Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)

November 8

South Africa: Western Cape's Grapes of Wrath [analysis]

The ANC and the provincial ruling party bickered and pointed fingers in the DA-run Western Cape as farm workers burned vineyards. It has all the hallmarks of the ANC-run North... Read more »
Nigeria: How to Lose $35 Billion - a Nigerian Handbook [opinion]

A top Nigerian anti-corruption crusader was asked to prepare a no-holds-barred report on the rotten state of country’s oil industry. He delivered. Nigerians now have a clear... Read more »

South Africa: Marikana Commission - 'Don't Single Us Out' - Police [analysis]

The evidence team at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry suggested on Monday that the issues to be examined should be separated, with the conduct of the police on 16 August to be... Read more »
South Africa: News in Brief - New Political Party on the Block

A round-up of the day’s news from South Africa. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Brutal Reality - Rape Now, Pay Later [analysis]

While the 2011/12 crime statistics showed an official drop in the number of reported rapes, it still remains morbidly high. It reflects crisis levels in South Africa. A potent... Read more »
South Africa: On the Move - South Africa and Migration [analysis]

Last week, statistics from Census2011 indicated the extent to which South Africa continued to be shaped by migration. This is a country still on the move. KHADIJA PATEL spoke to... Read more »
South Africa: And Now, for Something Completely Different - the New Left [opinion]

News that a new political party may be emerging from inside the ANC has tongues wagging. The personalities behind the formation have yet to surface, but it appears to be another... Read more »

South Africa: Police Accused of Planting Weapons on Miners [analysis]

On Monday, the Marikana Commission of Inquiry saw photos taken by the police after the 16 August massacre. The photos are taken by different police officers at different times, and... Read more »
Egypt: Coptic Draw - a New Pope for Christians [analysis]

In a ceremony remarkably similar Champions League draw, Egyptian Christians have selected a new pope, who has a lot of work to do if he’s going to calm tensions between... Read more »
South Africa: Deciphering One Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma [analysis]

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South Africa: The Zuma Cocktail - Tradition, Leadership and Politics [analysis]

The president's comments to the National House of Traditional Leaders last week returned the role of customary law and traditional leadership to the national agenda. Amakhosi play... Read more »
South Africa: Marikana - a Cover-Up for All to See [opinion]

As more conflicting and questionable police data streams into the public consciousness courtesy of the Farlam Commission, the picture of a horrible crime becomes ever-more... Read more »

East Africa: Uganda Holds Somalia Hostage in High-Stakes Diplomacy [analysis]

Anxious to cover up its illicit involvement in neighbouring DRC’s on-going rebellion, Uganda has played its trump card: threatening to pull its troops from Somalia and derail... Read more »
South Africa: News in Brief - Exchange Student Stabbed 24 Times

A round-up of the weekend's news from South Africa. Read more »
South Africa: Road to Mangaung - the Eastern Cape Swing [analysis]

‘Electioneering in a decisive region was halted Sunday as heavy rain and wind tore through the rural town where the president was due to speak.’ The line sounds as if... Read more »
South Africa: Mines of the Beloved Country - Through the Mind of a Photographer and Essayist [analysis]

The strikes and violence at South African mines in the past months represent a striking and possibly coincidental backdrop for the reissue of David Goldblatt and Nadine... Read more »
South Africa: Publicity Stunt Meets Thuggery - the DA's Non-Storming of Zuma's Bastille [analysis]

The DA’s visit to the president’s Nkandla homestead to inspect multi-million-rand, taxpayer-funded renovations was never going to succeed. It was not meant to. It was... Read more »

Africa: U.S. 2012 - Where On the Election Map Is Africa? [analysis]

No matter who wins the presidency in next week’s American elections, renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in 2015 is likely to be centrepiece of the... Read more »
South Africa: Message From SA - Ghana, Can We Have Your Democracy? [opinion]

We like to think we’re special in South Africa, especially compared to our African neighbours. Trouble is, we’re not so special. There’s plenty that Africa can... Read more »
South Africa: Marikana - Police Torturing Their Way to Intimidation [analysis]

Thought the times when we were reporting on torture in custody would never come back again? That the minority's use of the repression and violence against the majority were over?... Read more »
South Africa: Polokwane and Mangaung - Shades of Difference [analysis]

The 2007 conference in Polokwane was a turning point in the ANC’s history and effectively changed the destiny of South Africa. The much-hyped Mangaung conference could also... Read more »
South Africa: Western Cape Police Inquiry Becomes the Latest Political Football [analysis]

Social justice organisations have been lobbying for a commission of inquiry into the state of policing in Khayelitsha, where vigilante killings are a source of great concern.... Read more »

South Africa: Marikana Commission - Dali Mpofu Drops New Torture Bombshell [analysis]

On Wednesday, Dali Mpofu told the Marikana Commission of Inquiry that six men arrested by the police in the last weeks were brutally tortured while in custody. We also got an... Read more »
South Africa: News in Brief - Hand Over Zuma Spy Tapes, Says Judge [analysis]

A round-up of the day’s news from South Africa. Read more »
South Africa: Tatane Killing - SAHRC Issues #Fail to Police [analysis]

The South African Human Rights Commission revealed its findings after investigating the killing of Free State activist Andries Tatane on Wednesday. What they found was not so much... Read more »

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