
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 22:16 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
55 MONEY TALKS: As climate shocks intensify, SA pushes for more money to adapt at COP31
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 22:40 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
55 LEGAL TURBULENCE: SAA group CEO recruitment drama takes a new turn as Seshibe withdraws court challenge
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 20:43 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
45 NHI delay and denial — why the constitutional imperative for universal healthcare will triumph
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 01:25 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
45 ROVING REPORTERS: Rhino DNA and cartridge cases — the evidence that nailed Kruger Park ranger Landela
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 23:13 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
45 WORLD FOOD DAY: Hundreds of protesters take on Parliament: ‘Wake up, the climate emergency is here!’
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 17:23 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
40 WARNING SIGNS OP-ED: From Malmesbury to Umhlali, SA has now seen both faces of nihilistic violent extremism
Daily Maverick · published 19 Oct 01:08 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
35 US resumes intelligence-sharing with Ukraine after pause, Zelenskiy says
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 23:35 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
35 LABOUR INJUSTICE: Unfairly dismissed worker takes on Aspen Pharmacare in man-alone fight for job
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 22:31 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
30 IN DEEP WATERS : Lifesaving World Champs put Nelson Mandela Bay to the test
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 23:15 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
30 Macron condemns “shocking” scenes of violence across France
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 22:59 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
30 MOTOR CITY: Tshwane needs better freight rail to become SA’s automotive capital
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 16:42 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
25 TROUBLED WATERS: ‘Environmental tragedy’ — mismanagement blamed for decline of Gqeberha’s North End Lake
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 23:04 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
25 WHERE TO INVEST: Can iOCO deliver on turnaround promises and unlock future growth?
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 18:43 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
20 BUSINESS REFLECTION: Crossed Wires: AI smashes the foundations of the global kingdom of mathematics
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 20:53 · listed 19 Oct 02:30
2026-10-18 · 43 items · 8 topical
82 BACK TO WORK: Vindicated Masemola to return as SAPS boss as Idac clean-up continues
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 19:35 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
78 MADLANGA COMMISSION: No-show witness Suliman Carrim nabbed at OR Tambo Airport
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 10:59 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
75 IN THE DOCK: Carrim says doctors backed Dubai trip despite commission no-show
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 20:26 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
70 Watch — Ngobese-Zuma’s March and March: Tenders, funding and MKP
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 13:00 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
68 ANCYL MASS SHOOTING: Shot while buying sweets: the little girl with a bullet in her spine
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 12:06 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
62 MINI-BUDGET COUNTDOWN: South Africa keeps its fiscal ship afloat as Trump’s America takes on water
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 08:55 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
60 Hundreds march to Parliament over El Niño and hunger
GroundUp · published 16 Oct 17:36 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
60 WORLD FOOD DAY EDITORIAL: Hungry by design: hunger must be on the ballot on 4 November
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 11:14 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
55 THE LOWLY NEWSPAPERMAN: Sibiya and Selebi — two very different paths to power and disgrace
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 09:04 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
55 Doubts over the future of MyCiTi buses as Treasury ends grant
GroundUp · published 16 Oct 05:30 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
50 OUR CITY NEWS: Herman Mashaba targets illegal immigration in bid for Joburg mayoralty
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 18:30 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
45 Watch — How a narrow court ruling became a week of anti-foreigner posts
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 09:26 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
45 THE BULLET AND THE BIKERS: How a bullet has exposed battles between two of SA’s biggest biker groups
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 18:37 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
45 Eroding purchasing power deepens pressures on ordinary South Africans
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 07:30 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
42 Metro voters stayed home in 2021. Will this time be different?
GroundUp · published 16 Oct 05:45 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
42 The intoxicating lie of white genocide — how US refugee policy weaponises SA’s pain
Daily Maverick · published 15 Oct 23:05 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
40 POLITICALLY AWEH: Drill, Baby, Drill — Who’s reading the fine print at African Energy Week?
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 16:40 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
40 Municipal workers protest outside Durban City Hall
GroundUp · published 16 Oct 12:31 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
40 Homeless people demand answers from parties ahead of local elections
GroundUp · published 16 Oct 12:15 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
40 TASTE OF HOME: Identity, equity, clarity — and a cup of tea
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 11:50 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
38 Delayed captive lion exit plan leaves jobs and livelihoods in limbo
Daily Maverick · published 15 Oct 22:52 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
35 LEGAL EXCELLENCE: Katherine O’Regan receives George Bizos Human Rights Award, warns of shift to authoritarianism
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 12:42 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
35 Disabled people say clinics give them too few nappies
GroundUp · published 15 Oct 10:27 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
30 TEAM TRAGEDY: Lions lock Hyron Andrews has died from suspected cardiac arrest — condolences pour in
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 19:30 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
30 EU leaders rally around Zelenskiy as Trump calls Ukrainian strikes on Russia a ‘disgrace’
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 15:03 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
30 Is construction at the Lesotho Highlands Water project polluting rivers?
GroundUp · published 16 Oct 05:00 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
30 Man dies in fire in Observatory informal settlement
GroundUp · published 15 Oct 11:39 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
25 FILLING A GAP: Disabled students face increased mental health risks, UWC student researcher finds
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 10:41 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
25 CANCER IN SOUTH AFRICA: Behind each cancer statistic is a person who needs the best care on offer
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 08:00 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
25 Ethiopia’s Abiy names new Tigray government, wants polls in six months
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 15:04 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
25 Durban marchers call for safer streets for blind people
GroundUp · published 15 Oct 15:23 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
22 ECO WARRIORS: SA’s next generation of conservationists need laptops to turn qualifications into careers
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 18:30 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
20 Philippines hits back at Chinese envoy over ‘thinly veiled threat’ of force
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 15:03 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
20 Fruit juice is not ‘more equal’ when it comes to sugar and public health
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 13:48 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
15 RETIRE IN STYLE: Dealing with unexpected health emergencies that can shatter retirees’ plans
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 08:00 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
15 CRÉATION AFRICA: Neimil blends fashion, interior design and art to tell authentic African stories
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 15:53 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
15 Bulgaria seeks NATO anti-drone systems, says defence minister
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 15:03 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
12 RABADA RETURNS: Proteas make key tweaks for crucial second Test against Australia
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 13:47 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
12 CHAR GPT: Hurtling into the unknown as science fiction becomes fact
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 13:00 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
10 COLOUR COORDINATION: Bad light in the first Proteas-Aussies Test reignites the pink ball debate
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 09:10 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
8 THE CONVERSATION: Anger, remorse, conspiracy theories: how sports fans cope when their club does wrong
Daily Maverick · published 18 Oct 09:19 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
5 I have a picture for you! 10 October-16 October
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 16:21 · listed 18 Oct 10:07
5 FIT FOODIE: A boma under an old oak in the Karoo — for another old oke
Daily Maverick · published 16 Oct 12:00 · listed 18 Oct 10:07