MONDAY, 09 FEBRUARY 2026, 00:12
When newly released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were published in January, journalists around the world began searching for any local connections hidden in the records. At Daily Maverick, we did the same — and came across a name we did not expect: Jacob Zuma.
A governance crisis in Matlosana has erupted as civil society challenges the council’s allegedly unlawful reinstatement of the dismissed CFO, while the provincial ANC and CoGTA move to intervene.
A US judge travels more than 4,000 miles after teaching himself Welsh.
Why some subtle signs suggest, despite their scare against Nepal in the T20 World Cup, England might be learning under Harry Brook and Brendon McCullum.
South Africa’s energy regulator has allowed state-owned Eskom to raise tariffs and recover R54.7 billion over three years after a series of pricing errors and a failed attempt to settle the matter privately.
After much speculation about a loss of nerve in the Union Buildings, Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau has detonated the Transformation Fund bomb – and debris is set to scatter far and wide.
The rapid acceleration of AI is causing a ‘yawning inside-outside gap’ between those who use it casually as a search bar and those who master it as a powerful, automating toolkit, leading to a new, non-traditional inequality.
Kaizer Chiefs beat Egyptian side Al Masry 2-1 in their dramatic penultimate CAF Confederation Cup Group D fixture at Peter Mokaba Stadium on Sunday to go top of the group
Mamelodi Sundowns’ poor run in the CAF Champions League continued after they were held to a 1-1 draw by St-Eloi Lupopo at Stade TP Mazembe Stadium on Sunday.
The Water Crisis Committee has called on the government to declare Johannesburg’s worsening water crisis a national disaster after a multisystem failure left parts of the city without water for more than seven days.
McSweeney, long considered instrumental to the rise of the PM, derived his power and influence from his track record as a political strategist.
The South African Weather Service has warned people to brace for a wet and potentially dangerous day, with flooding warnings in place across several provinces.
Business owners in the historic mining town of Krugersdorp are issuing a desperate plea for help, warning that the CBD is undergoing a “slow death” due to rampant urban decay, crime, and infrastructure collapse
While foreign analysts find it easy to focus on those destructive, mercurial words and deeds of US President Donald Trump and a few of his senior officials, they should also pay attention to those in the ‘engine room’ of government, such as Frank Garcia, just nominated to be Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has called on South Africans to ignore the name change from Graaff-Reinet to Robert Sobukwe Town.
South Africa’s electricity reforms are dismantling Eskom’s century-old monopoly to create a competitive market led by a new grid operator and private investment, despite resistance from the utility.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s coalition swept to a landslide election win on Sunday, paving the way for her tax cuts that have spooked financial markets and military spending aimed at countering China.
USA’s Breezy Johnson wins the women’s downhill gold medal, the same alpine skiing event in which her compatriot Lindsey Vonn suffered a heartbreaking crash in, to win her first Winter Olympics title at Milan-Cortina 2026.