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- DEPORTATION: Controversial pastor Timothy Omotoso arrested on immigration charges in East LondonA week after his followers openly started inviting President Cyril Ramaphosa to a “New Dawn” Crusade led by controversial pastor Timothy Omotoso — recently acquitted on a string of sexual assault and human trafficking charges — he was arrested in an early morning operation on Saturday. Read more »
- THE WEEKEND WRAP: DA dares ANC; inside the papal conclave; and where is our recycling going?The DA dares the ANC, inside the papal conclave, and where our recycling is going — all in this weekend’s wrap. Read more »
- EMPLOYMENT EQUITY: 62% white. 73% male. When will SA’s top management jobs move beyond the pale?Despite decades of transformation policy, South Africa’s corporate leadership remains overwhelmingly white and male. As the ANC and DA clash in court over the Employment Equity Act, the deeper question remains: why is real change still so elusive? Read more »
- NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: SA’s progress is the antithesis of white supremacy, hears Parliament in heated debateDuring a debate around the impact of global white supremacist movements on white nationalism in South Africa, political parties — and social media — came under fire for fanning divisions in the country. Read more »
- TRUMP 2.0: Pretoria challenges Trump’s plans to resettle Afrikaners as refugeesDirco has challenged the US government’s plans to resettle Afrikaners as refugees, suggesting that the US claims of discrimination against them are baseless. Read more »
- BOOK EXCERPT: The dust under the carpet — a story about the cost of justice and corporate power in post-apartheid South AfricaIn ‘In a Rain of Dust’ Professor David Kinley uncovers the truth behind asbestos mining, set in a post-apartheid South Africa. Read more »
- PHOTO ESSAY: Sinkhole sparks safety fears in Lyttelton Manor, CenturionA sinkhole appeared at the corner of Burger Avenue and Langerbrink Road, in Lyttelton Manor, Centurion, on Friday, 9 May 2025. Daily Maverick photographer Felix Dlangamandla was there. Read more »
- PHOTO ESSAY: R11bn unfinished Montrose Mega City Development housing ghost townAs Gauteng battles a worsening housing crisis, incomplete housing units near Randfontein in the West Rand remain vandalised and unoccupied. Daily Maverick photographer Felix Dlangamandla went to the ghost town on 7 May 2025. Read more »
- OPINIONISTA: Hallelujah and praise be, give thanks for the humble N2 and our national highwaysOur major road infrastructure is generally solid and a source of wonder to visitors from the US, Italy, the UK and even Australia, where their equivalent routes are either crumbling or permanently under laborious repair. Read more »