In 2023 cholera exposed the failure to fix the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant in Hammanskraal and fingers were pointed at tenderpreneur Edwin Sodi. But our five-part investigation into his business partner, Rudolf Schoeman Jnr, reveals that the toxic river of South African graft has a myriad tributaries that no one bothers to map – with deadly consequences.

Just as the UDF mobilised all of society to bring political freedom, we are building a movement to bring ethical, effective governance and economic renewal to every corner of our country.

Lawyers, by training, are rationalisers par excellence. We can turn ethical breaches into technicalities, omissions into misunderstandings, and sometimes even lies into ‘alternative framings’.

South Africa holds one of the world’s richest and highest-quality vanadium reserves and is one of the few countries with established primary production capacity for the mineral. This gives the country a unique strategic advantage.

A number of tertiary education students are deep into online gambling and use their NSFAS allowance to fund their online betting accounts, which leads to financial and emotional distress.

The City of Johannesburg has removed informal traders from several inner-city streets, claiming it’s cleaning up the CBD. Informal traders are pushing back.

When former police officer Michael Pule Tau was arrested for murder, a top cop allegedly offered investigating officers a bribe to ensure he received bail.

We’re not currently making enough people to replace ourselves. And that has economists reaching for the panic button, because it’s not just about babies — it’s about how societies grow, spend and sustain themselves.

After 23 years, Dis-Chem has retired its benefits card and launched Better Rewards. This is a loyalty reboot promising instant discounts, healthcare integration and a billion rands back in consumers’ pockets. CEO Rui Morais told Daily Maverick how it all came together.

Terror groups have rebounded after past leadership losses, so Lake Chad Basin security forces cannot afford complacency.

Police in Brazil have conducted operations to dismantle a cartel suspected of smuggling cocaine to South Africa on planes. The crackdown followed four months of investigation.

South African Author Zoë Wicomb, born in 1948, died last week in Glasgow, Scotland, at the age of 76.