The Department of Basic Education’s ring-fenced budget for a pilot nutrition programme for early childhood development (ECD) centres appears to have gone largel…
South Africa’s Constitution promised dignity for all. Nearly 30 years later, that promise remains out of reach for far too many women. Signed into law by Nelson…
Our country has a crisis of infrastructure management — caused not by a lack of funds, but by failing to maintain and modernise the critical power, water and sa…
As the conflict continues in the Middle East, the farming community in South Africa is increasingly worried about rising input costs, particularly fertiliser an…
The career possibilities for women in the energy sector are incredibly exciting right now. Globally, the sector is undergoing rapid innovation and growth. Energ…
This is Part 1 of a four-part Daily Maverick series. Look at the police-issued table of South African crime statistics, and the picture is, cautiously, improvin…
Every year, on 24 March, the world marks World TB Day, commemorating the moment in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. T…
Public Health Initiatives TB Eradication Campaigns Stigma ReductionIt’s first break. The corridors are alive with children who haven’t yet learnt to ration their joy. They spill into the courtyard, laughing, chasing, negotiatin…
South Africa’s debate on migration has become one of the most emotionally charged public conversations in recent years. Yet beneath the political rhetoric and s…
Migration Management Institutional ReformThe war between the US and Israel on Iran has erupted at a time when the international system is already under pressure. Diplomatic channels remain open and ins…
Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has finally succumbed to pressure from the DA Gauteng for the devolution of the powers of the South African Police Force (SAPS) i…
Policing Decentralization Resource Allocation in Police StationsRecent commentary in Daily Maverick has questioned South Africa’s proposed hunting quotas for elephants, leopards and black rhinos. These are important conversa…
I have been working in the food justice space for at least six years. When the work began it was especially daunting because it is a complex landscape and not e…
Food justice Constitutional rights Government accountabilityAh, Chief Dwasaho! I do not believe in coincidences. I believe dysfunction and criminal neglect are old drinking partners. They stagger out of the same tavern d…
We need to restore and reaffirm the dignity of the people of Africa and the developing world. We need to place the eradication of poverty at the top of world pr…
As the race for Joburg’s mayoral seat sets off to the local government elections later this year, you would expect the campaigning party’s focus to be on fixing…
Global climate diplomacy continues to generate powerful statements, yet the daily realities are worsening for communities already facing escalating floods, drou…
Carl von Clausewitz identified “the fog of war” as an inescapable feature of armed conflict. He could not have anticipated that its most bewildered victim of th…
For almost three decades, South African television has been ruled by DStv and its parent company MultiChoice. It was a fantastic run. But that’s over now. In pr…
In a two-day legal challenge, Aukotowa Fisheries, The Green Connection and Natural Justice asked the Western Cape Division of the High Court in Cape Town to ove…