TUESDAY, 20 JANUARY 2026, 00:56
Three years ago, Daily Maverick visited Lavender Hill High School in Cape Town, which had a matric pass rate just under 70%, to explore the stories of success and adversity behind the statistics. Returning in 2026, we found the pass rate had risen to 89% for the class of 2025 – a 20% jump.
Sewage spill response times in Nelson Mandela Bay are expected to worsen after a key drain-cleaning contract expired, nearly two years after the metro began the process to replace it.
The United States has finalised a sale of Venezuelan oil – the first since Washington took control of the sector following the toppling of president Nicolas Maduro, a US official told AFP on Thursday.
A rare all-African final in the 2025 Afcon will see Morocco’s Walid Regragui and Senegalese tactician Pape Thiaw tussle for the overall prize. Whoever wins, African coaches will rule.
Maersk will resume sailings via the Red Sea and Suez Canal for one of its services this month, the shipping group said on Thursday, marking a key step towards ending two years of global trade disruption due to attacks on ships by Yemeni Houthi rebels.
After half a century of production, British American Tobacco (BAT) will stop making cigarettes in South Africa by the end of this year, blaming policy failures and the illicit market for making legal manufacturing economically impossible.
Mishandled tariff plans. Dodgy calculations. The persistent pain of post-paid billing. This is the seemingly endless epic drama starring City Power and the energy regulator.
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Antiseptic cream is gently smoothed over a burnt patch on the back of a grass snake. A tortoise in a charred shell is given another day in case it revives. Alongside is an orphaned baby genet that can fit into one’s palm.All these animals were rescued from wildfires that have ravaged the Western Cape.
The South African Weather Service has issued a red level 10 warning for heavy rain leading to widespread flooding in parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
South Africa’s National Development Plan aimed for fixed investment to reach 30% of GDP by 2030, but instead it has fallen to less than half that target.
South Africa’s biggest organisation for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders has been forced to close its doors due to funding challenges.
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Banyana Banyana have another chance to lift the WAFCON trophy but they will need to wrestle it away from champions Nigeria.
Gulf allies have convinced Donald Trump to “give Iran a chance”, a Saudi official said on Thursday, after the US leader repeatedly threatened strikes on the Islamic republic over a crackdown on protests that activists say has left thousands dead.
Dion George said that he could not remain in a party that has, through the actions of its leader, John Steenhuisen, allegedly ‘been captured’ by the ANC and other criminal interests.
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