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Daily Maverick — 80 episodes

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Ramaphosa bets on legal review to stall Phala Phala impeachment proceedings

2

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

5

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

6

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

7

How R11m in ATM cash deposits followed Brian Molefe

8

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

9

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

10

From Real Housewives fame to real ‘shoplifting’ arrest infamy

11

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

12

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

13

The wheeling and dealing behind South Africa’s AI factories

14

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

15

The alleged illicit millions that bankrolled Brian Molefe’s lifestyle

16

Is the Iran Conflict Slipping Beyond Control?

17

What the Budget Means for Your Wallet

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

Epstein Files: Records Detail South Africa Links

23

Redi Tlhabi Talks AGOA With Wandile Sihlobo

24

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

25

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

26

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

27

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

28

Is the UN still relevant?

29

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

30

Inside the B20 Breakthrough: Redi Tlhabi Talks to Cas Coovadia

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

The Diplomatic Snub: Unpacking Trump’s G20 Boycott

35

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

36

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

37

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

38

Whose Peace? Redi Tlhabi on Palestine’s Exclusion

39

Branko Brkic on why journalism is a light we cannot lose

40

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

42

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

43

Redi Tlhabi: Why and How Global Alliances Are Shifting

44

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

45

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

46

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

47

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

49

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

50

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

51

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

52

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

53

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

54

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

56

OPINION | The strange campaign around Senzo Mchunu

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OPINION | Floyd Shivambu - Between Revolutions and Rejections

58

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

61

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?

63

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

78

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