August 02

• South Africa: Amar Bose - a Unique Sound, Stilled [analysis]

  The long, productive life and recent death of audio equipment pioneer Amar Bose gives The Daily Maverick's J. BROOKS SPECTOR an opportunity to contemplate the impact of the... Read more »

• South Africa: Lulu Xingwana's Department of Shambles [analysis]

  It's Women's Month in South Africa, which means that South African women have a whole 31 days to sit back and relax, knowing they're in the safe hands of a government department... Read more »

• South Africa: Superrugby - Relegation or Promotion Speaks Volumes of Saru [analysis]

  About 80% of respondents on the country's biggest sports website believe the Chiefs will beat the Brumbies to win back-to-back Vodacom SuperRugby titles on Saturday, and one... Read more »

• South Africa: The Ashes - Five Talking Points After Day One At Old Trafford [analysis]

  In a dramatic twist, Australia has actually competed with England in the Ashes. Australia showed its batting isn't quite as limp as many have made it out to be, and umpiring once... Read more »

August 01

• South Africa: Maimane, Bloom and the DA's Gauteng Race [analysis]

  The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants to win Gauteng in the 2014 elections and entries have closed for candidates hoping to be premier. GREG NICOLSON speaks to the two candidates who... Read more »

• Africa: Audi R8 V10 Plus - Performance Über Alles [analysis]

  Supercars are a rare breed: expensive to produce, and expensive to buy, they remain members of an exclusive club on the top rung of the automotive ladder. The Audi R8 may bear a... Read more »

• Africa: Who Watches Cricket's Watchmen? [analysis]

  Throughout the ongoing IPL fixing scandal, the International Cricket Council has remained mum. They've not even tried to intervene with the Board of Control for Cricket in India -... Read more »

• Africa: Henry Ford - the Man Who Gave Wheels to America [analysis]

  Henry Ford was born 150 years ago this week (30 July 1863). He didn't invent the automobile; he didn't invent mass production or the assembly line; but by harnessing these together... Read more »

• South Africa: The Battle for Cape Town's Farmland [analysis]

  The City of Cape Town, not for the first time, wants to re-draw the "urban edge" - a hypothetical designation of where urban development must stop, in order to protect the... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: UN Goes On the Attack in the DRC (Dragging South Africa in With It) [analysis]

  Over the course of its long engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations has issued plenty of ultimatums. On Tuesday, it issued another one, aimed at the... Read more »

• South Africa: Game of Thrones, SABC Edition [analysis]

  Many, many years ago, back when Coke Light was still Diet Coke, a news editor asked me to please take what we call the "SABC beat". As a journalist always on the hunt for more... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Elections - "So Far, So Good" [analysis]

  Zimbabweans have voted. Although results won't be known for a few days, it's not too early for SIMON ALLISON to conclude that Zimbabwean citizens are much better at this democracy... Read more »

July 31

• South Africa: On Cape Town's Road to Nowhere [analysis]

  Amelia Earnest met some of the people living on the streets of Cape Town. Some of them have been living outside since they were children. The City recently made it harder for them,... Read more »

• South Africa: KZN - Anatomy of an Assassination [analysis]

  Nkululeko Gwala was a loyal member of the ANC in Durban. But he really didn't know when to keep his mouth shut. He was expelled from the party for speaking out against corruption.... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Elections - No Matter the Result, the Future's Bleak, and Comrade Bob's Not Going Anywhere [analysis]

  Zimbabwean citizens (including a surprising number of centenarians and more than a few dead people) are casting their vote on Wednesday. Read more »

July 30

• Zimbabwe: Factsheet - the Policies and Promises of Zanu-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change [analysis]

  Zimbabweans go to the polls on Wednesday to elect a president and a parliament in an election that many fear will not be free or fair. President Robert Mugabe, leader of Zanu-PF,... Read more »

• South Africa: Cosatu's Dilemma and Vavi's Road to Redemption [analysis]

  Zwelinzima Vavi is by no means out of the woods. The sudden withdrawal of the rape complaint against the Cosatu general secretary might release him from having to answer to the... Read more »

• South Africa: Helen of Gauteng? Makes Lot of Sense [analysis]

  As we all jointly experience that strange feeling of déjà vu that seems to hang around our discussions about power, privilege, rape and Cosatu House, something... Read more »

• South Africa: The Proteas and Their One-Day Team Quandary [analysis]

  South Africa's one-day team has struggled for success in the last few years. Forget choking - not even getting into a position to choke has bugged the Proteas for too long. Some of... Read more »

• South Africa: Scrabbling to the Top [analysis]

  There is a subculture for whom Scrabble is a great deal more than a family board-game you pull down at Christmas when everyone's tired of conversation. Indeed, South Africa has... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Double or Nothing - Run-Off Elections Will Raise the Stakes in Mali and Zimbabwe [analysis]

  On a purely theoretical level, run-off elections seem like a great idea. In practice, not so much. With a very high likelihood of both Mali and Zimbabwe heading for a second round... Read more »

• South Africa: Who Benefits From Inflation-Targeting? [analysis]

  On Wednesday last week, Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) released the June consumer price index numbers. Headline inflation surprised the market by only increasing 5.5%... Read more »

• South Africa: NUM - Violence in Platinum Belt Continues Unabated [analysis]

  According to the National Union of Mineworkers, the government's intervention in the platinum belt is yet to come into effect as violence and intimidation continues. The union... Read more »

• South Africa: Soccer - the Forgotten Talents of the Vaal Professionals [analysis]

  The old Vaal Professionals used to be one the most feared teams in the old national soccer league. Now the old soccer players give back to their community by mentoring youngsters... Read more »

• South Africa: 'Of Good Report', Sugar Daddies and Vavi [analysis]

  Now that you can finally watch the most talked-about film in South Africa without breaking the law, the previously-banned 'Of Good Report' was screened to media in Johannesburg and... Read more »