UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE: Armed guards deployed to bar suspended city manager from entering NMB premises STUDENT FUNDING: MPs slam NSFAS over R616m middleman payouts for accommodation system GREEN LUNG BOOST: Turning the corner — steady revival of Nelson Mandela Bay’s oldest park LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS 2026: Lungisa says he’s ready for the Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral chain NEW BEGINNINGS : Haashim Pead tug-of-war puts club rugby’s biggest challenge into perspective France to send military to protect Saudi Arabia on Red Sea oil route, Macron says At UN, Netanyahu defends Israel as delegates storm out TRC ROULETTE : I saw nothing, heard nothing, former justice minister Jeff Radebe tells TRC inquiry HORN HEIST ARREST: Wildlife trafficking net widens — Hawks nab a fifth suspect on World Rhino Day THE WRECKER-IN-CHIEF: Trump’s chaos abroad mirrors the damage he’s inflicting on Washington RUBBER-STAMPED (PART 2): Testing the teeth of CT’s planning tribunal: Penalties, objections and refusals in 1,328 rulings RIGHT OF REPLY: Cape Town Deputy Mayor Eddie Andrews’ response to Daily Maverick’s Rubber-Stamped series Ledgers of femicide: Why SA men think they’re the exception THE TIES THAT BIND US: Ramaphosa uses Heritage Day address to condemn gender-based violence after Ekurhuleni killings ANALYSIS: Economic fire — Interest rate adjustment makes for interesting braai chat OUR CITY NEWS: R10bn urgently needed to fix Joburg’s crumbling roads HERITAGE DAY: Reimagining SA’s true heritage somewhere over the rainbow beyond roots, rituals, myths, fairy tales THE INTERVIEW: We asked Trevor Noah what makes SA comedy special — here’s what he said MAVERICK MIND QUIZ: Put your knowledge to the test with the Maverick Mind quiz US ESCALATION: Pretoria puzzled by punitive US travel bans — ‘What more must we do?’ COP IN THE DOCK: Sibiya’s grand fall from grace — from directing dockets to sex predator accused REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Estonian echoes — SA’s digital public infrastructure looks like it was made in Estonia IN PICTURES: Fashion week in London, and more from around the world WELCOME BACK: Great white shark spotted in False Bay after eight-year absence CRICKET FEAST: Proteas’ David Miller pumped for exciting home summer as World Cup nears FEMINIST HISTORY: Pacifist Emily Hobhouse’s 1926 state funeral to be brought back to life in Bloemfontein HERITAGE & RESTITUTION OP-ED: We walk to remember what apartheid erased of Newlands and Claremont GROOT BOEREWORS TREK: Succulent & spicy — the very best boerie in the land Taiwan to maintain ‘close contact’ with US on arms sales Ethiopian Airlines suspends flights to Tigray region after takeover of Mekelle airport Wife of US seismologist held in China says Trump will ask Xi to free him Watch – Swimming SA to pay Tatjana Smith interest, faces scrutiny over kit’s deal A deadly silence — SA’s failure to protect whistleblowers and human rights defenders War and drought threaten world food security — 645m people at risk SA’s living heritage — Home Affairs’ reforms honour equal citizenship Letter to US ambassador Bozell — Afrikaners are being used as a political football Europe’s political centre is almost out of time More technology doesn’t always mean better classroom learning SA’s xenophobia reflects a blindspot that now demands a continental response How parliamentary haste sabotaged procurement reform and delayed transformation Looming El Niño threatens to shatter SA’s summer harvest triumph When women live in fear, none of us can remain neutral Beyond broken cameras — the surveillance tech needed to protect SA women The Monday Cane — performative justice that prioritises retribution over protection Why no teen builds a resilient identity alone Violence is South Africa’s unofficial 13th language Community groups are preventing Joburg from collapsing — they need more support When the GBV campaign hashtags fade, the fear doesn’t SA’s young voters are not apathetic, they are auditing an unresponsive democracy Watch – Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions
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