June 09
South Africa: Everything You Need to Know About Offshore Wind Energy in SA
Offshore wind has become an attractive energy source across the globe, but in South Africa there are challenges. Read more »
South Africa: How a Classroom Programme Is Tackling Maths Gaps and Youth Unemployment in SA
As youth unemployment scales new heights and foundational literacy falters, the JumpStart Foundation's dual-intervention model turns jobless school-leavers into academic lifelines. Read more »
South Africa: Why the Path of Returns Is Becoming the Real Test for Retirement Portfolios
By mid-2026, the question facing retirement funds is no longer only whether portfolios can grow over time. It is whether members are protected when markets turn just as they need… Read more »
Africa: Proposed School History Syllabus Focuses On Africa As the Main Story, Not a Sidebar to Western History
The move from the old curriculum is contentious, but is also a necessary and useful redirection. Read more »
June 08
South Africa: Ramaphosa's Migration Contradiction - Acknowledging Xenophobia While Feeding the Myth
The greatest threat facing SA is not migration. It is the growing willingness to blame migrants for problems created by the state itself. Read more »
South Africa: As SA's Public Services Falter, Emergency Response Industry Faces a Privatisation Moment
In the face of failing public services, South Africans are increasingly turning to private emergency response options, with tech platforms like Aura leading the charge. Read more »
South Africa: Have a Heart for Those Fellow Africans Now Desperately Fleeing Our Country
Most people from other African countries are not here because they want to be, but because their countries have been ruined by corrupt elites. Turning our anger on them instead of… Read more »
South Africa: Community Rallies Together At Kalk Bay Harbour to Tackle Pollution On World Oceans Day
More than 150 volunteers took part in the annual World Oceans Day cleanup at Kalk Bay Harbour this weekend, making it the largest turnout in the event's nine-year history. Divers… Read more »
South Africa: Financial Ombud Claws Back R443m for Consumers but the Cases Carry Warnings
The National Financial Ombud Scheme (NFO) returned almost R443-million to South African consumers in only its second year of operation, a sharp rise from the R328.5-million… Read more »
South Africa: Silence From Phala Phala Accused Could Jeopardise State's Case Against Them
After two of the three accused remained silent about the theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm, the court will have to decide whether the State's evidence is enough… Read more »
South Africa: Foreign Nationals Must Go - Marchers Reject Ramaphosa's Intervention
Anti-foreigner groups marched through the East Rand on Monday, rejecting President Cyril Ramaphosa's immigration reforms and warning businesses to terminate employment of all… Read more »
South Africa: Zama Zama - Graham Coetzer Digs Into the Illicit Mining Underworld
Through exclusive interviews with zama zamas, syndicate insiders, intelligence operatives, and law enforcement officials, Zama Zama sheds light on the hidden mechanics of this… Read more »
South Africa: 'Mission Impossible' Trafficking Plus Transnet Info Leak Linked to R286m Cocaine - - Hawks Cop
Messages between individuals allegedly linked to a R286m cocaine consignment intercepted in Johannesburg have been the focus of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. They provide… Read more »
South Africa: Kirstenbosch - - a South African National Treasure Is Going to Seed, Warn Experts
Cape Town's Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens still look magnificent, but plant experts warn that they are being hollowed out by bureaucracy, lost expertise, failing systems… Read more »
June 07
South Africa: Extortionist Targets Cape Town Madrasa With Threats and Demands for 'Protection' Payments
Threatened with extortion, a Langa madrasa's plight ignites community action, as local leaders push for legal intervention and condemnation of attacks on faith spaces. Read more »
South Africa: We Will Do Better, Ramaphosa Promises, While Another Anti-Foreigner Protest Looms
President Cyril Ramaphosa responded to rising anti-foreigner protests in an address to the nation on Sunday, admitting that the government would improve its migration strategies… Read more »
South Africa: Government Announces Gauteng E-Toll Debt Write-Off - - but No Refunds If You Paid
The Gauteng government has announced a write-off of all e-toll debt, providing relief, but motorists who paid are left out of pocket. Read more »
South Africa: Members for Life - - the Capture of Cape Town's Planning Tribunal
In this first instalment of a three-part investigative series that reveals some of the lesser-known facts about Cape Town's development space, Daily Maverick reports on the… Read more »
South Africa: Why Is Nelson Mandela Bay's Legal Chief Still At Work? MPs Demand Answers
Allegations of fraud and wasting municipal funds against Nelson Mandela Bay's director of Legal Services resurfaced after mayor Babalwa Lobishe was questioned about why she was not… Read more »
South Africa: How Anti-Migrant Tensions Are Poisoning Our Children's Future
As anti-migrant sentiments surge in South Africa, children suffer emotionally, absorbing the impact of violence that adults fail to acknowledge. Read more »
South Africa: Fiery Exchanges, Weekend Negotiations and Depressing Stats As Metro Scrambles to Approve Bay Budget
The Nelson Mandela Bay council faces turbulent discussions over a controversial budget, with residents bracing for steep rate increases amid ongoing service delivery issues. Read more »
South Africa: Busi Mavuso - Business Fixes a Pothole for R7,500, City of Joburg Spends R65,000
A privately funded pothole repair costs about R7,500. The City of Johannesburg spends about R65,000. For Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso, that gap tells the story… Read more »
South Africa: Iol's R200m Expansion Plan Marks Another Turn in the Sekunjalo Media Saga
IOL says it has secured R200m from shareholders to fund a national expansion drive. The announcement lands at a loaded moment: Iqbal Survé is stepping down as Sekunjalo… Read more »
South Africa: Chicken Exporters Say State Delays Are Clipping the Wings of SA's Poultry Growth
The South African poultry industry is eyeing export markets, but bureaucratic delays are stifling growth. Urgent government support is essential to unlock its full potential, say… 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 »
