Daily Maverick

Russia raises 2027 military spending by 27%, budget documents show
Dutch ‘reformed hacker’ arrested in ShinyHunters investigation, police and boss say
SA to pay the price of inaction as United States runs out of patience
ANALYSIS: Crossed frequencies — Minister Malatsi and deputy out of sync over SA’s spectrum future
AFTER THE BELL: How dare they kill our beloved ProNutro!
HUMAN-WILDLIFE COMPACT: Truce between lions and farmers claws back hope in Botswana’s Okavango Delta
GROUNDUP: Elections 2026: How this North West town went from boom to bust
THE CONVERSATION: 7 of the weirdest things coffee does to your body
BUILDING MOMENTUM: Should SA be excited by Proteas’ strong ODI performances before World Cup?
Far-right Le Pen and hard-left Melenchon seen reaching French presidential run-off, poll shows
Wife of Malaysia’s longest-serving PM Mahathir dies aged 100
UK counter-terror police question five men held at airbase used by US to attack Iran
Thai court dismisses petition challenging legality of 2026 election
Our constitutional values are part of our common heritage
HOMEGROWN SOLUTIONS: Deserving Africa wants its climate funding
MADLANGA COMMISSION: Feroz Khan facing criminal charges for defying subpoena to appear at inquiry
We worried AI would make things up, we should also worry when it doesn’t
GROUNDUP: Gauteng government’s R144m gift to beauty training company
BOOK REVIEW: Half Lives — Exploring intimate-partner violence and migration with nuanced sensitivity
Taylor Swift lands top trophy at MTV’s Video Music Awards
Trump says men arrested at UK air base used by US were looking to do ‘big damage’
DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY: State IT agency faces fork in the road on rehabilitation journey
WORLD NEWS DAY OP-ED: A central bank investigation and the box of watermelon gum
ANALYSIS: How the taxi industry wins when the state weakens
WAR IN EUROPE OP-ED: Call to rally nations to help Ukraine bring home children, detained civilians and POWs
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2026: ‘Battle of the DJs’ in Nelson Mandela Bay’s newly redrawn Ward 5
Clean streets need not be a privilege for only the wealthy
TRIGGERING THE NATION: 17 shot in Joburg, 10 in Cape Town — 2026 mass-killings toll now 196
SA’S CANCER STORY (PART 1): Two SA women, two very different diagnosis and treatment journeys
IN THE MUD: Kensington businesses suffer 70% decline as Joburg Water rips up Queen Street
From north to south — The reflections of an enraged incrementalist
EAST RAND KILLING FIELDS: ‘Men who kill, kill with impunity’— Ekurhuleni murders expose SA’s femicide failures
WHERE TO INVEST: The Remgro discount has narrowed, but will it stay there?
Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati’s public dressing-down plays into an old racial trope
RENT VS RECREATION: Which parks are next? Joburg silent as Rhodes Park row grows
Freedom from the ANC could be our real emancipation
Ledgers of femicide: Why SA men think they’re the exception
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
Watch – Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions
Watch – Prasa’s R5.6bn Siyangena scandal demands NPA action

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