Daily Maverick collected voices from Johannesburg’s hardest-hit communities where chronic power failures aren’t just an inconvenience — they’re an existential threat to businesses, livelihoods, and public safety. In a big city, big numbers tell the story of struggle. But what do almost 100,000 reported power cuts in nine months really feel like? After mapping 5,126 of the most serious...

Africa’s powerhouse city is going back to the Dark Ages after decades of post-apartheid electrification gains.

Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis remained defiant in the face of criticism over her rotation strategy, which has divided opinion throughout their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign in Morocco.

South Africa’s recently released critical minerals and metals strategy continues to prop up carbon-intensive processing and manufacturing activities, while giving a nod to greener minerals and green hydrogen as future endeavours.

TB can be cured, but ridding the body of the bug often takes many months and usually requires taking four or more medicines. In this special briefing, Spotlight zooms in on what makes the TB bacterium so hard to beat.

This will be an entirely novel way of managing quantum information and will have revolutionary implications – we will be able to quickly solve very hard problems in fields such as chemistry, pharmacology, logistics, finance and many more.

The global economy has slowed and become less supportive of developing countries. African countries may be forced to resort to international capital markets to fill the gap in their development financing needs.

A revolver used in a deadly cash-in-transit ambush outside a KFC in Sidwell, Gqeberha has allegedly been tied to several firearms reportedly missing from the premises of Gqeberha gun dealer Karen Webb. The weapon forms part of a new murder charge added to her expanding case, which includes allegations of gun smuggling, fraud, and multiple violent crimes.

July 15 (Reuters) – A wildfire in tinder-dry forest on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon grew around 50% on Tuesday after it destroyed dozens of buildings, prompting public outrage that it was left to burn for a week before firefighters tried to fully extinguish it.

The Automotive Business Council says it is hopeful that a proposal for 40,000 tariff-free vehicles for export to the US will find favour, as the impact of tariffs in their current form will be catastrophic for both the manufacturing industry and the Eastern Cape.

Springbok flank Siya Kolisi will play his first Test of 2025 when he captains the side against Georgia in Nelspruit on Saturday.

LOS ANGELES, July 15 (Reuters) – Psychological thriller “Severance” from Apple TV+ and HBO crime drama “The Penguin” stacked up the most nominations for Emmy Awards on Tuesday, outpacing “The Studio” and “The White Lotus” in the contest for television’s highest honors.

Ramaphosa’s spokesperson said, ‘The DA is trying cheaply but dangerously to exploit a critical engagement between South Africa and the United States to protest President Ramaphosa’s removal of Mr Andrew Whitfield.’