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Daily Maverick — 96 episodes

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After the marches: What our reporters saw — and what might happen next

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South Africa’s Anti-Migrant Campaigns: What’s Really Driving Them?

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Xenophobia, fear and South Africa’s fault lines

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Mondli Makhanya: MK will win eThekwini/Durban

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Principal allegedly behind bigoted Facebook posts moves to new Cape Town school

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Nelson Mandela Bay’s Dodgy Job Ads: Parliament Calls For Criminal Probe

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The DBE textbook story that South Africa isn’t being told

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The Business of School Sport: Are Children Paying the Price?

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POWER CHAT: They Never Gave Up: Families Fight for Justice Over Apartheid-Era Atrocities

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Inside the Madlanga Commission

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Mounting evidence suggests Mexican cartel activity in Mzansi

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Joburg’s Upper Houghton mansions ‘now slumlord dumps’

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Julius Malema – Conviction, Sentencing, and the Battle for the JSC

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‘Bailout is not part of our strategy’ — CEO Matshela Seshibe on SAA’s turnaround

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Unpaid Winners and a Race in Crisis: The Soweto Marathon Fallout

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Are hackers holding our local government to ransom?

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Ramaphosa bets on legal review to stall Phala Phala impeachment proceedings

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Second Cabinet minister implicated in Chinese SUV scandal

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Is your money really safe? South Africa’s invisible crime wave

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Minister Sisisi Tolashe’s Undeclared Luxury SUVs

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Somebody didn't care: how Grey's Hospital's failing air con became a surgical emergency

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Meet the Nigerian mega pastor shouting hallelujah after bidding to buy iconic Cape Town building

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How R11m in ATM cash deposits followed Brian Molefe

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Inside the US–Israel War on Iran - and What It Means for Africa

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How Cape Town's municipal bills are outrunning its middle-class residents

26

From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy

27

Mayor or DA Leader? Geordin Hill-Lewis on Cape Town, the GNU & Why He’s Staying Put

28

Mkhwanazi vs McBride: Clashing claims tear South Africa’s security apart

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The wheeling and dealing behind South Africa’s AI factories

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Redi Tlhabi Has Advice for America’s New Ambassador to South Africa

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The alleged illicit millions that bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle

32

Is the Iran Conflict Slipping Beyond Control?

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What the Budget Means for Your Wallet

34

Herman Mashaba on Running a City, the Water Crisis and the Politics of Exclusion in Johannesburg

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Suspicions circle SA over R4.3-billion drugs hidden in fruit export to India

36

Kruger After the Flood: A Minister’s Promise to Rebuild South Africa’s Crown Jewel

37

Jesse Jackson’s Warning: Democracy Decays When We Get Comfortable

38

Epstein Files: Records Detail South Africa Links

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Redi Tlhabi Talks AGOA With Wandile Sihlobo

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Epstein Files: What Emails Reveal About Jacob Zuma’s London Dinner

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Wanted ‘drug trafficker’ from Bulgaria is personal trainer at South African gym

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Why Hasn’t the Police Minister Been Fired? Inside the Madlanga Commission

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When Power Becomes Paranoia: Redi Tlhabi on Trump and the Weaponisation of the State

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Is the UN still relevant?

45

“The Donroe Doctrine”: Redi Tlhabi and Tony Karon on America’s Return to Gunboat Diplomacy

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Inside the B20 Breakthrough: Redi Tlhabi Talks to Cas Coovadia

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Why did the DA decide to fire its Environment Minister Dion George?

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A New Deal for African Debt? Trevor Manuel Makes the Case

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From New York to Johannesburg: Redi Tlhabi and Mark Heywood on Power, Inequality, and the Urgency of Change

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The Diplomatic Snub: Unpacking Trump’s G20 Boycott

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Johannesburg Deserves Better: Redi Tlhabi on Lost Potential, Vision, and the City’s Future

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When Betting Is All You Have Left: Inside South Africa’s R1.5 Trillion Gambling Industry

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Judge Navi Pillay on Gaza, power and the future of international justice

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Whose Peace? Redi Tlhabi on Palestine’s Exclusion

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Branko Brkic on why journalism is a light we cannot lose

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Silencing Dissent: Redi Tlhabi with Karen Attiah on Voices Under Fire

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Redi Tlhabi Talks Accountability: The Mkhwanazi Inquiry Under the Microscope

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From Coastal Drops to City Streets: Inside SA’s Deadliest Drug Networks

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Redi Tlhabi: Why and How Global Alliances Are Shifting

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Militarised Democracy: Washington, the ANC, and the Politics of Power

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Redi Tlhabi on why the Army Chief’s Iran visit is a diplomatic disaster in the making

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Redi Tlhabi on Trump, institutions, and the future of US–Africa policy

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Power Chat – Inside the Investigation: Pieter-Louis Myburgh on Reporting the IDT CEO Bribery Scandal

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EXCLUSIVE | Alleged attempt to bribe Daily Maverick journalist caught on camera

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Redi Tlhabi Breaks Down Trump’s Tariff Chaos with Phillip van Niekerk

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OPINION | Ozzy Forever? Black Sabbath enfant terrible turned Birmingham divinity

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OPINION | Inner Voices: What If You Don’t Have One?

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Sanctions? Not So Fast — Redi Tlhabi on What the U.S. Bill Really Means for South Africa

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Peace or Plunder? Redi Tlhabi & Michela Wrong on Rwanda–DRC Tensions

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Dirty linen, global stakes: Redi Tlhabi on the media’s failure in US–SA coverage

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Redi Tlhabi meets Winnie Byanyima: Ending AIDS, Fighting Inequality, Reclaiming Power

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OPINION | The strange campaign around Senzo Mchunu

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OPINION | Floyd Shivambu - Between Revolutions and Rejections

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REDI TLHABI | Iran standoff, NYC chooses Dem new candidate – and the media’s role

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REDI TLHABI | Carole Cadwalladr on How Tech Giants Hijacked Truth and Power

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REDI TLHABI | A look at Israel's attack on Iran and Trump's authoritarian turn

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REDI TLHABI & MEHDI HASAN | Trump Administration is a sh*t show

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REDI TLHABI asks: Elon Musk, Starlink, and South Africa, what is the real deal?

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REDI TLHABI Breaks Down the Trump–Ramaphosa Meeting in the White House

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REDI TLHABI on Ramaphosa, Trump & the Power Games Shaping SA–US Relations

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POWER CHAT | Ferial Haffajee in conversation with DIRCO Director-General Zane Dangor

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INVESTIGATION | Ithala - Billions in the Balance

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POWER CHAT | Ferial Haffajee speaks to Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen about the Budget — and the GNU — after talks collapsed

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POWER CHAT | Ferial Haffajee and Breitbart's Joel Pollak on democracy, foreign policy, and power

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EXPLAINER | Solidarity Movement’s Great Trek to Washington

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POWER CHAT | Helen Zille on how to fix Johannesburg & the future of the Government of National Unity

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FACT-CHECK | Do white people own 22% of the land in South Africa?

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EXPLAINER | Donald Trump's inner circle: All the President's South African men

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INVESTIGATION | Queeny Madikizela-Malema: 'Gangster Informant'

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POWER CHAT | Geordin Hill-Lewis on leadership, global tensions & Cape Town’s future

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INVESTIGATION | Is the ‘cryptoqueen’, Ruja Ignatova, hiding in South Africa?

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INVESTIGATION | The Luxury Life of Thembi Simelane

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INVESTIGATION | How 750m in Cape Town’s city centre points to South Africa’s expansive extortion problem

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INVESTIGATION | South Africa's Expanding Role in the Global Drug Trade

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INVESTIGATION | Mark Lifman – Voice Notes, Letter of Demand, and the Organized Crime Saga

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INVESTIGATION | Man Alone - Mandela's Top Cop