Reply To: Name - Reply Comment As the Iris Dena episode showed, the government has walked a carefully balanced path between two warring powers Non-alignment,…

Reply To: Name - Reply Comment By Almas Equities Research The Colombo Stock Exchange extended its upward momentum on 25th March 2026, building on the previous…

Standing in his office on the eighth floor of the Mount Road police station in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, Captain Piet Potgieter stares at the spider’s web of…

The Department of Basic Education’s ring-fenced budget for a pilot nutrition programme for early childhood development (ECD) centres appears to have gone…

South Africa’s Constitution promised dignity for all. Nearly 30 years later, that promise remains out of reach for far too many women.

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…

As the conflict continues in the Middle East, the farming community in South Africa is increasingly worried about rising input costs, particularly fertiliser…

The career possibilities for women in the energy sector are incredibly exciting right now. Globally, the sector is undergoing rapid innovation and growth.

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,…

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.

It’s first break. The corridors are alive with children who haven’t yet learnt to ration their joy.

South Africa’s debate on migration has become one of the most emotionally charged public conversations in recent years.

The war between the US and Israel on Iran has erupted at a time when the international system is already under pressure.

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)…

Recent commentary in Daily Maverick has questioned South Africa’s proposed hunting quotas for elephants, leopards and black rhinos. These are important…

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…

Ah, Chief Dwasaho! I do not believe in coincidences. I believe dysfunction and criminal neglect are old drinking partners.

We need to restore and reaffirm the dignity of the people of Africa and the developing world.

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…

Global climate diplomacy continues to generate powerful statements, yet the daily realities are worsening for communities already facing escalating floods,…

Carl von Clausewitz identified “the fog of war” as an inescapable feature of armed conflict.

For almost three decades, South African television has been ruled by DStv and its parent company MultiChoice. It was a fantastic run.

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…

By Jason Lange and Bo Erickson The four-day poll, completed on Monday, showed 36% of Americans approve of Trump's job performance, down from 40% in a…

Nearly three years after they were caught on camera beating military trainees on the N1, Paul Mashatile’s VIP guards are finally giving their version of…

Our export economy to the US has a cold. It’s a symptom of a condition that is sometimes called Trump Derangement Syndrome.

By Mathieu Rosemain and Makini Brice The name of Fabrice Aidan, a middle-ranking French diplomat who was seconded to the United Nations from 2006 to 2013 and…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is closing in on a dodgy streetlight tender in Nelson Mandela Bay and attempting to recover public funds of about…

Part 2 of a four-part Daily Maverick series. So 2024 saw the highest volume of digital banking fraud recorded by the South African Banking Risk Information…

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs came close to taking legal action against Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa…