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Meat may get cheaper as El Niño hits
South Africa is going into an El Niño drought season with the largest maize harvest in its history: 17.6 million tonnes, against annual needs of about 12 million. In this Business Chat, business editor Lindsey …
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South Africa is going into an El Niño drought season with the largest maize harvest in its history: 17.6 million tonnes, against annual needs of about 12 million. In this Business Chat, business editor Lindsey speaks to Wandile Sihlobo, agriculture and land envoy and chief economist of the Agricultural Business Chamber, about what that means for farmers and consumers. He explains why foot-and-mouth disease has kept beef farmers out of export markets, how fertiliser and fuel costs have risen, why vegetables and meat may stay affordable while starches rise slightly, and why neighbouring countries are more exposed.
Hosted by: Lindsey Schutters
Guest: Wandile Sihlobo
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
This episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism.Articles mentioned in the discussion:
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-31-a-tough-2026-doesn-t-change-the-sa-citrus-industry-s-sound-trajectory/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-11-02-el-nino-threatens-sas-crops-but-ample-maize-stocks-cushion-the-blow/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-10-11-uncertainty-is-high-as-the-2026-27-summer-crop-season-starts/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-08-01-gmos-and-precision-farming-bring-food-prices-down/
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2026-08-05-the-gmo-myth-cheaper-food-deeper-hunger-greater-corporate-power/
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How Five Ancient Baobabs Nearly Left South Africa for a Billionaire’s Park
Five mature baobabs were dug up in Limpopo without permits, trucked 800km to Durban and left on their sides in a logistics car park for three months. Their destination: allegedly, Georgia, on the Black Sea …
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Five mature baobabs were dug up in Limpopo without permits, trucked 800km to Durban and left on their sides in a logistics car park for three months. Their destination: allegedly, Georgia, on the Black Sea. Environmental journalist Tony Carnie got an anonymous tip-off, photographed the trees through a fence and followed the trail to a private botanical park owned by former Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who had already taken eight baobabs from Kenya.
On Beyond the Lead, Tamsin Metelerkamp and Lerato Mutsila ask Tony how the trees slipped past the authorities, who is responsible now that criminal charges have been laid, and why plant smuggling is a $21bn-a-year crime that rarely makes the news.
Read Tony’s reporting on Daily Maverick:
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-10-29-the-tree-loving-georgian-billionaire-the-pretoria-landscaper-and-the-sa-baobab-export-row/Subscribe to the Maverick Earth newsletter: [link]
Hosted by: Lerato Mutsila and Tamsin Metelerkamp
Guest: Tony Carnie
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard KotzeThis episode of Beyond the Lead is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism.
Chapters:
00:00 Baobab Smuggling Teaser
00:28 Meet the Baobab Giants
00:55 Tip Off in Durban
01:39 Protected Tree Laws
02:33 Limpopo Cultural Meaning
03:50 Heartbreak and Delays
04:42 Tony Joins the Story
05:16 Following the Anonymous Lead
09:07 Permits and Enforcement Gaps
11:55 Georgia Billionaire Link
16:00 Global Plant Trafficking
21:01 Saving Confiscated Specimens
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ANC Faces Defeat as DA Closes In on Gauteng’s Three Metros
In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, recorded as votes from the 4 November local government elections were being counted, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya discuss early projections and the US midterm results …
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In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, recorded as votes from the 4 November local government elections were being counted, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya discuss early projections and the US midterm results. Makhanya reports from the national results centre, where projections indicate the DA is positioned to govern the three Gauteng metros in coalition and ActionSA has gained ground. They examine provisional turnout of about 54%, the narrowing national gap between the ANC and the DA, the ANC’s projected losses in its Eastern Cape strongholds, and who may govern Johannesburg.
Hosts: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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Navi Pillay on the Nobel Peace Prize and International Justice
In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, Peter Fabricius speaks to Judge Navi Pillay from her hometown of Durban. On 9 October 2026, Pillay was announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. She is a former …
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In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, Peter Fabricius speaks to Judge Navi Pillay from her hometown of Durban. On 9 October 2026, Pillay was announced as the winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. She is a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and is now an ad hoc judge at the International Court of Justice. Join the conversation in the comments below!
Hosted by: Peter Fabricius
Guest: Nobel laureate Judge Navi Pillay
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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Kallie Kriel on AfriForum’s US Lobbying and the Trump Administration
In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, part of a series marking 30 years of the Constitution, Ferial Haffajee speaks to Kallie Kriel of AfriForum about the preamble’s vision that South Africa belongs to all who …
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In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, part of a series marking 30 years of the Constitution, Ferial Haffajee speaks to Kallie Kriel of AfriForum about the preamble’s vision that South Africa belongs to all who live in it. They discuss the organisation’s lobbying in the United States, the Expropriation Act, the “Kill the Boer” court case, the risk of South Africa's exclusion from Agoa, and whether Afrikaans institutions such as Sol-Tech are open to all.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee
Guest: Kallie Kriel
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
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Frank Chikane, DA Polls and the ANC’s Retreat From the Cities
In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, recorded a week before the 4 November local elections, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya discuss the ANC’s campaign and its declining support in the metros. Haffajee reports …
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In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, recorded a week before the 4 November local elections, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya discuss the ANC’s campaign and its declining support in the metros. Haffajee reports from an ANC Johannesburg fundraiser that served as a soft launch for Reverend Frank Chikane’s mayoral campaign. They look at News24’s report on DA internal polls indicating the party may become the largest in six metros, whether the ANC is retreating to rural support bases, service delivery in Bronkhorstspruit, and the ANC’s argument about the risks of its decline.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
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ANC Candidates Restored After Party Failed to Press ‘Submit’
In the first episode of Daily Maverick’s Beyond the Lead, Tamsin Metelerkamp and Lerato Mutsila speak to parliamentary journalist Marianne Merten about the Constitutional Court’s 15 October ruling in the ANC’s …
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In the first episode of Daily Maverick’s Beyond the Lead, Tamsin Metelerkamp and Lerato Mutsila speak to parliamentary journalist Marianne Merten about the Constitutional Court’s 15 October ruling in the ANC’s dispute with the IEC. The ruling returns 181 ANC candidates in six municipalities to the ballot for the 4 November local government elections, after the party did not complete the final submission step before the deadline. Candidates from 32 other parties are also included. The discussion covers the IEC’s reprinting of ballot papers, Fikile Mbalula’s remarks on the GNU, and the precedent the case may set while the court’s reasons remain unpublished. Listen now and join the conversation in the comments section below!
This episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism.Hosted by: Lerato Mutsila and Tamsin Metelerkamp
Guest: Marianne Merten
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
00:00 – The ANC’s Candidate Crisis
01:45 – The ‘Submit Button’ Argument
02:45 – ConCourt Reasons Still Pending
04:00 – The Six Affected Municipalities
04:45 – Voter Sentiment in Sundays River Valley
05:50 – Marianne Merten Joins
06:45 – The 2006 ACDP Precedent
07:45 – A Broader ANC Malaise
08:50 – Will the Ruling Shift ANC Prospects?
12:20 – Reprinting 33 Million Ballots
15:15 – Mbalula, the DA and the GNU
19:00 – Section 19 and Political Rights
22:30 – The Submit Button’s Wider Implications
24:50 – Closing
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ANC Decline, DA Gains: What Four Polls Show Before 4 November
In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya assess four opinion polls ahead of the 4 November local government elections. All four point to a continued decline in ANC support, with …
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In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya assess four opinion polls ahead of the 4 November local government elections. All four point to a continued decline in ANC support, with the DA polling between 25% and 27% and the MK Party between 12% and 15%. They discuss President Cyril Ramaphosa’s focus on national reforms, the DA’s Johannesburg campaign under mayoral candidate Helen Zille, ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba’s anti-migrant platform, and Jacob Zuma’s apparent move to position his son Duduzane as successor.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard KotzeThis episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism.
00:00 – Introduction
00:20 – The ANC’s Continued Decline
03:55 – Ramaphosa’s Reform Message
05:50 – Local Government Failures
08:30 – Zille’s Johannesburg Campaign
10:20 – The DA’s Polling Ceiling
12:50 – Gauteng Metros and Ekurhuleni
15:30 – Mashaba and ActionSA
17:55 – MKP and Jacob Zuma
20:00 – MKP Funding and Campaign Posters
21:20 – Duduzane Zuma and Succession
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Ferial Haffajee and Ernst Roets on AGOA, Crosses and Autonomy
In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, Ferial Haffajee presses Ernst Roets of the think tank Lex Libertas about his group’s recent campaign in the United States. She asks why its Washington vigil of 3,000 crosses …
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In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, Ferial Haffajee presses Ernst Roets of the think tank Lex Libertas about his group’s recent campaign in the United States. She asks why its Washington vigil of 3,000 crosses focused on farm-attack victims, why the group took its case abroad rather than to South African institutions, and whether it bears any responsibility if South Africa loses AGOA, as President Cyril Ramaphosa warns of possible exclusion. Roets sets out his positions on each, along with his case for decentralisation.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee
Guest: Ernst Roets
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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How a Narrow Court Ruling Became a Week of Anti-Foreigner Posts
In July 2026, South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled that asylum seekers cannot be turned away on procedural grounds before their claims are heard. When Home Affairs began implementing the ruling in October …
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In July 2026, South Africa’s Constitutional Court ruled that asylum seekers cannot be turned away on procedural grounds before their claims are heard. When Home Affairs began implementing the ruling in October, posts about it on X rose from about 4,000 to 60,000 a day, many carrying false claims about citizenship, grants and voting. Drawing on Murmur Intelligence data and reporting, this video explores who amplified those claims, how the online conversation moved to street mobilisation in Durban, and why it matters ahead of the 4 November local elections.
Reporting by Kyle Findlay and Aldu Cornelissen
Voice over by: Anda Tolibadi
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
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Ngobese-Zuma’s March and March: Tenders, Funding and MKP
In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya discuss March and March, the anti-migrant movement led by Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, after last week’s mobilisation in KwaZulu-Natal and …
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In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya discuss March and March, the anti-migrant movement led by Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma, after last week’s mobilisation in KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg. Both journalists covered the “third force” of the early 1990s, and Makhanya argues the movement’s scale points to significant funding and organised backing. They examine News24’s report that Ngobese-Zuma and her husband won about R12 million in state tenders, how social media spread misinformation about a court ruling on asylum, lessons from the July 2021 unrest, and the government’s response ahead of local elections.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard Kotze
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Ekurhuleni Murders: What We Know About the Killings of 12 Women
At least 12 women have been reported murdered in Ekurhuleni since July 2026, prompting speculation that a serial killer may be operating in Gauteng. Police have set up a task team to investigate possible links …
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At least 12 women have been reported murdered in Ekurhuleni since July 2026, prompting speculation that a serial killer may be operating in Gauteng. Police have set up a task team to investigate possible links between several cases but have not confirmed whether any are connected. Daily Maverick journalist Reitumetse Pilane sets out what is known: the similarities between the cases, the arrests and evidence that suggest some are unrelated, and what forensic experts say about how investigators approach a possible series.
Reporting by: Reitumetse Pilane
Filmed by: Malibingwe Tyilo
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:28 The Latest Case: Boitumelo Nhlanzi
01:14 What Points to a Connection
02:05 What Doesn't Fit the Pattern
03:01 What the Experts Say
03:45 What Remains Unknown
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Inside the South African drug deal that exposed an alleged Afghan trafficker and his ‘Taliban ties’
A confidential US Drug Enforcement Administration source bought a methamphetamine sample in a Johannesburg parking lot in December 2024, evidence now central to a federal case against former Afghan politician …
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A confidential US Drug Enforcement Administration source bought a methamphetamine sample in a Johannesburg parking lot in December 2024, evidence now central to a federal case against former Afghan politician Abdul Zahir Qadeer. Qadeer, once a general in Afghanistan’s Border Force, was arrested in Kenya in April 2025 and extradited to the United States, where he faces charges of conspiring to traffic narcotics and heavy weapons internationally. Journalist Caryn Dolley traces South Africa's role in the case, drawing on a DEA agent's criminal complaint.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Sub-edited by: Kevin Flynn
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:58 Who Is Abdul Zahir Qadeer
01:48 South Africa’s Role in the Investigation
02:10 The DEA’s Confidential Source
03:17 The Methamphetamine Sample Order
03:39 10 December 2024: The Parking Lot Handover
04:31 Case SignificanceYou can listen to the podcast everywhere, including YouTube, Apple Podcast and Spotify!
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Broke, divided and barely visible: the ANC limps towards 4 November
With less than a month until South Africa’s 4 November local government elections, Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya assess the state of the ANC’s campaign. They also talk about Johannesburg …
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With less than a month until South Africa’s 4 November local government elections, Daily Maverick’s Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya assess the state of the ANC’s campaign. They also talk about Johannesburg, where recent polling suggests the DA will not win an outright majority.
Hosted by: Ferial Haffajee and Mondli Makhanya
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade & Joel Seboa
Original Theme Music & Design by: Bernard KotzeThis episode of Power Chat is brought to you by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, an organisation dedicated to strengthening democracy and human rights across the world, and creating new momentum for liberalism.
00:00 – Introduction: Election Season01:55 – The ANC's "Ground Campaign"
02:45 – Funding and Organisational Strain
05:00 – Visibility on the Campaign Trail
06:05 – Regional Defiance of National Decisions
07:55 – Andile Lungisa and Luthuli House
08:45 – Frank Chikane Left Off the Joburg List
11:05 – Johannesburg Polling and the DA
13:00 – Coalition Models for Johannesburg
15:55 – Business Pressure and the National ANC
18:05 – The Coalition Timeline
19:55 – Tshwane
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AI Risks and AI Hype: Two Daily Maverick Journalists Debate
In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, senior journalist Rebecca Davis and Business Maverick managing editor Lindsey Schutters debate the risks of artificial intelligence. Davis argues that recent reported …
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In this Daily Maverick Power Chat, senior journalist Rebecca Davis and Business Maverick managing editor Lindsey Schutters debate the risks of artificial intelligence. Davis argues that recent reported incidents, including AI agents hacking systems, altering their own reasoning records and acting beyond their instructions, point to genuine safety concerns. Schutters explains that much of the existential fear reflects marketing by AI companies seeking investment ahead of stock market listings, and that responsibility lies with the people who build the models. The discussion covers AI safety, autonomous agents, military applications, AGI and the future of white-collar work.
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Cape Town Planning Tribunal Agreed With Officials Almost Every Time
Over thirteen months, Cape Town’s Municipal Planning Tribunal ruled on 1,328 land-use and development cases. Not one was recorded as an explicit departure from city planners’ recommendations. The pattern …
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Over thirteen months, Cape Town’s Municipal Planning Tribunal ruled on 1,328 land-use and development cases. Not one was recorded as an explicit departure from city planners’ recommendations. The pattern surfaced in a fight over two data centres proposed near Cape Town International Airport, where objectors warned of a 174-megawatt draw on the grid and 4.4 billion litres of water a year, in communities that already struggle to pay municipal bills. Daily Maverick’s Kevin Bloom’s reporting explains what the numbers show, how the city defends them, why the city says the tribunal occasionally disagrees, and why the tribunal’s required independence - set out in national law - is now in question.
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Swimming SA to Pay Tatjana Smith Interest, Faces Scrutiny Over Kit's Deal
Swimming South Africa withheld prize money owed to Tatjana Smith for over a year after her historic gold and silver medals at the 2023 World Championships, and allegedly failed to pay interest accrued during …
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Swimming South Africa withheld prize money owed to Tatjana Smith for over a year after her historic gold and silver medals at the 2023 World Championships, and allegedly failed to pay interest accrued during that delay. The federation has now agreed to pay the outstanding interest in full, following a letter of demand from Smith's attorney. The dispute has also drawn scrutiny to the federation's kit sponsorship rules and its handling of an information request over its contract with swimwear brand Arena. Daily Maverick's sports journalist Annemieke Thomaidis reports.
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Prasa’s R5.6bn Siyangena scandal demands NPA action
Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa boss Lucky Montana, along with his alleged corruptors and their enablers, could be facing charges for their alleged crimes. Daily Maverick’s investigative journalist …
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Former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa boss Lucky Montana, along with his alleged corruptors and their enablers, could be facing charges for their alleged crimes. Daily Maverick’s investigative journalist for Scorpio Pieter-Louis Myburgh explains.
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- Wagner strongly denied any impropriety. He remained adamant that Midtownbrace had made a legitimate investment in Montana’s townhouse development: “I deny any insinuation and/or allegation that Midtownbrace is part of alleged corruption and money laundering or that any TMM dealings was done via Midtownbrace,” stated Wagner.
- Siyangena Technologies said it noted from the SIU’s court papers that no relief is being sought against the company. “As the matter is sub judice it would be inappropriate for us to comment any further,” the company stated.
- Lucky Montana did not respond to requests for comment.
- Van der Walt reportedly moved to Texas in the United States around the time of the Zondo Commission and could not be reached for comment.
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Inside Sassa’s grant review: Queues, outages, suspensions
Daily Maverick’s Tamsin Metelerkamp visited Sassa offices across five provinces to look at the agency’s intensified grant review process, launched to detect fraud. The investigation found overburdened …
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Daily Maverick’s Tamsin Metelerkamp visited Sassa offices across five provinces to look at the agency’s intensified grant review process, launched to detect fraud. The investigation found overburdened, understaffed offices, frequent system outages, and lawful beneficiaries facing suspended payments and repeated office visits to resolve them.
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Declassified document shows ANC were favourable to offering indemnity to apartheid-era crimes
Minutes reveal former apartheid president FW De Klerk told his final Cabinet meeting that an agreement with Nelson Mandela and the ANC on indemnity for apartheid crimes was reached 48 hours before the 1994 …
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Minutes reveal former apartheid president FW De Klerk told his final Cabinet meeting that an agreement with Nelson Mandela and the ANC on indemnity for apartheid crimes was reached 48 hours before the 1994 election – igniting accountability questions. Daily Maverick’s Marianne Thamm explains.
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Inside NSFAS boss Mathebula’s R110,000-plus spending
While tertiary students across South Africa demand an increase in food allowances and an accommodation cap, the upper echelon of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) appears to be operating on a …
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While tertiary students across South Africa demand an increase in food allowances and an accommodation cap, the upper echelon of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) appears to be operating on a vastly different budget, including eyebrow-raising spending on hotels. Siyabonga Goni reports.
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Is Cape Town Fast-Tracking a Power-Hungry Data Hub?
A golf course became a R3-billion logistics hub. Now it’s set to house two of Cape Town’s biggest data centres. Daily Maverick’s Lindsey Schutters reports on a R100 land-swap, a data centre reclassified as a …
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A golf course became a R3-billion logistics hub. Now it’s set to house two of Cape Town’s biggest data centres. Daily Maverick’s Lindsey Schutters reports on a R100 land-swap, a data centre reclassified as a “warehouse”, and the environmental assessment that’s been pushed down the road.
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Manifesto test: DA’s local government plan eyes the private sector, devolving policing
The DA has promised to get rid of corruption in municipalities, ring-fence revenue for electricity and water, and to bring in the private sector to boost many service areas. Let’s assess its manifesto. Hosted …
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The DA has promised to get rid of corruption in municipalities, ring-fence revenue for electricity and water, and to bring in the private sector to boost many service areas. Let’s assess its manifesto.
Hosted by: Lerato Mutsila and Ferial Haffajee
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Manifesto test: The revolution promised, the record questioned
The EFF is consistent on municipalities having to focus on serving the people. Good intentions, all the right words, but what does its track record reveal? Hosted by: Lerato Mutsila and Ferial Haffajee Edited …
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The EFF is consistent on municipalities having to focus on serving the people. Good intentions, all the right words, but what does its track record reveal?
Hosted by: Lerato Mutsila and Ferial Haffajee
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SA’s sports funding crisis exposed as athletes pay the price
South Africa’s athletes are winning on the world stage, but they’re paying for it out of their own pockets. From R120,000 tournament fees to covering official staff costs, we look into why national teams are …
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South Africa’s athletes are winning on the world stage, but they’re paying for it out of their own pockets. From R120,000 tournament fees to covering official staff costs, we look into why national teams are forced to crowdfund while big-budget spending happens elsewhere. Daily Maverick’s Annemieke Thomaidis explains.
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India’s Mandrax master to Big Five bosses – exposing the who’s who of South Africa’s illicit drug trade
In 2025 a senior policeman made striking accusations that a drug cartel had infiltrated South Africa’s criminal justice system, politics and private security. This sparked high-level law enforcement suspensions …
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In 2025 a senior policeman made striking accusations that a drug cartel had infiltrated South Africa’s criminal justice system, politics and private security. This sparked high-level law enforcement suspensions and arrests, totally reconfiguring the country’s policing. This unprecedented crisis runs much deeper, though, and has been decades in the making. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley reports.
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Over 1,200 City Power outages in two weeks leave Joburg buckling
Crumbling infrastructure, systemic operational paralysis, and brazen extortion schemes have pushed Johannesburg’s electricity network to its breaking point, leaving the utility increasingly unable to cope with …
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Crumbling infrastructure, systemic operational paralysis, and brazen extortion schemes have pushed Johannesburg’s electricity network to its breaking point, leaving the utility increasingly unable to cope with a localised crisis that councillors warn is sliding out of control. Daily Maverick’s Anna Cox reports.
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The DA MP, Tony Leon’s lobbying firm and the SIM card law
Kabelo Kgobisa-Ngcaba was the COO of Tony Leon’s Resolve Communications until she entered Parliament as a DA MP. Then she spent more than six months asking questions that helped build a campaigning case for two …
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Kabelo Kgobisa-Ngcaba was the COO of Tony Leon’s Resolve Communications until she entered Parliament as a DA MP. Then she spent more than six months asking questions that helped build a campaigning case for two of its clients. Daily Maverick’s Rebecca Davis explains.
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‘Spies in America’ – from South African freedom fighter to foreign agent
In June 2026 a retired South African Air Force brigadier general, Portia “Posh” Anyamba, was fined and sentenced in the United States to six months imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to being a foreign agent …
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In June 2026 a retired South African Air Force brigadier general, Portia “Posh” Anyamba, was fined and sentenced in the United States to six months imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to being a foreign agent for South Africa. She’d apparently monitored certain events, secretly on behalf of officials from this country. Anyamba, it turns out, has a fascinating history that spans several countries and includes resistance to the apartheid regime. Daily Maverick’s Caryn Dolley explains.
Reporting by: Caryn Dolley
Edited by: Anda Tolibadi
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Did SAPS Crime Intelligence burgle Marianne Thamm's home?
The possible targeting of journalist Marianne Thamm by state intelligence highlights a serious threat to press freedom and democratic accountability in South Africa. Here is the story. Reporting by: Marianne …
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The possible targeting of journalist Marianne Thamm by state intelligence highlights a serious threat to press freedom and democratic accountability in South Africa. Here is the story.
Reporting by: Marianne Thamm
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