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The two-day hearing to listen to arguments between lawyers for President Cyril Ramaphosa and former president Jacob Zuma began in court on Wednesday.

While many political posts do not require a university qualification as a prerequisite, newly elected Joburg mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda, suggested he could be ‘a black version of John Steenhuisen’ (Steenhuisen does not have a university degree). He made the remark when quizzed about his highest qua...

Most households are now living in conditions where there is no electricity for almost half the day, including peak times during the morning school run, and in the evening, during homework and dinner time. It is unsustainable, writes Pieter du Toit.

Almost nine years after soccer star Senzo Meyiwa was shot in Vosloorus, it’s unclear if his death was the result of a botched robbery or if he was murdered.

Following the guilty verdict in the case of child sex abuse ring kingpin Gerhard Ackerman, more suspects who raped young boys – accessed via Ackerman – are expected to be arrested in the near future.

The Ugandan Parliament has passed an anti-LGBTQ+ bill that would criminalise even identifying as queer. Daily Maverick spoke to Ugandans about how this might affect their lives and the lives of other community members.

Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective public health tools for preventing disease, hospitalisation and death.

Martha Ngoye has been fighting, and winning in the courts, against successive boards and management teams at the utility since at least May 2015.


Eskom forecasts a worst-case scenario where there are outages exceeding 17 000MW every week for the next year.

Transgender Day of Visibility is celebrated annually on March 31. In the context of discrimination and anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric in Africa, and globally, the day shines a light on the issues faced by the trans and gender-diverse community.