South Africa: Why Vehicle Insurance Premiums Differ From One Person to the Next

Factors like age, claims history and even where a vehicle is parked can affect the premium. Read more »

South Africa: The Airline Industry Is Advocating Tax Cuts to Support Connections

Daily Maverick was a guest of the International Air Transport Association at the annual general meeting in Rio de Janeiro this past weekend, and proceedings quickly turned to calls… Read more »

South Africa: Aviation Experts Say Apartheid-Era Sasol Had the Answer for the Current Jet Fuel Crisis

Daily Maverick is a guest of the International Air Transport Association at its annual general meeting in Rio de Janeiro, and the costs of talking the future of jet fuel are adding… Read more »

South Africa: SA Commuters Cut Back On Groceries As Taxi Fares Rise, Drivers Plead for Subsidies

Rising fuel costs are deepening South Africa's cost-of-living crisis, with taxi commuters feeling the pressure. Read more »

South Africa: SARS Audit Links Ex-Prasa Boss Lucky Montana to Recipient of 'Tall Trains' Funds

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa's R3.5-bn 'too tall' locomotives contract was one of South Africa's most costly procurement scandals. Newly obtained tax records offer… Read more »

South Africa: After the Bell - The Danger of Old Starlets and Big-Car Addiction

The peril of larger vehicles on our roads is compounded by safety standards that too often neglect African markets. And then there's the matter of Toyota Starlets buzzing around… Read more »

Africa: Another MV Hondius Patient Tests Positive for Hantavirus As Ship Heads for Canary Islands

A new case of hantavirus has emerged on the MV Hondius, raising concerns among health authorities regarding human-to-human transmission. Read more »

South Africa: Learning By Doing - Practical Responses to Micro-Mobility in Cape Town

The rapid rise of micro-mobility deliveries is reshaping urban public space faster than policy and infrastructure can respond, exposing gaps in planning, regulation and worker… Read more »

South Africa: River Chaos Beats Polished Glory in New Zealand's Wildest Boat Race

The Waikato River race strips sport back to something raw, unpolished and deeply human, where participation outweighs performance. Along a demanding 142km stretch of river,… Read more »

South Africa: Lamola's Exit Exposes SAA's Shaky Foundations and Questionable Profits

There seemed to be no surprise that SAA group chief Prof John Lamola had resigned, but the timing -- a Friday -- was telling. The national carrier needs serious help. Read more »

South Africa: Minister Sisisi Tolashe to Appear Before ANC's Integrity Commission Over Suv Scandal

Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe will have to account for two luxury SUVs intended for the ANC Women's League which she allegedly gave to her children instead. Read more »

South Sudan: Fuel Supply Woes Persist As Government Reassurances Fail to Ease Motorists' Fears

While industry associations and government (the President included) are trying to reassure the public that there is no national fuel shortage, their reassurances are disconnected… Read more »

South Africa: Yellow Angels - Table Mountain's Firefighting Helicopters

In Cape Town you know there's a fire before you see or smell it. The thud thud of the big old Huey helicopters trailing buckets is a sure sign that somewhere the mountain's… Read more »

South Africa: From Thriving to Idle - A Fishing Family's Tale of Change in Kalk Bay

A conversation about fishing boats that can't go to sea, reading the ocean and the changing nature of fishing. Read more »

South Africa: Cruise Ship Tourism Bringing Life Back to Gqeberha's Oldest Library

Tourists stepping off cruise ships in Nelson Mandela Bay are being treated to a rare glimpse of the area's history, visiting the historic Main Library, which has been closed to the… Read more »

South Africa: Sandton Traffic Jams, Strand Sewage Spills, Tshwane's Unlawful Billing - - Your Questions Answered

In this edition of Your Questions Answered, we dig into what's been frustrating commuters and residents alike: the standstill into Sandton, the half-finished N3 near… Read more »

South Africa: Design Lift's Birthday Tail / See It Fly - Win Flights for a Year!

Five years ago, in the middle of a global pandemic, a bold new airline asked South Africans to do something extraordinary: help name it. Read more »

South Africa: Survivors of Horrific Limpopo Crash That Left 42 Dead Claim Bus Was Overloaded

Families of passengers killed in a horrific bus crash near Makhado say the operator of the cross-border bus from Gqeberha to Zimbabwe and Malawi failed to provide information or a… Read more »

South Africa: Take Two for Nelson Mandela Bay's Controversial New Acting City Manager

Former Bitou Municipality city manager Lonwabo Ngoqo was appointed as the Nelson Mandela Bay metro's 18th acting city manager on Tuesday. Read more »

South Africa: Car Finance Cartel Dismantled With R30m Settlement

The Competition Tribunal has approved a R30m settlement with Toyota after findings of collusive conduct in the vehicle finance market. Read more »

South Africa: SA Finally Opens Its Rails to Private Competition to Move Freight

South Africa's rail reform has finally reached the tracks. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says private operators will soon move millions of tons of freight on Transnet's… Read more »

South Africa: Union Leader Says He Would Take Jail Over Forced End to Air Canada Strike

A leader of the union on strike against Air Canada AC.TO said on Monday he would risk jail time rather than allow cabin crews to be forced back to work by a federal labor board,… Read more »

South Africa: School Bus Driver Suspended for Failing to Intervene in Bullying Incident

The driver of a school bus who failed to intervene while a learner was bullied and humiliated was suspended on Sunday. Read more »

South Africa: Uncertainty and Fear Haunt Automotive Industry in Wake of Tariff Increases

Workers and executives in the Eastern Cape automotive industry have expressed concern and anxiety after the Trump administration imposed a 30% tariff on imports from South Africa. Read more »

South Africa: Where People Defy the Numbers - The Paradox of SA's Automotive Industry

Detractors point out that automotive manufacturing accounts for just 3,2% of South Africa's gross domestic product, and argue that the incentives given to the sector could be… Read more »