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RESIGNATION LETTER

Dear Jessie Duarte and Mike Hastie, I will not renew my ANC membership; the party is no longer fit to govern

Mervyn Bennun
6 mins

POWER CRISIS

How the City of Cape Town managed to avoid Stage 6 load shedding thanks to hydroelectric scheme

Victoria O’Regan and Onke Ngcuka 

THE CONVERSATION

How mindfulness and dance can stimulate a part of the brain that can improve mental health

Adrianna Mendrek

Escape

Carnarvon – ears on the universe

Chris Marais

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THE CONVERSATION

The Loch Ness monster: a modern history

Charles Paxton
4 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Walking is a state of mind – it can teach you so much about where you are

Aled Mark Singleton
4 mins

MAIN INGREDIENT

The great art of the gratin

Tony Jackman
4 mins

THE CONVERSATION

How do drugs know where to go in the body? A pharmaceutical scientist explains why some medications are swallowed while others are injected

Tom Anchordoquy
4 mins

GREAT GRATIN

What’s cooking today: French onion soup

Tony Jackman
2 mins

WELLNESS

Eating less red meat while getting all the nutrients you need

Sarah Hoek
4 mins

KAROO DREAMING

When Tannie Maria and troubadour Des came to Cradock

Tony Jackman
7 mins

THE CONVERSATION

Do those viral ‘36 questions’ actually lead to finding love?

Gery Karantzas
4 mins

TOP READS

CONSERVATIONIST VS DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Revealed: David Mabuza, Fred Daniel and the missing crime dockets
RET’S LAST OUTPOST

Siboniso Duma’s rise to power as ANC KwaZulu-Natal chairperson
CIVIL SOCIETY

Organisations sound alarm against harassment of witnesses in Public Protector parliamentary Section 194 inquiry
SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW

‘It took me three seconds to decide’ — Dr Fareed Abdullah reflects on three decades at the coalface of public health
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

Mkhwebane suffers third strike as court sets aside remedial action aimed at former SARS deputy Ivan Pillay 
NATIONAL INTEREST OP-ED

South Africa’s favouritism towards autocratic nations poisons its recipe for democracy
COMMONWEALTH GAMES

SA’s determined band of brothers bonded by more than hockey

THE CONVERSATION

Children’s mental health and the digital world: how to get the balance right

Rachana Desai

THE CONVERSATION

The dark side of social media influencing

Samira Farivar, Fang Wang and Ofir Turel

Maverick Life

Understanding and remedying food challenges for adopted children

Emma Dollery

THE CONVERSATION

Keen to retrofit your home to lower its carbon footprint and save energy? Consider these three things

Nimish Biloria

MESSY GOVERNANCE ANALYSIS

With a minister and her DG at odds, nine public servants are falling through the cracks

Marianne Merten

OPINIONISTA

After Zondo, the National Prosecuting Authority dare not fail the nation

Professor Balthazar
7 mins

ENYOBENI TRAGEDY

Liquor licence awarded to East London ‘death tavern’ called into question as scores march to scene in search of answers

Hoseya Jubase and Tembile Sgqolana
4 mins

CRIME WAVE

Western Cape extortions and brutal kidnappings prompt foreign nationals to pack up and go home

Vincent Cruywagen
4 mins

ANALYSIS

Why South Africa still has a chance

Stephen Grootes
6 mins

Ukraine Crisis

UKRAINE UPDATE: 9 AUGUST 2022

IAEA raises alarm on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant; ships set sail in grain exports corridor
UKRAINE UPDATE: 8 AUGUST 2022

Grain shipments kick into higher gear; nuclear plant shelled again
UKRAINE UPDATE: 1 AUGUST 2022

Putin announces new hypersonic missiles; Shelling kills Ukrainian grain magnate
GEOPOLITICS OP-ED

From Russia with Lavrov – his ‘charm’ offensive in Africa should meet no love

GROSS NEGLIGENCE

Fewer than 150 food parcels distributed to desperate Eastern Cape families since April

Estelle Ellis

OCEAN DRAMA

Salvage operation under way after fishing vessel capsizes off Cape Point Nature Reserve

Ethan van Diemen

PAP ELECTION

Chaos averted — Zimbabwean senator Fortune Charumbira elected Pan-African Parliament president

Peter Fabricius

OPINIONISTA

A government of national unity awaits us in 2024, and the next president is unlikely to be from the ANC

Brutus Malada

JET SETTER EMISSIONS

Aviation throttles up after Covid lockdowns — but at what cost to the climate?

Tony Carnie

POWER CRISIS

Eskom strike not quite over as workers at Mpumalanga power stations remain defiant

Ed Stoddard

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PROVINCIAL AUDIT OUTCOMES

Laingsburg, Kannaland and Beaufort West still identified as troubled Western Cape municipalities

Suné Payne
3 mins

OPINIONISTA

The secret that software developers don’t want their bosses to know about goes public

Jason Norwood-Young
4 mins

OPINIONISTA

The NPC Diagnostic Report told us what was wrong – the Zondo Reports suggest who the culprits are

Ismail Lagardien
4 mins

UKRAINE UPDATE: 30 JUNE 2022

Nato boosts troops on high alert and issues formal invitations to Finland and Sweden to join alliance

Bloomberg
7 mins

HORSE RACING (PART 3)

The grim end of the line for ‘reject’ Thoroughbreds

Don Pinnock
9 mins

MALNUTRITION

Children’s rights to nutrition must be put at the centre of food systems, conference is told

Zukiswa Pikoli
4 mins

POWER CRISIS

Eskom strike appears to be over after unions call on workers to ‘normalise the situation’

Ed Stoddard
3 mins

CONSUMER PROTECTION

SA information regulator ready to fine and jail company directors for data breaches

Ray Mahlaka
3 mins

BUSINESS MAVERICK

PROPERTY REVAMP

Transnet’s plans to revive Carlton Centre and Adderley Street Precinct could revive city centres
ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

More member states may mean little more than a few extra BRICS in the wall
AFTER THE BELL

I love my local oil company … said nobody, ever
FINANCIAL SERVICES

FSCA wraps up three-year investigation into Private Security Sector Provident Fund — and takes action
LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY

Transnet far from being financially and operationally sustainable despite ‘accounting profit’

MAVERICK CITIZEN

CIVIL SOCIETY

Organisations sound alarm against harassment of witnesses in Public Protector parliamentary Section 194 inquiry
SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW

‘It took me three seconds to decide’ — Dr Fareed Abdullah reflects on three decades at the coalface of public health
COVID-19

Health authorities confirm first vaccine-related death in South Africa
EASTERN CAPE POLITICS

DA threatens court action if MEC alters NMB govt structure amid coalition takeover attempts
MAVERICK CITIZEN

Crocodile Tears For Civil Society

OUR BURNING PLANET

CONSERVATIONIST VS DEPUTY PRESIDENT

Revealed: David Mabuza, Fred Daniel and the missing crime dockets
DISINFECTION ALERT 

Cape Town water warning: Time to boil the kettle and get out the bleach
JUMBO OPERATION

Done and dusted – SA game capture experts shift 263 elephants in four weeks
SPECIES IN CRISIS

Creecy has new plan to halt rapid decline of African penguin
FUTURE CITIES

A Line in the sand: Saudi Arabia’s futuristic vertical city — or so it hopes

MAVERICK LIFE

FUTURE CITIES

A Line in the sand: Saudi Arabia’s futuristic vertical city — or so it hopes
A DIP IN THE OCEAN

The day Annemie Landmeters swam across False Bay
PHOTOGRAPHY

Our World in Pictures: Week 31 of 2022
MUSIC

Orville Peck – the Promises of a Bez Valley Desperado
THE CONVERSATION

Mystery solved: When our mammal ancestors became warm-blooded

zapiro

All together now

Dissonance

Here today

Taliban Times

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AFTER THE BELL

When the going gets weird, the weird go shopping

Tim Cohen
3 mins

FNB/BER INDEX

SA consumer confidence collapses to second lowest level in three decades

Ed Stoddard
3 mins

MOTORING

Electric Monday in Jaguar’s updated I-Pace

Melinda Ferguson
6 mins

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Tashas brand goes even more global expanding to London and Saudi Arabia

Sasha Planting
4 mins

TIPPING POINT OP-ED

Biodiversity is in crisis worldwide and time is running out

Ken Mwathe
4 mins

JUDGES MATTER OP-ED

Gender transformation on the Bench — What Justice Mandisa Maya’s interview tells us about women’s place in the judiciary

Zikhona Ndlebe and Mbekezeli Benjamin
7 mins

OPINIONISTA

Steaming (and streaming) ahead in the brave new world of 4IR education

Michael Workman
4 mins

OPINIONISTA

‘Covid-19’ informal settlement delegitimises authority of the City of Cape Town

Thina Nzo
5 mins

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SCORPIO

SCORPIO ANALYSIS

Groundhog Day à la ANC — Prasa Chair Leonard Ramatlakane’s tall train lies
SCORPIO

Ex Gauteng HoD Margaret-Ann Diedricks arrested over R7-million ‘kickbacks’ from Free State asbestos tender
SCORPIO

Bounty Brands’ ‘dodgy’ dividend: R530m from doomed UIF investment flowed to shareholders’ offshore accounts

AMABHUNGANE

South Africa

The awful state of SA’s lawful telecoms interception, Part One
South Africa

High court ruling involving Zuma’s taxes may alter the ways of South Africa’s democracy
South Africa

Fuel thieves siphon off millions from Mpumalanga Eskom power station
South Africa

Prasa pays R3m to Mbalula’s administrator — just before court culls him
South Africa

Update: My big fat Gupta wedding – the movie

OPEN SECRETS

UNACCOUNTABLE #21

Bain & Company – the KGB of consulting
OPEN SECRETS OP-ED

Prasa’s legacy of whistle-blower victimisation and corruption cover-ups is off the rails
UNACCOUNTABLE #24

Auswell ‘tall trains’ Mashaba: The middleman who derailed Prasa
DAYS OF ZONDO

The State Capture Commission years: The highs, lows and where to now
OPEN SECRETS: UNACCOUNTABLE #32

Refiloe Mokoena – the attorney on the wrong side of the law

Opinion

OPINIONISTA

Ramaphosa — the President of many summits and few outcomes
OPINIONISTA

South Africa’s public health system – a lonely, disempowering place that breeds anger and hopelessness
OPINIONISTA

ANC delegates at KZN conference raise large middle finger to the poor
OPINIONISTA

Symptoms of a paranoid dictatorship: Why Numsa has degenerated
Personal Finance: Questions and Answers

The Financial Wellness Coach: A legitimate way to avoid donations tax

africa

ISS TODAY ANALYSIS

Madagascar president’s spat with South Africa about more than gold smuggling
MOSCOW CALLING OP-ED

Africa needs to forge a unified approach to Russia before 2023 Russia-Africa Summit
ODINGA vs RUTO

Kenya tense ahead of its highly competitive presidential vote
WEBINAR

How the climate crisis disproportionately affects women
ELECTIONS OP-ED

Fifth time lucky? Raila Odinga targets triumph in Kenya presidential elections

Coronavirus

SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW

‘It took me three seconds to decide’ — Dr Fareed Abdullah reflects on three decades at the coalface of public health
COVID-19

Health authorities confirm first vaccine-related death in South Africa
NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION

Gauteng DA launches yet another ‘desperate’ bid to oust Makhura, but this time ‘we’ve got the numbers’
TRIBUTE

Retha Viviers — an angel and a warrior for ME sufferers left to suffer in silence
COVID-19

SA scientists analyse eight samples from coronavirus patients showing ‘novel mutations’

Sports

COMMONWEALTH GAMES

SA’s determined band of brothers bonded by more than hockey
SPRINGBOK RUGBY

Boks set to compound All Blacks’ misery at Ellis Park citadel
RUGBY

Nienaber continues to show single-minded clarity with five changes for All Blacks backlash
Ashleigh Buhai makes history at British Open

South African Buhai wins Women’s British Open in dramatic playoff
RUGBY

Brutal Boks destroy All Blacks despite red card

TGIFOOD

TIME TRIP

The rediscovery of a French food legend in Jozi
WALTZING MELBOURNE

Lunch with the Neighbours? I should be so lucky
GOLDEN PASTA

What’s cooking today: Tagliatelle aglio e olio e peperoncino
FYN ACHIEVEMENT

Stars align in Japanese fusion for Tempelhoff’s FYN restaurant
GO GRK

It’s as fast as Greek gets – and you’ve never had pitas like these

MOTORING

MOTORING

Going for a song – the new Kia Sonet Turbo
LIVE SMARTER

What’s the hype with hybrid cars? A fast-track guide to going electric in SA
MOTORING

The Honda Ballade is back
MOTORING

Hyundai SA’s all-new high-performance Kona N is guaranteed to make you grin
MOTORING

Japanese upstart Suzuki topples its giant rival in SA sales

tongue in cheek

Media

Zapiro bares all on Muhammad cartoon in, you guessed it, another cartoon
Media

SA’s most famous showerhead sparks more debate
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Gwede Mantashe is right, Eskom 2.0 is our only option for the future
TONGUE IN CHEEK

Crack down on the scammers, they say, but the cops should lock up the greedy scammed moegoes
SATIRICALLY SPEAKING

Gwede Mantashe is the disciplinarian South Africa needs

Judiciary in CRISIS

JUDICIARY IN CRISIS

On a mission from his God – Chief Justice Mogoeng’s message to South Africa: ‘We are bewitched’
GROUNDUP EDITORIAL

South Africa’s justice system is showing signs of rot
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS

The rise and (slow) fall of John Hlophe, the judge who almost took the judiciary down with him
Days of Zondo

Former SSA DG Arthur Fraser to break oath on ‘state secrets’, seeks indemnity, State Capture inquiry hears
ANALYSIS

Why South Africa still has a chance

In case you missed it

PUBLIC PROTECTOR IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

Mpofu feels ‘ambushed’ as photo confirms that witness was with Mkhwebane at Vrede dairy inspection
PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE

New ANC KZN leader Siboniso Duma saves Cyril Ramaphosa from embarrassment
AFTER THE BELL

SA shocks the world by massively outperforming economically … and other tall stories
PUBLIC PROTECTOR IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY

Dali Mpofu drops mental health and criminal conduct bombs during Van Loggerenberg’s cross-examination
AFTER THE BELL

Coach Ramaphosa goes up against flagbearer Mbeki … and scores

CROSSWORDS

Crosswords

Crossed Out – 17 September 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 8 May 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – Saturday, 9 May 2020
Crosswords

Crossed Out – 9 January 2021
Crosswords

Crossed Out – TGIF, 15 May 2020

WEBINARS

Webinars

Johnny Clegg’s life is the story of a true scatterling of Africa
Webinars

SA can no longer be held to ransom by ANC factional politics, says new book by country’s top thinkers
Webinars

The Poisoners: an unfinished history of poisoning and ultimately a political story to be continued
Webinars

Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation
Webinars

‘Day of the Assassins’: The killers who stalk the shadows of political life

LOOK & LISTEN

Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 28 of 2022
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Sex, drugs and rotten trolls: Celebrity gossipers send digital standards down the tubes
Maverick Life

Our World in Pictures: Week 07 of 2022
Maverick Life

The fantastic Karroo Theatrical Hotel… oh, the Follies!
Webinars

Steve Biko and Mamphela Ramphele: Falling in love while dreaming of a life of racial liberation

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