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They are as weak and flawed as the rest of us, so why do so many look to them for salvation, asks Des Erasmus

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Russia’s motive and role in the Mosi II tri-nation naval exercise was scrutinised at a press briefing aboard the SAS Mendi in Richards Bay on Wednesday.

Jacob Zuma, the Commander-in-Thief is becoming a Beggar-in-Chief, asking for supporters, fanboys and -girls to pay for his private legal battle.

An Umdloti resident, waving her hand in defeat, could not complete the sentence as she tried to describe to Daily Maverick on Sunday the ‘roar’ as several upmarket flats and vehicles at the Surfside apartment complex — near her home — collapsed into a heap of rubble and were swallowed b...

Panday insists that certain recordings and transcripts will prove his phone was tapped and lead to his acquittal. Now it seems the heat is on the National Prosecuting Authority to hand them over.

Patrick Bond and Mary Galvin report on the recent catastrophic floods in Durban, which have exposed Cyril Ramaphosa's government’s criminal negligence and failure to take action on climate change.

This devastating report on the terrible floods in Durban indicts the total failure of the South African government to prepare for an entirely predictable and predicted disaster. But this report has huge international relevance because these floods are precisely one of the forms climate change is taking in many parts of the world and the criminal negligence of the Ramaphosa government is typical of capitalist governments everywhere. GEN

Documented foreign nationals trading legally in the Durban CBD have told Daily Maverick they are “baffled” by the inability of the ANC-run eThekwini municipality and law enforcement to assure their safety or the protection of their property at a popular market based literally metres from city hall.  Authorities have relegated the assaults on persons and property to “hooliganism” and “criminality”. Yet, those attacking and intimidating the traders were uttering clear xenophobic slu...