Mental illness affects so many, but finding practical, compassionate guidance can be a challenge. Daily Maverick Connect is opening the floor to your questions with a veteran mental health expert.
Protecting initiates’ lives and restoring the dignity of customary initiation
By Legadima Leso, Head of Communications, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Each year, as the winter and summer initiation seasons approach across South Africa, thousands of young people prepare for one of the most significant moments of their lives: customary initiation. For generations,...
The Public Service Commission Amendment Bill is poised to become one of the most consequential reforms in South Africa’s public administration landscape.
Should it see light of day, the legislation will significantly expand the authority of the Public Service Commission (PSC), strengthening oversight across national, provincial...
Restoring dignity through opportunity and protection
By Nomakhosazana Meth, Minister of Employment and Labour
May Day is a profound reminder of the hard-fought battles for labour rights, and the collective power of social dialogue. From the factory floors and deep-level mines to the bustling tech hubs and vast agricultural lands, the hands of our workers continue to build the...
Francis Ngannou reaffirmed his claim as the best heavyweight in the world with a first-round knockout win over Philipe Lins at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.
The National Department of Health says the latest ruling by the Constitutional Court, axing the state’s “Certificate of Need”, has nothing to do with the NHI.
Holding a flashcard for chemistry or further maths fills me with a unique kind of horror. Does anyone really understand this?
There’s a chart doing the rounds on social media, ranking philosophers by how punk they are. Hobbes and Heidegger, it says, are “basically a cop”; while for Dionysus the Renegade, Marx and Parmenide, it declares: “They’re not punk, punk is them.” I have no...
Using facial-recognition technology, scholars have concluded that a 500-year-old drawing labeled “Anna Bollein Queen” more likely showed her mother, Elizabeth Howard.
As some college Republicans invite white nationalists into their organizations, other young conservatives have recoiled. The divide could affect upcoming elections.
Katleho Moahloli has nothing to show after the R18m inheritance his grandfather left for him and his mother was squandered on gambling and wasteful spending.
A Spanish court has ordered the tax authority to refund Colombian pop star Shakira more than 55 million euros ($64 million) wrongly collected in a dispute over her 2011 taxes, according to a ruling seen on Monday.
Follow our live coverage of Google’s annual developer keynote, where the company will announce updates to its Gemini suite of AI tools and more details about Android XR smart glasses.
Starting May 19, tech platforms in the US will have to start complying with the Take It Down Act. Here’s how more than a dozen of the largest platforms are handling takedown demands for your nudes.
AI now touches every function across the retail value chain, turning customer engagement, operations and supply chains from reactive to predictive, says eBlocks Software.
President Trump announced the addition of 600 medicines to his online drugstore as he appeals to Americans concerned about high drug prices and affordability.